Steven Rosen

AUGUST 7, 2023

Breaking Through Resistance: Coaching Tenured Salespeople One of the most frequent challenges I hear from sales leaders is coaching tenured salespeople who consistently deliver their sales numbers but are resistant to coaching. The question becomes what to do with them.

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Coaching Maximizer Lead Rank Lead Scoring 156

Steven Rosen

MAY 4, 2017

Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team. Do you want to develop an awesome sales management team? Sales leaders have several options to achieve and exceed their sales numbers. Given limited budgets, you need to figure out how to maximize your ROI?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 5, 2013

Sales VPs need to train their Sales Managers differently. Coaching sales people has changed. This requires different coaching techniques. 77% of all Sales Managers reported fewer sales calls in 2012. Mapping your sales process to a buyer process is the foundation for better coaching.

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Coaching Sales Management Buyer Negotiation 319

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Coaching improves sales rep engagement. What can you do?

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Sales Coaching Coaching Sales Management Study 273

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In the past, sales managers often saw sales coaching as a means of correcting negative behaviors by providing real-time performance feedback. Unfortunately, this feedback often doesn't result in significant behavior change from the sales representative. Feedback Benefits What is coaching? What is feedback?

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Coaching improves sales rep engagement. What can you do?

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Sales Coaching Coaching Sales Management Study 261

The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 26, 2023

If you’ve ever been in sales, you know first-hand that one of the most powerful ways to go from good to great is having a strong sales manager. The best sales managers are active listeners and innovative thinkers. So, is there a secret that only these superstar managers know? Of course not.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MAY 3, 2021

To achieve your sales targets, it's imperative to effectively train the sales reps so they become more productive. Sales coaching can highly improve their skills as they become better salespeople. While sales experience is essential, it's equally important to train the sales managers to maximize sales productivity.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Maximizer Objections 132

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 15, 2022

For years, there has been little attention paid to the topic of coaching. Sure, there was lip service, but when one looked deeply into organizations, either coaching wasn’t done, or the coaching that was done was horrible. It’s our job as managers to coach and develop those people that report to us.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

We all know, or should know that one of the highest impact activities managers can do with their people is coaching them, enabling them to discover and learn how to continually improve their performance. But what about managers? If you are a senior managers, are you coaching the managers reporting to you?

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Coaching Maximizer Report Sales Management 81

Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. Oftentimes, sales managers won’t have the bandwidth to set up personalized training and coaching sessions for each rep on their team.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 10, 2023

We (including me) spend a lot of time talking about the importance of coaching/developing our people. Unfortunately, high impact coaching is rarely done. If we “coach,” too often, it isn’t a collaborative discovery/learning process. Their own managers aren’t great role models, as coaches.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 13, 2021

But before you do, you need to find a new sales manager to support the additional sales reps. Peter was your first business development rep hired in the sales department. He was promoted to sales development and currently, he is the senior SDR on the team. We all agree that growth is a good position to be in.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What Makes a Great Sales Manager? What Sets Great Sales Managers Apart? Responsibilities of a Sales Manager Qualities You Need To Go From Good To Great Sales Management Strategy for Sales Managers The Importance of Sales Coaching And Training What Does Sales Manager Success Look Like?

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Sales Management Strategy Lead Rank Coaching 52

Steven Rosen

APRIL 11, 2012

Most first line sales managers manage between 6 and 12 sales reps. They are the ones responsible for bringing in the sales numbers in their district or area. Sales managers are constantly adjusting priorities depending on their urgency and work extremely hard in this new economy. What are you doing?

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Coaching Conference Sales Coaching Maximizer 282

Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

As a sales leader, you know the impact of effective sales coaching — it’s the key to maximizing your team’s potential. In fact, it probably isn’t surprising that companies that provide quality coaching can reach 7% greater annual revenue growth. Why coaching conversations must change.

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Allego

AUGUST 21, 2023

Frontline sales managers are the powerhouse behind every high-performing sales team. However, many frontline sales managers struggle because they don’t receive proper enablement and coaching. In many cases, frontline sales managers get promoted to that role because they’re a top-performing sales rep.

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Sales Management Strategy Face-to-face Coaching 62

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Being a sales manager is a whirlwind experience, especially for those who were once successful sales reps themselves. Fortunately, there are valuable best practices that can help aspiring sales managers excel in their positions. Best Practices for Sales Managers 1. Lay a robust foundation.

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Hiring Sales Management Lead Rank Hubspot 93

Nutshell

MARCH 31, 2023

As a sales manager, you want to stay up to date with the latest sales trends, keep up with your sales skills and knowledge, and continually build your management and leadership expertise. In this post, we’ll share some of our favorite resources for sales managers. Here are some of our favorites.

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Women Sales Pros

AUGUST 22, 2018

If you are a sales manager, you probably received some solid training, read lots of books,and learned from experts in the field through seminars, webinars and blog posts.And all along the way, you learned that your primary job as a sales manager is to develop and coach your team. The Sales Manager.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 3, 2023

In sales, the terms “manager” and “coach” are common titles. Afterall, for each, their primary objective is supporting sales teams to boost performance and achieve success. In actual practice, however, sales managers and coaches may or may not be the same person. What Is Sales Management?

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Coaching Hiring Sales Coaching Lead Rank 62

Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

To paraphrase the renowned sales guru Mark Twain, The difference between the right word and almost the right word, is the difference between telling your sales manager that the deal is dead, versus, the deal is no longer viable. Words are the hammers and nails of sales.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 29, 2020

You’ve moved from being an individual contributor to managing a team. How do you transition from being a great sales person into being a great sales manager. The job of sales manager is different. As manager, it’s not your responsibility to manage the deals, to make the numbers.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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Sales Management Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 59

A Sales Guy

APRIL 24, 2019

. Sales is suffering from 9 brutal ills: The Bro Culture , . Lack of Coaching. . Not enough salespeople understand the game/rules of sales. Too much activity management. But as important to eradicating the “bro culture” in sales it’s equally important that we elevate our coaching game.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 8, 2013

Some of these processes can take 3 -6 months to determine whether the sales rep can address their performance gaps or if not are fired. When addressing a reps performance, sales managers will use formal Performance Improvement Programs (PIP). They are content to meet annual sales objectives, but not exceed them.

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BrainShark

JULY 9, 2023

If you’re trying to maximize sales rep performance and drive results, coaching should be an essential part of your strategy. CSO Insights reported that sales coaching has had the greatest impact on win rates and quota attainment over the span of five years. You’re now ready to start implementing the plan.

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Coaching How To Lead Rank Lead Scoring 62

Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 13, 2020

Sales managers are being tested in ways they’ve never seen before, and new managers have even more challenges as they assume their roles in the midst of sweeping change. Here are five ways that sales leaders can help newly minted sales managers accelerate through the turn and spearhead recovery.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Funnel Promotion 107

Sales Training Connection

JULY 25, 2014

Coaching sales strategy. Ask sales managers and salespeople what makes them successful. The answer we hear most often is: The best salespeople sell strategically and the best coaches help them learn how to do it. Sales managers can’t help salespeople become more talented, but they can help them become more skilled.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 27, 2017

There’s a lot of data about the impact of disciplined approaches to coaching on sales performance. Win rates are much higher comparing those managers having a disciplined approach to coaching versus those that provide no or informal coaching. Some were experienced managers, some were relatively new.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s hard to become a sales manager without first being a good sales rep. After all, when the majority of your own quota is based on your team’s sales performance, you need to know how to sell. . But that doesn’t mean the best closer is guaranteed to make the best sales manager. Time management.

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Sales Management Forecasting Report Face-to-face 62

The Sales Readiness Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Despite the current economic challenges, sales leaders are still expected to increase sales revenue. Take a back-to-basics approach and focus on the core activities proven to help Sales Managers drive revenue. While this may seem like a formidable challenge, it is possible.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 19, 2016

Perusing my news feeds this morning, an article entitled, “Should Sales Managers Coach” caught my eye. Is it a coach/teacher? Is it a super closer/sales person? The job of the front line sales manager is to maximize the performance of each person on the team!

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2023

One of the biggest mistakes I see sales managers, particularly new managers, make is the view, “I can do it better myself!” It’s not the manager’s job to close deals. It’s their job to maximize the performance of each person on their team. ” It’s easy to understand this.

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Keith Rosen

AUGUST 25, 2020

Keith Rosen · TMBO Talks on Selling, Prospecting and Coaching Customers With the NBA and WNBA – Part 2. Join me for part two of this three-part sales leadership series with the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the talented leaders of the NBA and WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association).

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Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 11, 2019

The role of a sales manager may be the hardest job in sales. While coaching your team to sales success, your responsibilities include recruiting new talent and meeting the needs of key customers, all while collaborating with internal stakeholders such as marketing, product management and executives.

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Showpad

MARCH 12, 2019

Sales managing, training, coaching: These three words are often used interchangeably, but they are actually quite different in the world of sales enablement. While there is some overlap, all sales managing, training, and coaching should work in conjunction with one another to maximize the performance of your sales team.

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