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What Companies Don’t Know About Sales

Understanding the Sales Force

Sales Leaders (sales managers report to them) are usually the least aware of their sales leadership weaknesses and similarly lack insights into their sales managers and salespeople. When this lack of awareness is prevalent at the top of a sales organization, it is challenging to grow it or scale it.

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How Significant is the Migration to Inside Sales?

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Last week I led our annual Sales Leadership intensive and hosted the best group of sales leaders to ever attend the event. Chad Burmeister , who is well known throughout the inside sales community, was one of the attendees. That''s code for how old the OMG partner is!

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When Sales Leaders Don't Lead With Their Strengths

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today I received a request for all of my articles to date which reference Objective Management Group's Sales VP/Director Assessment. Out of nearly 1,000 articles, I hadn't referenced OMG's Sales VP/Director Assessment even once! I'll fix that right now.

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The Best Sales Podcasts You Must Listen to in 2021

Vengreso

When I set it out to curate a list of the best sales podcasts for this year, I had two motivating forces in mind: Continuous Learning and Growth is not an Option for Sales Professionals. In sales leadership, we always talk about growing and doing. Growing in the craft is critical to our sales success. Tiffani Bova.

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Stop Asking About Past Quota Attainment in Sales Interviews

Sales Hacker Training

How does the candidate’s sales methodology align with the vision of sales leadership? Does the candidate subscribe to, or have they been trained in, any specific sales methodologies? Their sales style should fit with the culture and vision your sales leadership is trying to instill.

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What Type of Sales Training is Right For Your Team?

Janek Performance Group

The question is, what is the best way to onboard your new sales hires? Regardless of whether you are a Fortune 500 company or just hired your first sales rep–you need a sales training plan in place. In this article, we will explore a few options for training your future new sales reps.

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Sales Skill Development vs. Sales Process Improvement – Which Is Right For Your Business?

Janek Performance Group

With other organizations, improving the sales process is the best way to drive significant sales improvement. In this article, we will provide insights and directions to help you decide where to focus your resource for the most significant sales improvement. Today, virtual selling is the new normal and it is here to stay.