The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2021

I am proposing that you make it safe to miss a sales target. I have some research that makes this a great debate to have in your sales team right now. Psychological Safety is important to team performance. Setting sales goals where even a 70% level of achievement would be great. Hear me out.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. “The world is moving faster.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. “The world is moving faster.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Here, we’ll explore the role of BDRs, the pros and cons, and best practices to utilize them effectively: The Role of BDRs Typically, BDR is an entry-level position in larger, more complex sales organizations.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

In this 4:59 video, learn about success strategies around sales execution, including a three-step framework for building an execution plan. Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the importance of execution in sales and provide a simple framework for achieving it. It’s a word that often elicits a sense of dread and resistance.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 13, 2024

In this 4:11 video, we learn how sales leaders must cultivate essential soft skills like emotional management, empathy, and assertiveness to foster trust, enhance execution, and address mental health challenges to consistently improve team performance. Let’s dive in and explore these essential skills in detail.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Companies have a wide selection of sales enablement platforms to choose from, but none deliver the unique blend of compliance focus and enablement support that Allego does for financial services firms. Empower Client-Facing Teams: Speed up training and streamline content delivery to reduce costs and make your teams more agile.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

VP’s of Sales and Marketing and Business Unit Heads can relate to this. They are the people in commercial organizations responsible for both strategy development and sales execution. Are you crushing your sales numbers, or are you falling short? You and your marketing team have worked relentlessly over the past two months.

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 8, 2021

How to Motivate Your Sales Team. Sales leaders agree that a highly motivated and engaged sales force drives greater performance. Many sales managers ask me how to ensure that they have a highly motivated and engaged team, and I usually ask them “WHY”? Tap into the WHY!

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SBI Growth

MAY 3, 2023

ACME sought to improve its sales productivity and create value in its ever-growing organization. To accomplish this goal, they implemented a talent assessment to understand their teams' performance better.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 23, 2024

In business, it’s often assumed that a person who excels as a sales rep will also be successful as a sales manager. As such, top sales reps are often promoted to sales managers and left to find their way into their new roles. Even the most seasoned sales reps need proper training to be effective sales managers.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 12, 2024

Far from its fictional representations, though, it actually has practical, useful and beneficial day-to-day applications in sales. Sales teams are already seeing AI streamline workflows, coach reps, optimize prospecting strategies and more. What is AI in sales?

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JANUARY 15, 2024

Developing sales leaders is not just about their individual growth; it’s the secret to the continued success of the organization. Sales leaders play a pivotal role in coaching teams, driving revenue, and creating a positive culture. Here are three ways to grow leaders and make a positive impact on your sales organization.

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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

MARCH 31, 2024

Like so many other participants, Daniel didn’t set out to be in sales, but found himself selling. Figuring out each situation and contributing to customers achieving great business outcomes is what excites most high performing sellers. As a degreed engineer, I had some hesitation about jumping into sales.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

For business development (BDR) reps, the pressure to maximize productivity never lets up. To maintain team dynamics and deal flow, managers must actively help BDRs succeed in the new B2B marketplace. Managers can help sales reps who are waiting for great leads to be passed along by the BDR team. In 2024, 39.3%

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 11, 2024

This constant context-switching is exhausting, reducing overall productivity and making deep focus a rarity. Regular breaks can significantly improve focus and productivity by breaking up seemingly unending work into manageable portions. This rollercoaster can cloud concentration and dampen productivity.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 7, 2024

To make that happen, they need the expertise, assistance and guidance of a client-focused IT services team. Try to help your prospect understand your solutions and how these steps will improve overall performance. Assure Continuous Improvement and Innovation This is equally an expectation and an obligation.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity?

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BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We have already discussed in our last post how managing a large sales team creates hurdles at tracking performance, analyzing sales data, providing personalized coaching, etc. Simply compiling exhaustive performance analysis no longer cuts it in today’s highly competitive enterprise sales climate.

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Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with KaTom CEO Patricia Bible to discuss what it takes to lead and sustain a hyper-growth company. It was a pivotal moment that tested my resolve, but it also brought to light the incredible strength and support of our team," she shared.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 17, 2023

Sales enablement is a process that helps businesses equip their sales teams with the resources, tools, and information they need to improve their performance and close more deals. What is Sales Enablement? What is Sales Enablement?

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Mindtickle

APRIL 10, 2024

When it comes to B2B sales, content is still king. According to the Demand Gen Report , more than half of B2B buyers rely on sales content to guide their purchase decisions more now than in the past. According to the recently released State of Revenue Productivity Report , organizations published an average of 642 new assets in 2023.

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Allego

JANUARY 11, 2024

People in all industries use generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT to create content, analyze data, write software, create sales strategies, develop employee training, manage teams, and more. The technology helps automate and streamline tasks, increasing productivity. They continue to innovate and improve.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I can’t begin to count the number of “experts” filling my social feeds with the sage wisdom and advice on maximizing performance: “Give your best leads to your top performers!” Let’s look at what this means: Our top performers are already very busy. Their performance will decline.

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Allego

APRIL 18, 2024

Well, it’s no longer just a promise—AI is actively reshaping the way we manage our day-to-day tasks and how we conduct business, particularly in sales. In fact, consulting firm McKinsey & Company says, “AI is poised to disrupt marketing and sales in every sector.” To help you, I dug deeper to see how sales teams can use AI.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 15, 2024

In B2B sales, success is often the result of strategic planning, deep customer understanding, and execution. A self-fulfilling prophecy, it refers to the phenomenon where higher expectations lead to increased performance. Its opposite is the Golem Effect, in which lower expectations result in decreased performance.

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Pipeliner

MAY 26, 2023

Sales enablement is a process that helps businesses equip their sales teams with the resources, tools, and information they need to improve their performance and close more deals. What is Sales Enablement? What is Sales Enablement?

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Allego

DECEMBER 22, 2021

During the pandemic, sales managers in all industries have faced time constraints, reduced visibility into seller activity, and hybrid work environments that make personalized coaching even more difficult than it was before. Arco’s sales team of 30-strong outbound reps faced a number of challenges. For Arco’s coach speci?cally,

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Nutshell

MARCH 28, 2024

As a startup, having a well-running sales pipeline is vital to facilitate sales actions and help your team close deals faster. Read on to learn more about the importance of sales pipelines for your business and how to manage a sales pipeline for your startup. What is a sales pipeline?

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Highspot

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A recent study we commissioned from a leading B2B research firm, surveying 120 global sales leaders, found an average 16% increase in win rate with one thing in common—sales enablement. Here are data-driven tips to come out of this challenging sales environment on top. So, how do you enable your sellers to succeed?

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As a sales leader, you already know that effective sales performance management isn’t just setting lofty sales targets and then pushing your team to achieve them. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s the same for sales and enablement teams. AI-enhanced tools act like digital assistants that automate processes and analyze content and data, allowing you to focus on more strategic functions and increasing your productivity. Modern User Experiences Like your customers, your sales reps want cutting-edge user experiences.

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Nutshell

MAY 11, 2023

You might be wondering, can you use AI for sales? Sales is a field that relies heavily on human interaction, but technology has always played a significant role in enhancing its efficiency and effectiveness. AI is one of the latest technologies that’s making a big impact on the world of sales. How can sales teams use AI?

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