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Group travel is down, but not out

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan According to an April survey by the Incentive Research Foundation, the top concern about participating in work or reward-related travel was the threat of an epidemic/pandemic at 33%, followed closely by severe weather at 29%. Sales are still happening, but a group celebration isn’t likely.

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Top Sales Training Trends to Watch in 2022

Janek Performance Group

If 2020 was the year of the pandemic, 2021 was the year sellers adapted and turned the tide. Like in a post-apocalyptic movie, sales heroes valiantly fought a formidable foe, developing and broadening their skills to combat the challenges of uncertain markets, supply-chain chaos, rising inflation, and the great resignation.

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8 Essential Elements of Virtual Sales Training

Allego

Sales productivity has never been more important, yet sales teams today face tougher obstacles than ever as the current crisis makes most in-person interactions impossible. Almost 90 percent of sales have moved to a remote model since the pandemic began, according to McKinsey. There’s a better way.

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The True Cost Of Sales Rep Turnover

Sell Integrity

It’s important to understand what it’s really going to cost you when you lose a sales rep — and what steps you can take to minimize your turnover rates. Every sales leader can relate to that pit-in-the-stomach feeling when a star sales rep says they’re moving on. In some industries, average sales rep tenure is just two years.

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Why, How, and When to Upskill Your Sales Team

Janek Performance Group

In an instant, sales organizations saw their operations and teams rendered dramatically less productive. In addition to an uncertain economy, organizations now face dispersed sales teams and a lexicon of new phrases. They could have “a human energy crisis,” with sellers “in Goblin Mode,” on “bare-minimum Mondays.”

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Do You Have the Right Sellers on Your Sales Bus?

Xvoyant

Warren Buffet’s oft-quoted phrase, “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked,” is quite timely for sales managers leading during a pandemic. The pandemic has forced CEOs and sales managers to look closely at their sales ocean — and many are finding a less-than-scenic view.

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Can I Help Your Leadership Team?

Xvoyant

Every day I speak with Sales Leaders around the world. Sometimes it is the Senior-most sales leader for an organization. Other times it is a regional, divisional, or front-line manager of salespeople. Each organization is dealing with the current pandemic differently. Modern Sales has changed in the last 45 days.