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Ominous Signs for Sales Teams and Baseball Can Help

Understanding the Sales Force

Whether or not it’s an economic crisis like 2008-2009, the four things I shared tell us that selling is quickly becoming much more difficult. That means there are few experienced recession-proof salespeople, but there are plenty who didn’t figure out how to succeed at recessionary selling back then.

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Sales Manager Coaching Blunders Revisited

Steven Rosen

Sales coaching is the No. 1 management activity that drives sales performance. The only problem is that managers have not been taught how to coach effectively. Coaching is a skill that takes time to perfect, and unless expertly coached or trained, managers can make all types of blunders.

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How Sales Managers Get Set Up To Fail

Steven Rosen

In the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley stress the lack of coaching and support for sales managers, underscoring the need for coaching for these managers. Because simple often wins, you can’t coach without a playbook.”

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Make The Leap from Good to Great

Steven Rosen

Make The Leap from Good to Great. Are you a good sales leader or a great sales leader? Do you want to make the leap from good to great? What makes a great sales leader? Develop a sales culture by hiring top performers , executing with excellence, and establishing cadence and accountability.

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Who’s Coaching the Coaches?

Steven Rosen

Coaching the Coaches The question of the day is, who’s coaching the coaches on coaching? The reality is there is no one coaching the coaches. Second-line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. The Problem: Coaching isn’t Easy Maybe you’re lucky.

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How to Fix What’s Missing from Your Sales Training Program

Sales and Marketing Management

Lee Smith A recent State of Sales report published by LinkedIn revealed that U.S. businesses spend $15 billion a year training their sales employees. Despite this spending level, 68% of sales professionals are rated as moderate performers in the State of Sales, fourth edition, report from Salesforce.

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Sales Manager Rule #1: Coaching to Improve Skills

Steven Rosen

Chris committed to coaching to improve the skills of his sales team. is a district sales manager who just took my Focused Sales Coaching online program. He has done well implementing the program and is so close to being a great sales manager. You are making an impact with these sales managers!

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