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Combining Goal Setting with Sales Competencies

Understanding the Sales Force

Kurlan is best known for the Baseline Selling sales process and methodology I introduced in 2005 and I’ll be driving many updates to the look, feel, content and delivery methods of Baseline Selling. I’m on the email distribution list for baseball Coach Mark Brooks.

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A Modern Take on Sales Coaching

Xvoyant

To say the state of sales today is radically different than it was in 2005 would be an understatement. The availability of data has created an expectation that salespeople will use this for “coaching” purposes to help a higher percentage of salespeople achieve quota. Today’s salesperson is different than the GenX salesperson of 2005.

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The Death of Traditional Sales Coaching

Xvoyant

Gary Rhoads, PhD – Co-Founder Xvoyant — Despite the traditional wisdom of the Sales Executive Council in 2005 to focus on the middle and leave the top and bottom performers alone, many sales leaders are still unsure about who and how to coach to maximize sales revenue.

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The Death of Traditional Sales Coaching

Xvoyant

Gary Rhoads, PhD – Co-Founder Xvoyant — Despite the traditional wisdom of the Sales Executive Council in 2005 to focus on the middle and leave the top and bottom performers alone, many sales leaders are still unsure about who and how to coach to maximize sales revenue.

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The Secret to Sales Rep Motivation

Steven Rosen

The researchers at MIT in a 2005 study for the Federal Reserve Bank concluded that : As long as the task involved only mechanical skills, bonuses and rewards work. Secondly, front line sales managers need to effectively coach their sales people to understand what motivates each member of their team. Coaching works from the inside out.

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Sales Coaching: How to Hold Your Team Accountable When You Never See Them

Funnel Clarity

A recent survey reveals that remote workers in the US has grown by 140% since 2005. This should come as no surprise, as advancements in technology have enabled sellers to essentially perform every work duty from the palm of their hands.

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What is the Best Sales Process for Increasing Sales?

Understanding the Sales Force

Having founded Kurlan & Associates in 1985 and Objective Management Group in 1990, the only surprise should be that it took so long to combine the two passions and write Baseline Selling – How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball , in 2005.