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25 Sales Experts on the Importance of Coaching Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

According to the search results inside this blog, I have written on the topic of coaching salespeople more than 400 times or 25% of my articles. Because sales managers are not coaching – still – at least not consistently or effectively. But it’s not really their fault. It’s low hanging fruit.

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Founder Q&A Series: Incentives and Compensation Structure

Sales Hacker

Spiff budget for monthly incentives/contests (keeps it fun). Cost of living limits incentive %. Farlan Dowell , Fractional VP Sales, Coach, Advisor at Upright Ventures: Each moment that a rep spends on commission is a moment that she can’t spend with customers or thinking about value proposition etc. Appreciate you.

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Quick and complete guide for sales teams: What to do, what not to do, plus sales coaching activities you can use right now

BrainShark

Why sales coaching matters — a few key points Knowledge retention Sales coaching activities add an interactive element to learning and are an excellent way to ensure knowledge retention and evaluate whether reps can “play back” what they learned in their training. Problems with sales coaching aka what NOT to do 1.

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What Companies Don’t Know About Sales

Understanding the Sales Force

CEOs may be in a better position to start a sales transformation, but they tend to think their work is done after approving the payment. Then, they delegate the sales transformation initiative to their Sales Leader where it dies a not so slow death. Companies don’t know what they don’t know.

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CustomerThink: Why Sales Coaching is So Hard and 6 Ways AI is Making it Easier and Better

Mindtickle

Creating and maintaining an impactful sales coaching framework in the modern age isn’t as easy as one might think – but with the right mindset and the right tools, it’s not out of reach. In the article, Himanshu analyzes the six major things a next-gen, AI-supported approach to sales coaching can help your company accomplish better.

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Getting Sales Coaching Clarity

Xvoyant

We pay them well and provide incentive motivations and trips (Cancun, anyone?). Are we coaching effectively? Instead, I’ll opt to provide clarity on what you could be doing to radically improve the performance of your sales force. Skill development and behavioral coaching are your tickets out.

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CustomerThink: Why Sales Coaching is So Hard and 6 Ways AI is Making it Easier and Better

Mindtickle

Creating and maintaining an impactful sales coaching framework in the modern age isn’t as easy as one might think – but with the right mindset and the right tools, it’s not out of reach. In the article, Himanshu analyzes the six major things a next-gen, AI-supported approach to sales coaching can help your company accomplish better.