Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

And, at that point, the winners and losers will be separated by how well they combine their sales talents with skills for using AI. Before that happens, though, the AI has to be trained?—? Compare that to 2016, when CRM penetration surged to 74 percent but goal attainment dropped to 55.8 including the B- and C-players?—?to

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

(STAR Results) has launched its global 2016 STAR Sales Manager Survey. The Sales Manager Survey seeks opinions and perceptions from sales executives and leaders around the world on key skills and development priorities for sales managers. Business Unit Managers/Directors.

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Survey Sales Management Study Report 120

Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

(STAR Results) has launched its global 2016 STAR Sales Management Skills Survey. The Sales Management Skills Survey seeks opinions and perceptions from sales executives and leaders around the world on key skills and development priorities for sales managers. Regional Sales Directors.

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Survey Sales Management Study Report 120

Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

(STAR Results) has launched its global 2016 STAR Sales Management Skills Survey. The Sales Management Skills Survey seeks opinions and perceptions from sales executives and leaders around the world on key skills and development priorities for sales managers. Regional Sales Directors.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Sales Management End of Year Checklist. . Depending upon the person and the conditions in their sales organization each article may or may not be pertinent. I decided to start with a Sales Management End of Year Checklist. Did it achieve your goals for 2016? Need to prepare a 2017 Sales Business Plan ?

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A while ago we received a call from a company wanting to talk about coaching training for their front-line sales managers. They were real cheerleaders – they believed sales managers were the pivotal job for sales success and coaching was the sales managers’ key responsibility.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Most sales leaders know they should be coaching their reps more. But sales coaching is a broad idea—and its interpretation is often left to chance. According to the Sales Management Association , formal sales coaching strategies tend to be poorly executed or non-existent. Leadership Development Sales Coaching

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Sales Compensation Planning for 2016. As sales leaders or executives everyone must be focused on exceeding the end of year sales quota’s and budgets-but alas- it is mid-November and December will be quickly on top of you. Once that step is taken, you can take a free sales compensation “assessment” on Acumen’s website.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Sales Management and Discipline. I received a call from a former client that was concerned about the status of their sales team and VP of Sales-it seems that their revenue was off more than $2M over the previous year and below their growth goal! Development of a Sales Plan for the new year with quarterly objections/goals.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Attempts to get sales enablement right are on the rise , as organizations grapple with the idea that shorter product life cycles, a more informed customer base, and global competition make the way they sell just as important as what they are selling. Training, training, training. Looking to Achieve High Growth?

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 25, 2021

She decided special training was needed for girls who wanted to become saleswomen, and perhaps one day, women sales leaders. And as a member of the executive committee of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of Boston, she had the means to provide that training. More Trailblazers for Women Sales Leaders.

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The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

JULY 26, 2019

I also mentioned that formulating Learning Goals at sophistication levels three (apply) and higher is necessary but not sufficient for Sales Training Initiatives having a sustainable impact on sellers’ performance. For sales tool training, level 3 is sufficient. However not all tasks need the full proficiency level.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Melanie Whelan, CEO of SoulCycle, shared in a NY Times a simple, interesting framework for management strategy sessions. It sounds simple – but it struck us with a few word of substitution these steps would provide a straightforward framework for sales managers to use when working with their sales teams to review sales strategy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 13, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-06-13. Teaser: Millennials thrive in a team environment and are adept at problem solving through collaboration with others such as fellow salespeople and sales managers. Author: Max Cates. The days of the lone wolf road warrior may be a thing of the past, as this new generation becomes full-time salespeople.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 6, 2017

A Sales Manager’s Recipe: What’s Cooking in 2017? Last week after presenting a keynote program called Gourmet Living, an attendee came up to me afterwards and discussed her challenges as a sales manager. Become a Detective : In sales management workshops we always talk about inspect what you expect.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Sales training. Here’s the conundrum … You have a 250 person sales team. You are a new, first time Sales Training Director. You replaced a sales manager who did no sales training for a long time. Sales training is not inexpensive. Expectations are likely to be dated.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 17, 2016

Sales Management Excellence. Herminia Ibaraan, an INSEAD professor, published a provocative book arguing that in today’s market if you desire to get better at management you must venture outside your comfort zone. There is little doubt that front-line sales managers are the pivotal job for building an effective sales team.

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ROI4Sales

APRIL 17, 2017

We don’t say that reps are “sales trained” – for all you English majors – we use the present participle form and refer to it as “sales training.” And for a good reason: sales training must be a continuous process if you are going to be successful in today’s B2B sales environment. Sound familiar?

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 24, 2017

Are sales managers really at fault? You don’t hear that phrase very often anymore, but account based sales reps still carry a bag. But it’s their managers who are left holding the bag when reps don’t meet or exceed quota. But it’s their managers who are left holding the bag when reps don’t meet or exceed quota.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 20, 2016

And for large opportunities the win often is celebrated inside the sales team – again automatic positive feedback. All too often sales managers do not sit down with a salesperson who has closed a winning deal and leverage the win as an opportunity to have a second-level feedback discussion with the sales rep.

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Sales Training Connection

JULY 27, 2016

New sales managers. You are now a sales manager. Even after some initial guidance from colleagues, most new sales managers find themselves struggling to figure out how to balance the requirements of the position. So, in reality, the answer is usually one of smart management not prevention.

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SBI

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Sales enablement is a hot topic at the moment, and a key priority for many sales organizations. According to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , 32.7% of surveyed organizations had a sales enablement function in 2016 (up from 25.5% Yet, as an industry, we’re failing badly at it.

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Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Sales training. If your customers are making changes of substantial magnitude, then the case is made that it’s no longer business-as-usual for your sales team. Because it is transformation, the design work involves more than just some word changes to the title page of your sales training documents.

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Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

DECEMBER 10, 2016

This is a repost of an article by Karen McCandless on Oct 28, 2016 at lab.getapp.com Two million. The percentage of companies that have trouble recruiting sales staff with the necessary skills. That’s the amount of salespeople who say that sales training has increased their selling abilities.

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Sales Excellence

MAY 25, 2016

Denver, CO, USA –May 25, 2016 – Sales Excellence, Inc., a premier global sales training and consulting organization, today announced that it has been awarded a spot on Selling Power’s 2016 list of the Top 20 Sales Training Companies that excel in helping organizations improve sales performance.

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Sales Training Connection

JULY 19, 2016

Medical sales training. The question can and should be explored from a number of perspectives, here let’s just drill down and examine what it means for designing sales training. Building transformational sales training. The number is dramatically reduced for a sales transformation project.

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

As the fourth quarter begins, many VPs of Sales and Sales Training Directors will be focusing on closing Q4 strong and positioning their sales teams for success in 2016. One item on many agendas will be the annual sales meeting, often sometime during Q1. Sales rep attention. Why? And why not?

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Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Companies spend a tremendous amount of time, money and effort every year to improve the productivity of their sales teams. The intervention strategies range from sales training efforts to coaching initiatives to sales tools to marketing materials. Help front-line sales managers be a filter not a funnel.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Since its acquisition by Microsoft in 2016, it has evolved into the go-to-platform for sales professionals. Salespeople should be educated and trained how to use LinkedIn to their advantage. As a training company, we realize adults are competency-based learners. I have a great new solution I think you will love.

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LevelEleven

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, coaching is crucial to success in sales. According to CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Report , “Sales coaching is a leadership skill that develops each salesperson’s full potential.” Invest in effective sales technology.

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 21, 2016

What does this mean for Sales ? Whether you are talking about recruiting, selection, onboarding, training or compensation, it is will worth the time to consider whether your processes are in tune with the experiences and expectations of a cohort that will comprise an increasing percentage of your sales force.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 2, 2017

A friend of my recently wrote a blog on the “ One Person That Impacted My Life in 2016” I think it was a fabulous idea, today is a good day for you to reflect on that thought, name that person and thank them, make them aware of your feelings and then go make 2017 Your Best Year Ever! His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world!

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Yet, as the CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting , I have seen firsthand that a growing number of world-class companies are seeking to hire top-performing B2B salespeople, especially in the last five years. Involving well-trained salespeople will improve these numbers. As sales jobs in some sectors decline, they are growing in new areas.

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Fill the Funnel

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

There is no excuse for anyone in sales to not be fully trained, informed and up-to-date on the most current thinking in the sales profession. Free training programs and summits are available to anyone that sincerely wants to get better and be more productive serving their customers. This is one of those opportunities!

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 31, 2017

Rather, it’s a step, an action, a conversation missed earlier in the sales process. If you believe that video is the end-all, be-all for sales training and content marketing, you’re mistaken. percent of sales reps made quota in 2016. The problem is that many sales managers were raised in Sales 1.0

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Developing a sales culture. Traditionally when talking 
about sales best practices, most of the emphasis has been placed on individual sales rep and
 sales management skill sets. So the sales leadership needs to create a culture where taking a well-planned risk is rewarded. ©2016 Sales Momentum® LLC.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 27, 2016

In the session, I make an offer for a free chapter from my soon to be published book: Sales Manager Survival Guide. It’s the chapter on One-On-Ones. If you want a copy of that chapter, please send me a note, dabrock@excellenc.com.

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