Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2024

Coaches can elevate a rep’s pipeline mastery by actively observing their calls and providing constructive feedback. Role-playing exercises and shadowing successful reps can offer practical, hands-on learning opportunities. Managers can teach time-blocking to help maximize the productivity of their rep’s prospecting time.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 5, 2023

Comfortable Having Difficult Conversations : Bold sales leaders recognize that growth stems from discomfort. They fearlessly engage in difficult conversations with their team, addressing performance gaps head-on and providing constructive feedback. They understand that progress requires stepping outside their comfort zones.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The loss of a talented sales manager is troubling. Typical insights from traditional exit interviews include: The manager is leaving for a “better opportunity”. The manager would “highly recommend” the company. The manager believes he has “outgrown the role”. Did the manager feel superior to the VP?

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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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Sell Integrity

JUNE 23, 2020

In their new roles as sales managers, these individuals’ success would now depend on how well they could rally their teams. And there’s one specific management responsibility that can unlock all three: coaching. Why Tech Sales Managers Need To Understand Coaching. The Coaching Skills Every Tech Sales Manager Needs.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 3, 2020

It’s no secret that salespeople often fail as sales managers. Nonetheless, many of the best reps within an organization often end up in management positions. Whether you’re actively seeking a role as a manager or have already gotten a promotion, you should understand the most difficult aspects of the transition.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? The arrangements may vary from company to company, but in general, most sales professionals would jump at the chance to assume a leadership role. Are you Sure You Want to Become a Sales Manager?

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities in their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Constructing Commissions in a Sales Manager Compensation Plan.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 20, 2023

Just as athletes rely on their coaches to fine-tune their skills and achieve peak performance, inside sales reps look to their managers for guidance, motivation, and actionable insights. The key to effective coaching lies in understanding the unique challenges and opportunities of the inside sales environment.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

By bringing digital technologies to bear, sales enablement organizations can actually improve onboarding effectiveness. Sales kickoffs – It is impossible to replicate the social aspects of sales kickoff meetings in a digital-only world. to “What do they need to know to do their jobs?”

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Xactly

JULY 5, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities unique to their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Your best sales rep is not necessarily the best leader.

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BrainShark

JULY 9, 2023

You’d be surprised as to the depth of dialogue that naturally occurs during this, including feedback that’s not only constructive but also encouraging. This example shows how a sales manager posted a win story from a top rep. ” Not really all that constructive. This data will help you do that.

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criteria for success

APRIL 13, 2022

As a sales manager, one of your most important responsibilities is to develop people. We like to say that sales managers should focus less on developing sales and more on developing salespeople. For sales managers who started out as salespeople, though, this can be especially hard. Let's Talk Sales!

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 14, 2013

Sales managers. A year ago, we published a post on the importance of sales managers to assess their prior year’s performance and to incorporate the results of that self-assessment into their plans for the new year. Good managers are always asking themselves and others about what they could do better or differently.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Time management is one of the most important priorities for a sales manager. The best sales managers know they need to be dedicating a significant amount of their time each week coaching their salespeople—but which group will bring in the best return on coaching investment? The Great Debate.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2020

How should an organization approach sales coaching to achieve these outcomes? Is it up to managers to provide all the coaching reps need, or are they better off bringing in outside support? Able to Give Positive and Constructive Feedback. They don’t have coaching skills: A good manager is not always a good coach.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

Does the speed of your sales pipeline resemble molasses? In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win. Needless to say, this paints a less-than-promising picture of sales forecast accuracy. Who handles the sales forecasting in your organization?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, we frequently see Sales VPs still stuck in the sales manager mindset. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region. A Sales VP focused on the wrong things can ruin the entire company. They cross collaborate with manager peers, their reps, and the VP. They trust their managers to execute.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Sales executives and sales managers would agree that their sales teams need ongoing training, coaching and support to get to the top of the game and stay there. In a fiercely-competitive market, your sales reps should challenge themselves to learn more, achieve greater results and embrace new strategies.

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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. Sales Feedback Benefits 1.

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 1, 2011

This question was posed over at the small business question and answer forum Focus.com yesterday; What are the essentials to become a great sales manager? Here are a few excerpts from the some of the answers: A great sales manager understands that her salespeople are unique individuals. — Bob. — Todd.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Today if I was employed as someone in sales management, I would create and modify a hiring process that would include this one sales talent assessment tool – The Attribute Index to ensure the hiring would not cost small business sales. What this means is the statistical reliability runs around.85 Share on Facebook.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 22, 2020

3: Share constructive insights with your team and customers. Doom and gloom are all around us right now, which means it’s important for salespeople to share constructive insights. Sales managers need to spend 80% of their time coaching their salespeople to close business. Selling is about solutions.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

High Performing Sales Manager Puzzle. Sales managers are starting the new year, making plans to meet (and hopefully exceed) sales goals and reviewing their territory for sales opportunities. Good managers are always asking themselves and others about what they could do better or differently.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Sales managers. A few years ago we published a blog on the importance of sales managers assessing their prior year’s performance and incorporating the results of that self-assessment into their plans for the new year. A good starting point is to reflect on their past performance as a sales manager.

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Green Lead's B2B

JUNE 27, 2019

Whether it's mentoring someone to take over your role when you ascend the corporate ladder, or taking a rep with just enough potential under your wing, ultimately, the job of a manager is to improve his or her team. The Sales Manager is always looking for better performance from a team, and in order to get that, you've got to give a little.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 29, 2022

Running a constructive team effectiveness assessment rests on your ability to understand the qualities that have the most bearing on your team's immediate success. How comfortable are you with your knowledge of the projected revenue you need in each sales stage category to ensure you have enough opportunities to exceed the future quota?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2021

LinkedIn's some 722 million members make for a massive pool of data that could provide sales organizations with invaluable guidance about potential opportunities and ideal prospects. LinkedIn Sales Insights is tailored toward Sales Operations and Sales Managers to plan sales and go-to-market strategies.

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SalesLoft

AUGUST 22, 2022

Done well, 1:1 sales coaching can make every seller a top performer. . But for many of the sales managers we talk with, the current state of coaching isn’t working. Managers are spending hours listening to call recordings, cross checking multiple spreadsheets, and digging through hand-written notes to prepare for 1:1s. .

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criteria for success

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In sales, it is imperative that salespeople have annual reviews or check-ins with their managers to measure and discuss their performance. This is not only a time for the salesperson to gain insight, but also an opportunity for the sales manager to strengthen the team and prove themselves as a strong leader.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Video coaching (or video-practice or video-role-play) tools aim to provide an easy, scalable way to validate that reps have mastered their messages – usually incorporating video-based activities, practice opportunities and feedback mechanisms. 8 – Encourage manager coaching. The Future of Video Coaching.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 28, 2022

However, to maximize the opportunity for this to occur, there is important sequencing of this process. We spend endless hours constructing subject lines and first sentences in emails, all in the hopes of being interesting. As sellers, we do everything we can to be interesting.

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criteria for success

JULY 26, 2022

How well do your salespeople proactively communicate when they manage accounts? How effective are your salespeople at presenting upsell opportunities? Let's Talk Sales! Management. How accurate are your sales forecasts , both amounts and close dates? Do your salespeople effectively ask for referrals ? Listen Now.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 4, 2021

However, with the right approach, a pipeline review is an opportunity. In addition to deal coaching and forecasting, managers should challenge reps to know their deals and develop plans to close them. For example, if a rep’s deals experience the same or similar problems, this an opportunity for growth. What are the next steps?

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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?

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