criteria for success

MARCH 30, 2022

As a sales coach, you have an opportunity to give and receive support and grow as an individual. Use this outline to help you get good coaching training. The outline defines both roles of coach and “coachee.”. This means that people take turns coaching and be coached. The Coaching Process.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 20, 2024

In this article, Margo Edris delves into her winning strategy for coaching conversations, stressing the significance of meticulous preparation. She underscores the importance of sales leaders bringing their authentic selves to each interaction, fostering trust and rapport. Authenticity is key in coaching.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 20, 2024

In this article, Margo Edris delves into her winning strategy for coaching conversations, stressing the significance of meticulous preparation. She underscores the importance of sales leaders bringing their authentic selves to each interaction, fostering trust and rapport. Authenticity is key in coaching.

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MEDDIC

APRIL 7, 2023

Sales leaders are usually very aware of the benefits of sales training and coaching in general. Sales leaders should not sacrifice the Sales Training & Coaching budget. Maintaining or increasing your investment in coaching and training during a downturn can pay dividends.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the strategy of simultaneously setting learning and sales goals. They explore the intricate relationship between continuous learning and improving skills for sales leaders, stressing the need for a balance. In this article, we’ll look at the connection between sales and learning goals.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 8, 2019

In this article, we focus on Sales Coaching for Sales Coaches. Often, in sales, the sales manager is not held to the same standards as those on the sales force.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 14, 2021

But how are sales managers doing at adapting to coaching their sales force over video? We know how sales managers were doing before the pandemic. The data in that November article was for the last 10 years. Nearly a year into the Pandemic, most salespeople have adapted to selling over video. Let's find out.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 10, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the high cost of making a bad hire in sales. Best practices in sales, such as defining an ideal client profile, can also be applied in the hiring process.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 27, 2023

Even though this article begins as a baseball article, in the fourth paragraph it quickly morphs into a sales article. As my regular readers know, my son is a baseball player - a rising college senior (as of the summer of 2023) - and I still coach him in the batting cage when he's home for the summer.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 16, 2020

In this article, we discuss the "5 Keys to Sales Coaching", or 5 critical steps you must know and execute in order to get the best effort and results out of your salespeople, to help increase sales in 2020 and beyond.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 24, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening Podcast, Rob Ulsh , VP of Dealer and International Sales for Great Dane, discusses the use of AI in sales leadership. He also explores the practical applications of AI in sales, including prospecting, customer retention, and pre-call planning.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 24, 2024

In this article, Rob Ulsh , VP of Dealer and International Sales for Great Dane, delves into AI’s profound impact on the sales landscape and how Great Dane has strategically incorporated this technology to propel its sales initiatives forward. In the sales profession, AI is seen as both a threat and an opportunity.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. I’m sure by now you’re thinking, but Dave, what the heck does that have to do with sales process? Most of that group believes that a sales process is helpful. It will be worth it!

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 13, 2024

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.”

Sales Management 156

Sales Management Hiring Retention Coaching 156

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. “The world is moving faster. .”

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. One or two are sales enablement topics.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2021

According to research , over $5 billion is spent solely on sales training and sales improvements every year in the US. If your remote sales team is not up to speed with the latest sales strategies and techniques, you could be costing your business a lot of money in missed opportunities.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Brandon Nye , Vice President of Sales for Inmode, shares the key qualities to look for when hiring salespeople, including a proven track record in B2B sales and a competitive mindset. This is a crucial skill that many companies overlook when hiring salespeople.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In this 2:56 video, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the need for sales managers to go beyond setting sales goals and to define learning goals for their teams. They share how organizations can align learning goals with sales goals and invest in training and resources to support their salespeople.

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Social Media Sales Goal Territories Lead Rank 156

Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Benchmarking Coaching Effectiveness. Do you know how effective you sales managers are? The obvious place to start assessing your sales managers’ effectiveness is to evaluate the activity that has the greatest impact on sales rep performance. But You Have Highly Effective Sales Coaches. By Steven A.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan There are probably topics which I've written about more often than coaching salespeople, but none that are more important nor have greater impact than coaching salespeople. I present my Top Articles on Coaching Salespeople: Why Accidental Sales Training Works More Effectively.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 19, 2022

If you’re new to the role of sales manager, you might not realize the power of providing coaching and skill development to your sales team. After all, one goal of any sales manager is creating a high-performing sales team with low turnover. Of course, successful sales teams are made up of different personalities.

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Motivation Sales Coaching Coaching Call-back 117

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? Here is what the data shows: Only 14% are spending enough time sales coaching.

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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. Managers can support, coach, and provide resources, but ultimately, it’s up to the individual to perform. The individual and the manager jointly own training.

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Account Coaching Sales Leadership Resources 156

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. Managers can support, coach, and provide resources, but ultimately, it’s up to the individual to perform. The individual and the manager jointly own training.

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Account Video Coaching Sales Leadership 156

Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2021

Sales Leadership Development in the New Millennium. Leading-edge sales organizations understand the value of investing in leadership development. They believe that strong sales managers are the key to driving sales rep performance. I asked him what they were doing to sustain their excellent training.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

In this 4:58 video, Brandon Nye discusses the challenges of transitioning from a player-coach to a leader and the importance of letting go of old muscle memory. He shares insights on managing high-performing sales reps, emphasizing the need to understand their drivers and view their challenges as positive.

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SBI

APRIL 6, 2021

Sales Training: Why You May be Struggling to Deliver. Are you struggling to deliver training that leads to positive, measurable outcomes? Most training fails to deliver long-term impact. As long ago as the 1870s, there was formal sales training.” It began more as sales coaching than training.

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Training Top of Funnel Lead Rank Call-back 122

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 27, 2023

Even though this article begins as a baseball article, in the fourth paragraph it quickly morphs into a sales article. As my regular readers know, my son is a baseball player – a rising college senior (as of the summer of 2023) – and I still coach him in the batting cage when he’s home for the summer.

Hiring 156

Hiring Consultative Selling Coaching Report 156

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Before we discuss how to improve sales training, a quick promo for the latest and greatest taking place over at the ever improving Top Sales World. The June issue of Top Sales Magazine has been published and you can download it here. See it here. Cooperstown.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For football, basketball, and sales teams, superstars will always be in high demand. For sales leaders, the challenge is twofold: finding top sales talent and coaching high performers to expand their capabilities. If you have ever experienced this double-edged sword, this article is for you.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 4, 2024

In today’s article, I introduce my first innovation of 2023, the Sales Goals Grid, but first, some context and the back story! I am excited to return to my roots and grow the sales consulting and training firm I started in 1985, Kurlan & Associates. Happy New Year everyone! Not by any stretch.

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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. Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the importance of execution in sales and provide a simple framework for achieving it. It’s a word that often elicits a sense of dread and resistance.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The sales profession isn’t what it used to be. Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? It’s no surprise that 20% of salespeople say their training needs a complete overhaul. What about sales training programs?

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 15, 2022

For years, there has been little attention paid to the topic of coaching. Sure, there was lip service, but when one looked deeply into organizations, either coaching wasn’t done, or the coaching that was done was horrible. It’s our job as managers to coach and develop those people that report to us.

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Outsourcing Services Coaching Face-to-face Maximizer 73

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The lessons from my annual Nutcracker post have not changed at all in 12 years but my perspective changes. This year three new thoughts come to mind.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 19, 2019

In this article, we discuss the "5 Keys to Sales Coaching", or the five critical steps you must know and execute in order to get the best effort and results out of your salespeople. Coaching salespeople is hard work and it helps to have a consistent and effective process to help keep you on course. They include: Insight.

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