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Unlocking Success: Strategies to Avoid Costly Hiring Mistakes

Steven Rosen

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the high cost of making a bad hire in sales. They emphasize the importance of creating an ideal hiring profile with hard and soft skills and non-negotiables.

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Four Principles for Hiring Sales STARS!

Steven Rosen

Hiring Sales Stars . Whether you are starting a new sales force or hiring a new rep to fill a vacancy, the four principles of the STAR Process will help you select top sales performers. Without a clear process, your sales managers will each adopt their own approach and ultimately achieve sub-optimal results.

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Why Hiring a Fractional Sales Manager Can Drive Sales Results

Anthony Cole Training

Running a company is very different than managing a sales team, so you need someone skilled in the specific strengths of coaching and motivating your sales team. Companies have choices and often it makes sense to hunt, interview, hire and pay for a full-time sales manager, but this is a position very difficult to fill.

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Why Companies Struggle with Hiring Salespeople Who Will Sell

Anthony Cole Training

Putting the best people in the right seats is the biggest problem identified by most business execs, especially as it applies to critical sales roles. After working with hundreds of companies over the last 30 years, here is what we have learned are the 5 most common problems companies struggle with when hiring quality salespeople.

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Hiring Top Performers Post-COVID Recovery

Steven Rosen

Hiring Top Performers Post-COVID Recovery . Hiring top performers has always been the lifeblood of any sales organization. COVID has changed sales forever. The 3 most important questions that we need to address when making hiring decisions for a sales position are: Can the candidate effectively sell virtually?

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Hiring Salespeople

Adaptive Business Services

While I have spent most of my adult life hiring and training salespeople, it has been two years since my last new hire and that was for a client. I left my last management job in 2005 and have been blissfully semi-retired since that time. I can train product knowledge and sales skills. Here’s the thing.

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Should Your Company Hire a Fractional Sales Manager?

Anthony Cole Training

Many companies are struggling with finding talent in today’s environment, and it is particularly difficult to find top-notch sales management talent. Unfortunately, most sales managers have no formal training in leadership, management and coaching skills, so how do you find the right person?

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