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Do You Have a Recipe for Sales Management Success?

Anthony Cole Training

I’ve been trying to find a way to tie cooking to sales management. I love to cook (and eat) and I love selling and coaching sales management. Thus my attempt to find another way to explain concepts of sales management: COOKING! Let’s think about your relationship with your sales people.

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14 Lessons From My Dad, The Sales Manager

Anthony Cole Training

I started that post with the comment that I thought my dad could have been a good sales manager. He was a little rough around the edges and would not have survived current HR and political correctness constraints… BUT he would have had a highly productive sales team. Tell your sales people to say, “Great!

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A Myth of Successful Sales Management - You Have to Sell to Manage

Anthony Cole Training

The NFL is a great example of, it doesn't matter if you played. What is your competency is managing. How much 'film' have you studied, how much have you read, how much have you practiced sales management skills? Are these 7 the only requirements for successful sales management and coaching. Improving skill?

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Busting Sales Myth #3 - When Enough is Enough

Anthony Cole Training

Several years ago, while conducting a sales training and sales management workshop to rebuild an insurance agency, I was talking with one of the highly successful agents who asked: "Tony, When is enough enough?" Too often highly successful sales peope reach a point in their carrer where they become complacent.

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The "1" Thing I've Been Wrong About in Selling

Anthony Cole Training

There have been moments in sales training sessions and when working with sales managers I have made a better clarifying statement about this ONE thing for success in selling. Here is an example of effort NOT getting the desired result. You see I've always declared that success in selling starts with EFFORT.

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Busting Sales Myths #3 - When Enough is Enough

Anthony Cole Training

Several years ago, while conducting a sales training and sales management workshop to rebuild an insurance agency, I was talking with one of the highly successful agents who asked: "Tony, When is enough enough?" Too often highly successful sales peope reach a point in their carrer where they become complacent.

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Why Your Sales Team Isn't Performing as Expected (Pt.5) - Selling is WIT!

Anthony Cole Training

Here are some examples of doing WIT: Making calls – Regardless of how tired you are, how much you just sold last week, how difficult it is to handle the rejection – if you are going to be successful in selling, you have to pick up the phone and call someone. Winners in sales, sports and life do whatever it takes in all areas to be a success!

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