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Success Starts with Mastering Focus. Are you determined to make 2017 the year you will have breakthrough results? In my previous video, I talked about FOCUS being the key factor for success. I don’t care if you are the CEO, an executive, manager or sales rep, you are inundated with back to back meetings, phone calls, and voice messages, literally hundreds of emails, and numerous texts. If you work in an office, people may be standing at your door to speak with you. MORE
Are you a sales manager? Congratulations! You are the key to unlocking the potential of your team. You are the #1 factor that drives your team’s performance. One of my favorite quotes is from Peter Drucker which nicely sums up your role. Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”. In a world where you are measured by results, where do you go to get insights, gems, pearls, and ideas to help you improve your results? MORE
The Not So Secret Way to Crush Your Numbers. Earlier this year I published an article titled 5 Ways to Create a Successful Sales Coaching Program. The results from Sales Mastery sales executive survey showed that 1/3 of executives surveyed, said that “ sub-optimal sales manager coaching” is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives in 2018. The studies below clearly shows that sales manager coaching has a significant impact on performance. MORE
I have said it before and I will say it again – SALES MANAGERS ARE STRUGGLING! Only 10-20% of Sales Managers are Crushing It! The rest are struggling to make their sales numbers. They find themselves overwhelmed, overstressed and lacking the tools and training to be the best they can be. Here is the question you need to ask yourself. Where does your region fall in terms of sales to quota this year? MORE
Is a Lack of Business Acumen Impacting Your Sales? Expectations on salespeople have undergone enormous change. The number of sales reps has declined significantly over the last four years. MORE
Quarterly Business Reviews . Business acumen and business planning are becoming a much more necessary skill for sales reps and sales managers. The company’s business planning processes require sales reps to build annual business plans. MORE
So What is Executive Coaching? The New Trend in Executive Development is Coaching. MORE
Sales Leadership Roundtable – Part II. This is the second post from the sales leadership roundtable. Click here to read part one. The awesome leaders shared over 30 great tips on how they are communicating during this crisis. The best section was how they are communicating with their boss. MORE
If you want to crush your sales numbers Sales Strategy #2: Execute with Excellence is guaranteed to help. Number one, your marketing team is ready to go, they have their strategies, their plans in place and their budgets. As the Head of Sales, you are still in 2017 my friend but you really need to have your head in 2018 deciding what you are going to do. The key now is to get prepared for 2018 which means ensuring that you have your sales execution plan ready to go come January. MORE
Sales Leadership Roundtable Discussion. I really enjoyed a round table discussion that I facilitated a couple of weeks ago. I had 8 senior sales executives join me for an open discussion. MORE
Invest in your sales managers to unlock the potential in your sales organization and turn that performance into sustainable performance As the leader of your organization, the next 6 months will prove to be more pressure-filled than you may have experienced in years. MORE
Most sales executives realize the value and importance of sales coaching. They know that sales coaching is one of the most significant levers to drive superior sales performance. To Coach Or Not To Coach? That Is The Question. . Here is what the data shows: Only 14% are spending enough time sales coaching. Only 7% are effectively sales coaching. Less than 1% are doing the right kind of coaching and debriefing. Source: Objective Management Group , Dave Kurlan. MORE
What’s Holding You Back? It’s a new year and a new decade. It is time to reflect on where you are, where you would like to be and commit yourself to get there. Like most sales leaders, you want to achieve your sales objectives. MORE
Sales Executive Leadership Forum. Build a Bigger Network and Increase Your Market Value. Every sales leader needs to consider their market value. Sales leaders should regularly evaluate and determine areas for growth for their staff and themselves. MORE
The What, Why, How, and When of Executive Sales Coaching. Executive coaching is estimated to be a $2-3 billion/year global industry. There has been dramatic growth in the number of people who are becoming coaches and leaders who are hiring coaches. The rapid pace of change, high levels of uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in business is forcing both executives and managers to look beyond training for their ongoing development needs. MORE
Awesome Virtual Coaching Creates Master Virtual Sellers. COVID has impacted everyone. Sales organizations have had to adjust how they prospect, sell, and interact with customers and each other. . Companies that have been quick to adapt have been able to mitigate the impact of COVID. MORE
Hello Steven Rosen here for my weekly sales management tip where each week I share one tip from my book 52 Sales Management Tips, The Sales Managers’ Success Guide. Today’s tip #26 is listen, learn and laugh a lot. Following the three L’s will win you more friends, help you gain knowledge and ultimately help you be happier. Take the time to live in the moment by listening more, read a book, read an article, keep learning. Learning is a constant factor in all of our lives. MORE
During a cycle of change, you need to clearly and concisely communicate where the organization is heading to help your salespeople understand the future. What does the new structure look like? What are the new roles and responsibilities of the team members? Discuss the rationale for the change. In times of change do 3 things: Communicate, communicate and communicate! The post Weekly Sales Management Tip #15: You Can Never Over-Communicate appeared first on STAR Results. Video MORE
You have just gone through the first week of the COVID-19 crisis. Pat yourself on the back because no one else will with social distancing rules in effect. Have you: Successfully transitioned your sales team to WFH status? Held at least one online team meeting? MORE
Develop a Coaching Culture. Hi, this is my fifth video on Sales Strategies to Crush Your Sales Numbers, I call it Develop a Coaching Culture. . In the last four video/blogs, I covered: Sales Strategy #1: Upgrading the skills of your front-line sales managers because you have a multiplier effect when their skills get better. Sales Strategy #2 Execute with Excellence because most companies do not execute with excellence. Sales Strategy #3: Invest in Yourself. MORE
Are You Focused on Results Generating Activities? Not another virtual meeting! How many times a day do you think that? How can you get any significant work done if all you are doing is attending virtual meetings and managing endless emails? MORE
Invest in Yourself . Like most sales executives you cognitively understand the importance of developing your leadership skills and the advantages of ongoing networking. You find yourself too busy due to ongoing meetings, conferences, telephone calls and emails and you rarely find the time to develop yourself. Reality is, the higher we go in organizations the fewer opportunities there are for networking and fewer people to actually network with. MORE
3 Steps to Flawless Sales Execution. The pharmaceutical industry has been far less impacted by the pandemic than most other industries. With modest single-digit declines in sales, the sector has fared relatively well. MORE
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. MORE
Business success is a function of brilliant strategies and excellent execution. How are your sales to date? Every sales leader I have spoken with could easily answer this question. I am sure you can as well. Here is a more challenging question: How well are you doing when it comes to strategy execution ? This is a much more challenging question and there is no easy answer. Business success is a function of brilliant strategies and excellent execution. MORE
Unleash the 10X Factor to Close the Sales Gap. Do you want to close the sales gap? Doing nothing is not an option! Businesses are starting to open, which hopefully is a good thing. MORE
For most businesses, the first half of 2020 is a write-off! COVID-19 has hurt the economy, and many companies have suffered. If you want to close the gap you need to act now! MORE
Developing Master Sales Coaches. Do you have a team of master sales coaches? Are your sales managers ready to crush it in 2020 or will it be another frustrating, mediocre 12-months? MORE
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. That’s right. Second line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. The reality is, they have one-on-ones, but their meetings tend to focus on business issues, follow up items and people issues. The role of the frontline manager (FLM) is to recruit, develop, and retain top sales performers. MORE
How would you like to crush your sales numbers in 2018? In this Executive Briefing, executing with excellence , I am going to share three steps to doing so. Sales managers, sales executives, sales and marketing executives, this message is for you. Do you spend hours, days and months building your marketing plans , getting approval and doing what you need to do to get your plans and budgets secured for the next year? How much time do you actually spend working on executing with excellence? MORE
Why Companies Fail to Execute. I find it shocking that statistics show that 60%-90% of companies fail to execute their strategies. HBR quotes a survey where more than 400 global CEO’s found that business execution excellence was the number one challenge facing corporate leaders. The CEO’s were from Asia, Europe, and the United States. Execution headed the list which included 80 issues which included innovation, geopolitical instability, and top-line growth. MORE
That could crush your sales organization. Let’s face it, being a sales executive has become increasingly more difficult. Chances are next year’s sales objective is going up and your budget is being reduced. You are facing challenges of do more with less, increased competition, pricing pressures, staff turnover, and increased expectations from customers. I have spoken to a number of sales executives trying to understand their most perplexing challenges. MORE
Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Study after study has shown that sales manager coaching has a significant impact on performance. Here are a couple of my favorites: CEB Coaching Effectiveness Survey Findings: Coaching effectiveness: 19% improvement in performance. Time in field: 17% increase in performance. MORE
January is a crazy month, with national sales meetings, new comp plans, new marketing programs and the annual performance review process. The rest you had over the holidays is long forgotten. You are very busy. What if there was one thing that you could do now that would help your salespeople succeed this year? The good news is that you don’t have to drop anything. In fact, I will show you how to integrate my one thing into what you are already doing and show you a simple way to make it happen. MORE
Steven Rosen
APRIL 15, 2021
Quarterly Business Reviews . Business acumen and business planning are becoming a much more necessary skill for sales reps and sales managers. The company’s business planning processes require sales reps to build annual business plans.
Steven Rosen
JANUARY 18, 2021
Are You Focused on Results Generating Activities? Not another virtual meeting! How many times a day do you think that? How can you get any significant work done if all you are doing is attending virtual meetings and managing endless emails?
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Steven Rosen
MARCH 23, 2021
3 Steps to Flawless Sales Execution. The pharmaceutical industry has been far less impacted by the pandemic than most other industries. With modest single-digit declines in sales, the sector has fared relatively well.
Steven Rosen
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
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.
Speaker: Bryan Naas, VP of Sales Productivity at Braze
Getting reps & marketers to engage in your content is half the battle of providing value that can ultimately impact the bottom line. How do we break through the noise? In this session, Bryan Naas will detail what it takes to build training and content resources that reps will actually take the time to engage with so you can help them reach their goals.
Steven Rosen
JUNE 3, 2020
Unleash the 10X Factor to Close the Sales Gap. Do you want to close the sales gap? Doing nothing is not an option! Businesses are starting to open, which hopefully is a good thing.
Steven Rosen
MARCH 24, 2021
So What is Executive Coaching? The New Trend in Executive Development is Coaching.
Steven Rosen
APRIL 6, 2020
Sales Leadership Roundtable Discussion. I really enjoyed a round table discussion that I facilitated a couple of weeks ago. I had 8 senior sales executives join me for an open discussion.
Steven Rosen
MARCH 4, 2021
Is a Lack of Business Acumen Impacting Your Sales? Expectations on salespeople have undergone enormous change. The number of sales reps has declined significantly over the last four years.
Steven Rosen
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Awesome Virtual Coaching Creates Master Virtual Sellers. COVID has impacted everyone. Sales organizations have had to adjust how they prospect, sell, and interact with customers and each other. . Companies that have been quick to adapt have been able to mitigate the impact of COVID.
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Every sales forecasting model has a different strength and predictability method. It’s recommended to test out which one is best for your team. This way, you’ll be able to further enhance – and optimize – your newly-developed pipeline. Your future sales forecast? Sunny skies (and success) are just ahead!
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Steven Rosen
JULY 15, 2020
For most businesses, the first half of 2020 is a write-off! COVID-19 has hurt the economy, and many companies have suffered. If you want to close the gap you need to act now!
Steven Rosen
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Developing Master Sales Coaches. Do you have a team of master sales coaches? Are your sales managers ready to crush it in 2020 or will it be another frustrating, mediocre 12-months?
Steven Rosen
JANUARY 10, 2021
Invest in your sales managers to unlock the potential in your sales organization and turn that performance into sustainable performance As the leader of your organization, the next 6 months will prove to be more pressure-filled than you may have experienced in years.
Steven Rosen
APRIL 13, 2020
Sales Leadership Roundtable – Part II. This is the second post from the sales leadership roundtable. Click here to read part one. The awesome leaders shared over 30 great tips on how they are communicating during this crisis. The best section was how they are communicating with their boss.
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Steven Rosen
MARCH 2, 2020
What’s Holding You Back? It’s a new year and a new decade. It is time to reflect on where you are, where you would like to be and commit yourself to get there. Like most sales leaders, you want to achieve your sales objectives.
Steven Rosen
MARCH 23, 2020
You have just gone through the first week of the COVID-19 crisis. Pat yourself on the back because no one else will with social distancing rules in effect. Have you: Successfully transitioned your sales team to WFH status? Held at least one online team meeting?
Steven Rosen
JUNE 20, 2019
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. That’s right. Second line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. The reality is, they have one-on-ones, but their meetings tend to focus on business issues, follow up items and people issues. The role of the frontline manager (FLM) is to recruit, develop, and retain top sales performers.
Steven Rosen
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Business success is a function of brilliant strategies and excellent execution. How are your sales to date? Every sales leader I have spoken with could easily answer this question. I am sure you can as well. Here is a more challenging question: How well are you doing when it comes to strategy execution ? This is a much more challenging question and there is no easy answer. Business success is a function of brilliant strategies and excellent execution.
Speaker: Christopher Ryan, Founder and CEO of Fusion Marketing Partners
Sales & Marketing departments that work together guarantee higher acquisition, better nurturing, and more effective sales. Join Christopher Ryan for this insightful webinar, presenting the wide funnel lead nurturing model. Don't miss out on this opportunity to get your teams working together and your revenue performance optimized.
Steven Rosen
DECEMBER 3, 2018
The Not So Secret Way to Crush Your Numbers. Earlier this year I published an article titled 5 Ways to Create a Successful Sales Coaching Program. The results from Sales Mastery sales executive survey showed that 1/3 of executives surveyed, said that “ sub-optimal sales manager coaching” is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives in 2018. The studies below clearly shows that sales manager coaching has a significant impact on performance.
Steven Rosen
APRIL 3, 2018
The What, Why, How, and When of Executive Sales Coaching. Executive coaching is estimated to be a $2-3 billion/year global industry. There has been dramatic growth in the number of people who are becoming coaches and leaders who are hiring coaches. The rapid pace of change, high levels of uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in business is forcing both executives and managers to look beyond training for their ongoing development needs.
Steven Rosen
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Hello Steven Rosen here for my weekly sales management tip where each week I share one tip from my book 52 Sales Management Tips, The Sales Managers’ Success Guide. Today’s tip #26 is listen, learn and laugh a lot. Following the three L’s will win you more friends, help you gain knowledge and ultimately help you be happier. Take the time to live in the moment by listening more, read a book, read an article, keep learning. Learning is a constant factor in all of our lives.
Steven Rosen
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Are you a sales manager? Congratulations! You are the key to unlocking the potential of your team. You are the #1 factor that drives your team’s performance. One of my favorite quotes is from Peter Drucker which nicely sums up your role. Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”. In a world where you are measured by results, where do you go to get insights, gems, pearls, and ideas to help you improve your results?
Speaker: Marc Wayshak, Sales Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Founder, Sales Insights Lab
Engaging prospects in a strong two-way dialogue is something most reps struggle with. In this session with Marc Wayshak, you’ll discover a data-driven approach to sales meetings that yields significantly better results.
Steven Rosen
JANUARY 6, 2018
Develop a Coaching Culture. Hi, this is my fifth video on Sales Strategies to Crush Your Sales Numbers, I call it Develop a Coaching Culture. . In the last four video/blogs, I covered: Sales Strategy #1: Upgrading the skills of your front-line sales managers because you have a multiplier effect when their skills get better. Sales Strategy #2 Execute with Excellence because most companies do not execute with excellence. Sales Strategy #3: Invest in Yourself.
Steven Rosen
JANUARY 19, 2017
Success Starts with Mastering Focus. Are you determined to make 2017 the year you will have breakthrough results? In my previous video, I talked about FOCUS being the key factor for success. I don’t care if you are the CEO, an executive, manager or sales rep, you are inundated with back to back meetings, phone calls, and voice messages, literally hundreds of emails, and numerous texts. If you work in an office, people may be standing at your door to speak with you.
Steven Rosen
APRIL 24, 2019
During a cycle of change, you need to clearly and concisely communicate where the organization is heading to help your salespeople understand the future. What does the new structure look like? What are the new roles and responsibilities of the team members? Discuss the rationale for the change. In times of change do 3 things: Communicate, communicate and communicate! The post Weekly Sales Management Tip #15: You Can Never Over-Communicate appeared first on STAR Results. Video
Steven Rosen
JANUARY 3, 2018
If you want to crush your sales numbers Sales Strategy #2: Execute with Excellence is guaranteed to help. Number one, your marketing team is ready to go, they have their strategies, their plans in place and their budgets. As the Head of Sales, you are still in 2017 my friend but you really need to have your head in 2018 deciding what you are going to do. The key now is to get prepared for 2018 which means ensuring that you have your sales execution plan ready to go come January.
Speaker: Sandi Lin & Linda Schwaber-Cohen
In this webinar, Skilljar CEO Sandi Lin shared learnings from Skilljar's recent study and her insights on the state of Customer Education. She dug into key findings so you can benchmark against industry trends and understand how your strategy and metrics compare.
Steven Rosen
MAY 9, 2018
Most sales executives realize the value and importance of sales coaching. They know that sales coaching is one of the most significant levers to drive superior sales performance. To Coach Or Not To Coach? That Is The Question. . Here is what the data shows: Only 14% are spending enough time sales coaching. Only 7% are effectively sales coaching. Less than 1% are doing the right kind of coaching and debriefing. Source: Objective Management Group , Dave Kurlan.
Steven Rosen
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
Why Companies Fail to Execute. I find it shocking that statistics show that 60%-90% of companies fail to execute their strategies. HBR quotes a survey where more than 400 global CEO’s found that business execution excellence was the number one challenge facing corporate leaders. The CEO’s were from Asia, Europe, and the United States. Execution headed the list which included 80 issues which included innovation, geopolitical instability, and top-line growth.
Steven Rosen
JANUARY 4, 2018
Invest in Yourself . Like most sales executives you cognitively understand the importance of developing your leadership skills and the advantages of ongoing networking. You find yourself too busy due to ongoing meetings, conferences, telephone calls and emails and you rarely find the time to develop yourself. Reality is, the higher we go in organizations the fewer opportunities there are for networking and fewer people to actually network with.
Steven Rosen
DECEMBER 10, 2018
I have said it before and I will say it again – SALES MANAGERS ARE STRUGGLING! Only 10-20% of Sales Managers are Crushing It! The rest are struggling to make their sales numbers. They find themselves overwhelmed, overstressed and lacking the tools and training to be the best they can be. Here is the question you need to ask yourself. Where does your region fall in terms of sales to quota this year?
Speaker: Matthew Hawk, President of B2bTrainers
The term “sales enablement” applies to a dizzying array of best practices and technologies. In addition, there is tremendous competitive pressure not to fall behind. No matter where you are in your current sales enablement strategy, one thing is key: success ultimately rides on the habits of your sales managers & marketers. In this webinar, Matthew Hawk will lay out an in-depth schematic for your next-level sales coaching, demonstrate the key activities that comprise success, and walk you through several examples of sales coaching cadences that apply to all salesforce sizes.
Steven Rosen
JANUARY 22, 2018
Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Study after study has shown that sales manager coaching has a significant impact on performance. Here are a couple of my favorites: CEB Coaching Effectiveness Survey Findings: Coaching effectiveness: 19% improvement in performance. Time in field: 17% increase in performance.
Steven Rosen
OCTOBER 31, 2017
How would you like to crush your sales numbers in 2018? In this Executive Briefing, executing with excellence , I am going to share three steps to doing so. Sales managers, sales executives, sales and marketing executives, this message is for you. Do you spend hours, days and months building your marketing plans , getting approval and doing what you need to do to get your plans and budgets secured for the next year? How much time do you actually spend working on executing with excellence?
Steven Rosen
JANUARY 24, 2017
January is a crazy month, with national sales meetings, new comp plans, new marketing programs and the annual performance review process. The rest you had over the holidays is long forgotten. You are very busy. What if there was one thing that you could do now that would help your salespeople succeed this year? The good news is that you don’t have to drop anything. In fact, I will show you how to integrate my one thing into what you are already doing and show you a simple way to make it happen.
Steven Rosen
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
That could crush your sales organization. Let’s face it, being a sales executive has become increasingly more difficult. Chances are next year’s sales objective is going up and your budget is being reduced. You are facing challenges of do more with less, increased competition, pricing pressures, staff turnover, and increased expectations from customers. I have spoken to a number of sales executives trying to understand their most perplexing challenges.
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