Steven Rosen

MARCH 12, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, hosts Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the significant changes in sales post-COVID-19. They address the reluctance of sales reps to return to face-to-face selling and the importance of embracing in-person meetings. Colleen and Steven emphasize the benefits of building trust, rapport, and collaboration through face-to-face interactions.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 12, 2024

In this 4:39 video , Hosts Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the importance of in-person interactions for building rapport, trust, and empathy. They highlight the biological aspect of human connection and the release of bonding hormones during face-to-face meetings. By getting off Zoom and meeting clients in person, salespeople can read the room better and strengthen relationships.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2024

In the competitive world of SaaS sales, 40% of salespeople cite prospecting as the most challenging part of the sales process, ranking it more daunting than closing or qualifying stages. This crucial yet arduous task is often met with the same enthusiasm as a dreaded dental appointment, leading to avoidance behaviours that undermine pipeline health.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Rika Cuff , Senior Vice President of Scholastic and Champ Sales at Herff Jones, discusses the importance of sales leadership in sales culture development. She emphasizes the power of recognition and fostering a culture of trust and consistency. She highlights the impact of handwritten notes and personalized recognition on individuals and the overall company culture.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this 3:41 video , Rika Cuff discusses and shares her strategies for fostering a culture of recognition within organizations. She emphasizes the importance of consistency and accountability, highlighting the power of recognizing and appreciating the efforts of team members. Rika discusses how she incorporates recognition into her team meetings and the positive impact it has on morale.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

David Hennessy , the VP of Sales at Kite Pharma, delves into his transformative moment as a sales leader, stressing the significance of active listening and strategic questioning. He underscores the necessity for a well-defined and compelling strategy that is effectively communicated to the sales team. David also highlights the crucial balance between the strategy’s rational and emotional facets, resonating with intellect and emotion.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 28, 2024

In this 3:47 video , Helen Fanucci discusses how salespeople often struggle to be team players, despite excelling individually. She delves into the significance of collaboration with both customers and internal teams, emphasizing the need for trust and effective communication. She also highlights the role of executives and managers in fostering collaboration and the potential costs of not prioritizing teamwork.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Helen Fanucci , a sales leader with 25+ years in the high-tech industry and author of “Love Your Team: A Survival Guide for Sales Managers in a Hybrid World.” discusses the importance of trust in sales, effective targeting strategies, and the role of collaboration in team selling. Helen emphasizes the need for accountability, tough love in leadership, and the value of introducing oneself to the team.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 28, 2024

In this 4:11 video, we learn how sales leaders must cultivate essential soft skills like emotional management, empathy, and assertiveness to foster trust, enhance execution, and address mental health challenges to consistently improve team performance. Blog Post Text: Soft skills for sales leaders are not separate from hard sales results; they are essential in building strong teams, trust, and execution.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. Developing the necessary soft skills, such as coachability and resiliency, is crucial for success in a fast-changing sales environment.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this 3:01 video, Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen stress that sales leaders must hold their teams accountable for performance. They note that leaders often accept excuses and attempt to rectify poor performance but underscore that individuals must ultimately be responsible for their results. They advocate for a shift in focus towards individual accountability and driving performance.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

David Hennessy , the VP of Sales at Kite Pharma, delves into his transformative moment as a sales leader, stressing the significance of active listening and strategic questioning. He underscores the necessity for a well-defined and compelling strategy that is effectively communicated to the sales team. David also highlights the crucial balance between the strategy’s rational and emotional facets, resonating with intellect and emotion.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

In this 4:38 video, David Hennessy stresses the importance of understanding the “why” behind strategies, emphasizing a dual approach: the head for rational thinking and the heart for emotional connection. Leaders must appeal to both aspects, recognizing diverse wiring in individuals. Balancing logic and emotion, or enlisting help, is key.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

Keith Rzucidlo , Vice President of Sales at Miller Electric, joins the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast to discuss how to turn visions into actions in sales leadership. Keith shares the importance of patience and reflection in driving behavior change and advises sales leaders on coaching and change management. “I think framing it up in a manner that would resonate with them was the critical piece.” – Keith Rzucidlo on implementing change and effective coaching across existing sales leade

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

In this 5:44 video, Keith Rzucidlo emphasizes the importance of bringing data to the table and highlighting the risks of staying stagnant. He also talks about transitioning to a strategic selling approach, highlighting the importance of coaching, leadership development, reflection, and setting expectations for coaching time to optimize sales team performance and prioritize high-value activities.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. Developing the necessary soft skills, such as coachability and resiliency, is crucial for success in a fast-changing sales environment.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the role of a sales leader as not just bringing in the numbers but developing their salespeople into self-managing individuals. Sales leaders can drive revenue and achieve long-term success by avoiding the trap of rescuing and focusing on coaching and accountability. “The goal of the sales leader is to create self-managing people.” – Steven Rosen “Unbelievably talented sales leaders still fall into that trap of rescuing their sale

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

In this 3:35 video , Colleen and Steven stress the significance of assertiveness, self-awareness, and emotional management in coaching discussions, advising against defensive or aggressive reactions to feedback. They recommend employing self-awareness techniques such as identifying triggers. Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the importance of assertiveness and emotion management in accountability conversations, emphasizing the need for managers to develop the skill of assertiveness, which

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley dive right into the execution challenges. While strategy formulation is fun and creative, execution requires discipline and focus. It’s the discipline of doing the most important things really well. “Execution can become very ad hoc rather than proactive and disciplined.” – Steven Rosen One common reason for lack of execution is the lack of clarity on what’s most important.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

In this 4:59 video, learn about success strategies around sales execution, including a three-step framework for building an execution plan. Discover how to reframe the difficulty of execution as a competitive advantage. Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the importance of execution in sales and provide a simple framework for achieving it. They emphasize the need to identify critical success factors, determine how to achieve them, and measure progress through periodic reviews.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. Developing the necessary soft skills, such as coachability and resiliency, is crucial for success in a fast-changing sales environment.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this 3:01 video, Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen stress that sales leaders must hold their teams accountable for performance. They note that leaders often accept excuses and attempt to rectify poor performance but underscore that individuals must ultimately be responsible for their results. They advocate for a shift in focus towards individual accountability and driving performance.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Do you Need a Top Sales Leadership Coach? In the world of sports, the role of a coach in impacting the success of elite athletes is universally acknowledged. This same principle holds true in sales leadership. Just as top athletes rely on coaches to maximize their performance, sales leaders can also greatly benefit from a skilled coach’s insights, guidance, and support.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Change is the only constant; the strategies of BOLD leaders stand as the benchmark for success. BOLD leaders continuously redefine the sales landscape, challenging the status quo to drive process improvements and grow sales. They embody the essence of leadership through their unwavering commitment to explore innovative strategies. Innovative Strategies: The BOLD Leaders’ Mandate BOLD leaders recognize that yesteryear’s strategies may not solve today’s challenges.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As we start a new year, the essence of bold leaders in sales becomes a transformative force. Embracing the BOLD Leadership , sales leaders ignite a strategic and dynamic path to outstanding achievements by setting goals and cultivating core principles fundamental to their essence: adaptability, risk-taking, courageous conversations, advocacy, and agility.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Do You Want to Execute With Excellence? Then You Need a Sales Execution Plan! As we dive into a new year, fresh with possibilities and opportunities, one critical element separates top-tier sales and marketing executives from the pack: a laser-focused execution plan. You’ve likely spent the last quarter reviewing past performance and devising brilliant strategies to take your sales numbers to new heights.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Message: Get your head out of the sand and start coaching. That’s your job! And Here is How to Change That! Top sales coaches have the power to supercharge a team’s performance. Research suggests that the best sales coaches can drive 19% more sales than those who are less effective coaches. Yet, despite these promising numbers, many sales managers remain disengaged from the coaching process.

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Hiring Tips for Top Salespeople I frequently draw from various sources of inspiration. Today, let’s venture into the Hundred Acre Wood for invaluable hiring tips for top sales reps. When assessing candidates, it’s essential to consider their personalities, and what better way than using the beloved characters from Winnie the Pooh as analogies.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mastering Your Time I hear it time and time again. I don’t have time to sell. I don’t have time to coach. It takes too long to review performance. Really!! I get it; you have countless emails, meetings, and distractions that can overwhelm your day; so finding a way to maximize your productivity is essential. As we are coming to the end of the year; no one cares if you attended two dozen stupid meetings or responded to silly emails.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Achieving sales success is often perceived as a complex puzzle. But what if we told you that a simple formula can unlock the door to sales excellence! It’s a formula that revolves around the core concept of Quantity x Quality , and when combined with Focused Activity Management (QXQ+FAM) , it becomes the ultimate recipe for sales success. I want to share this straightforward yet potent formula and explore how it can lead sales reps and leaders to unparalleled sales success.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 20, 2023

Effectively Coaching Inside Salespeople As you look to develop a world-class inside sales team, the role of coaching inside salespeople can’t be understated. Just as athletes rely on their coaches to fine-tune their skills and achieve peak performance, inside sales reps look to their managers for guidance, motivation, and actionable insights. The key to effective coaching lies in understanding the unique challenges and opportunities of the inside sales environment.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 20, 2023

Group Coaching Inside Sales Reps In sales leadership, fostering a culture of continuous learning and feedback is paramount. By group coaching inside sales reps, you can tap into the power of collective insights can pave the way for a more informed and cohesive sales team. Group Coaching Sessions present an innovative method to achieve this. By encouraging sales reps to come together, share, and analyze their call experiences, organizations will accelerate the learning curve for everyone.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 8, 2023

Performance management can be a dirty job. Many managers shy away when having to deal with performance issues. My approach says “bring it on.” I believe that non-performing players need to get their act together, or there is no place for them on the team. Here are a few considerations when addressing sales performance management issues. Opportunity Cost: What happens when one of your salespeople is not performing?

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 13, 2023

Turning Obstacles into Opportunities: Managing Behavioural Issues I have had the privilege of working with numerous sales managers, guiding them through the challenges they face in leading high-performing teams. One recurring issue that has surfaced frequently is managing behavioural issues among their salespeople effectively. Sales managers play a pivotal role in shaping the dynamics and success of their teams, and addressing behavioural challenges is an integral part of their responsibilitie

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 12, 2023

Coaching for Performance: A Guide to Unlocking Full Potential Review season is upon us. As a sales manager, you’re prepped to provide constructive feedback to your sales reps. But there’s a challenging scenario: a top-performing rep with an attitude issue. How do you address this in the performance review? Coaching for performance is about more than praising achievements.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 7, 2023

Breaking Through Resistance: Coaching Tenured Salespeople One of the most frequent challenges I hear from sales leaders is coaching tenured salespeople who consistently deliver their sales numbers but are resistant to coaching. The question becomes what to do with them. Do you leave them to their own fruitions and spend your time coaching other salespeople or endeavour to find ways to get their tenured people to engage?

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Steven Rosen

JULY 24, 2023

How do you unleash the power of your sales leadership team? In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of sales, success is dependent on the capabilities of the sales leadership team. I believe that investing in the development of this critical team is the best use of resources for any VP of Sales. While sales training, sales enablement technology, customer experience enhancement, and marketing are essential components of a successful sales strategy, focusing on developing the sales leadership te

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