The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Sales Coaching Starts with Feedback. We’ve all had those moments when a colleague or manager approached us with what they called “constructive feedback” – then unloaded on us with a list of grievances didn’t seem at all to be constructive. Observant Sales Management. What are your thoughts? Be Prescriptive.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

It’s about getting sales reps out of the classroom and into actual sales environments, where they can learn firsthand from real-life interactions and challenges. Additionally, set up field visits to actual sales meetings where reps can observe and engage with more experienced reps and customers in real time.

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Allego

AUGUST 30, 2018

That’s helpful because certain skills — like overcoming sales objections — are hard to teach. That’s why so many organizations use video coaching and certification exercises to source best practice demonstrations from top sellers in the field for sharing with the broader team. People the rest of the sales team would do well to model.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Unattainable or irrelevant goals: In sales, reps live and die by their quotas. Yet, quota setting is one of the areas that comes most difficult to sales managers. In fact, 61% of sales managers cite quota setting as their biggest challenge ( source ). This poses a huge issue in sales departments.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2020

For many leaders, when we hear the term remote sales management, our blood pressure starts to rise. Sales teams are hard enough to manage already, let alone remotely.". Let’s explore some crucial components you can keep in mind when constructing your own sales enablement strategy. There is no need to fear.

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Allego

OCTOBER 11, 2022

One tool we used to our advantage was asynchronous video. For our new sales representatives, our sales enablement team assigned video exercises to help our sellers learn and practice their responses to buyer questions. This helped them manage new workflows as they adjusted to fully remote work initially.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

The Center for Sales Strategy found that CEOs can help their sales team bring in more revenue by implementing coaching. You’ll find the do’s, do nots, customer examples, and actionable tools and templates for implementing and improving sales coaching in this guide. Problems with sales coaching aka what NOT to do 1.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 3, 2019

For example, we recently analyzed how hundreds of sales managers at SaaS organizations coach their teams. What we discovered is that top managers spend 12 hours a month on call reviews. That’s 30% more than the average sales manager! . RELATED: How To Approach Sales Coaching Like a Pro – The Coaching Mentality.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Recently, I was having a conversation with Robert Racine about the state of sales management. During the discussion, he mentioned, almost in passing, that too many Sales Managers are becoming Zombies–that is acting purely on autopilot, rather than thinking, evaluating, engaging. Pick Up The Damn Phone!

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That's why training is so important for your sales team. Below, let's learn HubSpot sales managers' top tips for training your SDR team. Use a sales training template. Brian Bennett, a sales manager at HubSpot, says, "Plan where you want to go and what you want to achieve, and then work backward.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Let’s look at three of the most common buckets for sales training courses and discuss who they’re right for. Sales Management Training Programs. Training your sales managers and leadership is very different from training junior- and senior-level sales reps.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 8, 2020

After this exercise, Doug went and pitched this idea to Aaron to change the way that Box talked about themselves, who they were, and what they did. The construct of social proof is that you need to highlight the contrast.” But what we’re getting at here is that Important tool is telling analogies and metaphors. And guess what?

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In addition to basic HR items, members of the sales team need to be trained on company products and services, sales processes, as well as marketing and sales tools to name a few. In addition to initial training, ongoing weekly coaching and mentoring is critical to ensuring long-term sales success.

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LeadFuze

JULY 19, 2023

How can a beginner improve sales? The Feedback Fairy: Constructive Criticism that Works A good sales manager knows that feedback is like a superhero cape for their team members. By providing constructive feedback, managers not only help reps improve, but also ignite a fire within them to conquer future challenges.

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Keith Rosen

MAY 13, 2009

After all, it’s one thing to up your game and work on developing and refining your selling skills as well as your sales management skills. That is, do you have your own set of data available which you have used as the cornerstone to constructing your prospecting and selling strategy?

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criteria for success

MAY 24, 2022

This exercise can be covered in one sales meeting or split into two. Stories are an incredibly powerful tool in selling, and when you are part of a team, you can leverage each other's stories in conversations with prospects or clients. Thus, this is an equally powerful sales training idea. Share Success Stories.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

These programs often include comprehensive training, educational materials, assessments, and examinations to ensure that individuals meet the established standards for competence in the sales field. It serves as a powerful tool for optimizing sales strategies, improving customer interactions, and driving overall sales performance.

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Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 31, 2019

To align marketing and support departments with sales, sales managers can construct an ongoing, interdepartmental job-shadowing program. Put marketing and support staff in a sales-shadowing rotation once a month to sync knowledge and skills. Call it “ sales rep for a day.”. What tools does your team use?

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 10, 2022

As conversation intelligence platforms become a cornerstone of the sales tech stack, sales leaders and their teams are exploring how sales managers can use them to boost results and create a team of top performers. It’s also guiding product marketing messaging and offers, so future sales conversations become easier.

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Keith Rosen

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

If you stop and think about it for a moment, they are both visions and pictures of a future that we have constructed or visualized in our mind’s eye. Both our fears and dreams are created using the same tool; our imagination! Is the fear telling me that there may be additional information, tools, resources, and training I need?

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Researching by location: If you’re offering a location-specific product or service, like landscaping services within the local community, your geographic market segmentation is probably pretty airtight: You probably use handy tools like lead maps , and engage in local marketing wherever possible.

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DialSource

JANUARY 16, 2020

This dramatic shift toward new tools and processes is part of the overall movement toward digital transformation. In response to consumers’ desire for more data-driven fitness, Connected Fitness allows users to track the impact of exercise and diet in pursuit of specific goals. Digital Transformation Is More Than Just Digitalization.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Bring your feelings, gut instinct, experience, and constructive emotion into the boardroom and sit at the table. If you do something constructive with your doubt, and use it to advance yourself, it can be an asset. What is your best piece of career advice for women in sales? I currently manage a team of 15 SDRs in 5 locations.

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Showpad

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The best way to approach the need for coaching among your Sales teams is to deliver it through a combination of methods. But as a Sales manager, you’ll benefit greatly from balancing that with training visualizations and other exercises that staff can complete on their own.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Sales training : two words that hold the potential to change your game entirely. Gazing up at the daunting mountain, a skilled guide provides the necessary tools for success – sales training programs designed to transform your game. Personally, this is my favorite type of learning environment. This is a real game-changer.

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