Partners in Excellence

JUNE 29, 2020

You’ve moved from being an individual contributor to managing a team. How do you transition from being a great sales person into being a great sales manager. The job of sales manager is different. As manager, it’s not your responsibility to manage the deals, to make the numbers.

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Nutshell

MARCH 31, 2023

As a sales manager, you want to stay up to date with the latest sales trends, keep up with your sales skills and knowledge, and continually build your management and leadership expertise. In this post, we’ll share some of our favorite resources for sales managers. Here are some of our favorites.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JUNE 26, 2023

As a sales manager, you've realized that the sales world is not a constant, static environment. Understanding the seasonal nature of sales is crucial for any business to thrive and adapt to the challenges and opportunities that arise throughout the year.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here are a few considerations when addressing sales performance issues. Opportunity Cost: What happens when one of your sales people is not performing? Some of these processes can take 3 -6 months to determine whether the sales rep can address their performance gaps or if not are fired. Stay Focused on the Desired Result.

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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? Can you relate? Take a look at how you are doing this year.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Sales management is one of the toughest jobs around—particularly that of the first line sales manager. Fundamentally, our job is to maximize the performance of our sales teams–both tactically and strategically. A number of years ago, I was EVP of Sales for a large organization.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Whether it’s an individual seeking to maximize her performance, or a team struggling with a change initiative or even collaborating effectively, the things they face are similar to those our customers face–yet the context is slightly different. The post Sales Manager, What Value Are You Creating?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 2, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 2 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. What does great front-line sales management actually look like?

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SalesFuel

APRIL 11, 2024

Zoom became a lifeline for millions working from home and a savior of reps competing for a remote sales closing. And for sales professionals, a new, robust communication channel has been launched. More Channels Provide More Personalized Choices for Sales Closing Finding a comfortable way to communicate with key clients is essential.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 20, 2022

First, congratulations, your first job as a sales manager is a huge step forward in your career. Now, don’t screw it up—you’ll get a lot of managers who will immediately congratulate you, shake your hand, smile then say, “What have you done for me lately?”. Before I go on, let’s backtrack a little bit.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 25, 2019

Every survey we see continued declines in sales performance–across all industries and across every dimension. In response to these declines, organizations invest millions in technology oriented to helping improve the efficiency of sales people. They invest millions in training, hoping to provide the skills to help sales people.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

There has been no shortage of new sales related books during COVID, the usual mixed bag, with scale. But one stands out, The Building Blocks of Sales Enablement , by Mike Kunkle. Not only because of the author, Mr. Kunkle and the subject, sales enablement, but because way Mike approaches the subject. By Tibor Shanto.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 6, 2019

Tim has been writing a series on sales management, Why Can’t We Build Better Sales Managers? In this particular article, Tim suggests we may not need traditional sales managers anymore. My immediate reaction was, “What is the role of a sales manager?” ” Absolutely!

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 17, 2023

If you're like most sales managers, driving revenue consistently and efficiently can be a daunting task. But there are ways to maximize the success of your sales efforts through managing each stage of the funnel properly - from top to bottom.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 11, 2019

Sadly, too many managers seem to mindlessly echo the same meaningless mantra from some hopelessly outdated sales manager playbook. It helps us maximize the results and outcomes of everything we currently do. As a result, we maximize the utilization and impact of all our resources. It’s tough work!

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 17, 2022

I’m a huge fan of sales enablement and some of the outstanding sales enablement practitioners who I count as friends. I think, however, one of the biggest problems with sales enablement is not what they do, or the quality of the programs they develop. Recently I had a fascinating conversation with a sales enablement team.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2021

3 Steps to Flawless Sales Execution. With modest single-digit declines in sales, the sector has fared relatively well. The most significant factor to a slowing of growth has been attributed to a reduction in in-person meetings between sales representatives and physicians. How to Boost Your Sales by Flawless Sales Execution.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This post is about how CEOs should invest in sales managers to improve revenue growth in 2013. As part of our annual Q3 Research Tour, SBI surveyed over 10,000 sales reps. If you are considering sending your sales managers to training seminars in 2013, keep your money. Develop a custom sales management program.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Perhaps more than other more average fields, you really need virtues in sales management. The bottom line: if you don’t clearly understand how a sales manager needs to be poised for the future, you reduce the chances of creating value and growth. The need for courage comes into play all throughout a sales manager’s job.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 16, 2014

As with the prior articles, I get huge numbers of requests from sales manager to help Hack their jobs. “What are the short cuts?” ” “How do I manage my time better?” Having said that, here’s a few of my favorite hacks to sales management. That’s 100 deals.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In this podcast, I talk to Natalie Bering of ServiceNow on how to support frontline managers by coaching them to think big, maximizing their 1-on-1 time with staff, and focusing on professional development. RELATED: Sales Organization Structure For Optimal Performance In this article: What Are Frontline Managers?

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 30, 2019

So why is it any different with sales? Accordingly, onboarding is a critical component in maximizing reps’ performance and ability to positively impact the bottom line. In fact, more than six in 10 organizations (62%) say their sales onboarding programs are ineffective, according to the Sales Management Association (SMA).

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 30, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 18, 2017

Thanks to people like Mike Kunkle , Tamara Schenk , Jason Jordan , Mike Weinberg , and others; the importance of Front Line Sales Manager Enablement is getting some visibility–though still not enough. It’s the FLSM that translates our business and sales strategies to day to day execution by the sales teams.

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Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Sales managers are responsible for growing revenue. That means 1) providing sales reps with the guidance they need to continuously improve, 2) building a sales process that gives reps the best chance at closing each lead, and 3) understanding which efforts are moving the needle and which are a waste of energy.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 26, 2014

I’m not sure anyone looks forward to the Sales Management Review (sometimes these are called QBR’s, but there are other reviews). It’s unfortunate, because there’s a huge amount of value in the review process–both for sales people and managers. No value to the sales person.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly every sales organization will admit they could be better at planning. According to a study by Cascade Insights , more than 75% of sales leaders agree their planning efforts are problematic — and 90% of sales ops leaders confessed on LinkedIn they need to do sales planning faster and more frequently.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 27, 2017

Virtually everything one reads about driving sales performance and productivity focuses on the sales person. 1000’s of books and articles provide endless advise to help improve sales people skills. Billions are spent in training and skills development—all focused on the sales person.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 9, 2016

There are 1000’s of articles, dozens of books on sales enablement. In the US alone, between training, technology, and tools, over $25Billion is spent each year on enabling sales people. There are dozens of software tools/platforms, with new one’s springing up every week that focus only on sales enablement.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 19, 2016

Perusing my news feeds this morning, an article entitled, “Should Sales Managers Coach” caught my eye. Is it a super closer/sales person? The job of the front line sales manager is to maximize the performance of each person on the team! How does the front line sales leader do this?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Author: Seamus Dunne How is your business performing regarding its current sales figures? Communication is the basis of any solid sales platform and a handful of VoIP strategies can help to maximize your current efforts. The Notion of a Unified Approach to Sales. This is why centralization is important. .

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Mike Kunkle is leading an important discussion about a new trend in Sales Enablement. Mike identifies the issue: “I’ve been reading Sales Enablement leadership job descriptions lately. And the front line managers are doing what, exactly” Like Mike, I’m seeing the same trend.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 29, 2018

Monthly, I get into discussions with well intended sales managers–all are struggling, all are looking for help. ” Bob is a front line sales manager (FLSM) for a large technology company. .” ” Bob is a front line sales manager (FLSM) for a large technology company. Sound familiar?

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Apptivo

AUGUST 5, 2022

Whether you are a product or service based company, you need to have a sales team in order to drive the growth of your business. Sales teams are purely responsible for interacting with the customers and actually help make sales by convincing the customers to make purchases. What is a sales team? The Assembly line.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Vice President of Sales at ZoomInfo, Steve Bryerton, shares his thoughts on how to implement a Team Lead within your organization. Picture this: You’re a sales leader, currently responsible for a team of nearly 10+ sales development reps. But we have to warn you, there are sales leaders who will advise otherwise.

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