Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? The arrangements may vary from company to company, but in general, most sales professionals would jump at the chance to assume a leadership role. Are you Sure You Want to Become a Sales Manager?

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Sales executives and sales managers would agree that their sales teams need ongoing training, coaching and support to get to the top of the game and stay there. In a fiercely-competitive market, your sales reps should challenge themselves to learn more, achieve greater results and embrace new strategies.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

Are your sales forecasts tied to reality? Is sales forecast accuracy more of a pipedream within your sales organization? Does the speed of your sales pipeline resemble molasses? In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win. Ditch the weighted sales pipeline.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. There is no room for failure in today’s competitive sales landscape. With a defined and clear structure, staff can make useful decisions without the constant supervision of their manager.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 14, 2013

Sales managers. A year ago, we published a post on the importance of sales managers to assess their prior year’s performance and to incorporate the results of that self-assessment into their plans for the new year. As mentioned in a HBR blog , “All of us fall into unproductive habits, sometimes unconsciously.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. Oftentimes, sales managers won’t have the bandwidth to set up personalized training and coaching sessions for each rep on their team.

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The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Over at construction management degrees Elizabeth Johnson has published a list of the Top 100 Blogs to Boost your Sales Skills. As this blog is included in this list (No. But when you’re responsible for managing sales in a construction project, you need to know more than just how to sell or how to motivate to sell.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

High Performing Sales Manager Puzzle. Sales managers are starting the new year, making plans to meet (and hopefully exceed) sales goals and reviewing their territory for sales opportunities. Sales managers must take a look at their past performance to determine what did and didn’t work – and why.

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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. The key to effective coaching lies in understanding the unique challenges and opportunities of the inside sales environment.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Sales managers. A few years ago we published a blog on the importance of sales managers assessing their prior year’s performance and incorporating the results of that self-assessment into their plans for the new year. A good starting point is to reflect on their past performance as a sales manager.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 17, 2013

Many of my clients are now in the process of doing midyear reviews with their sales people. Whether you are doing a midyear or year end review it is important to provide constructive feedback to help your sales reps improve. Some sales managers struggle when they have to highlight areas of skill improvement with their reps.

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 23, 2015

The same is true of sales managers. If you believe front-line sales managers are the key to a team’s sales success – and we do – the end of Q1 is a good time to look at what’s working, what isn’t working and why. A good starting point is to reflect on their performance as a sales manager.

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Increase Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2013

A recent blog post on behavioral assessments, Learn How to Increase Sales with These 5 Assessments, sparked a somewhat curious response by one person who suggested these performance (including sales) diagnostic tools were a pseudo science. The social sciences such as psychology, sociology, etc. 97 or higher). Share on Facebook.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Sales managers can take a few lessons from Don Corleone’s leadership style. What if we could use some of his insights to manage our sales teams? So how do you encourage constructive conflict among your sales team? ” Read the rest of this article for more contrarian management strategies.

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Xactly

MARCH 29, 2018

Whether you’re in sales, finance, marketing, or IT, it’s important that your company can rely on you to get your job done and do it well. As a sales leader it’s important that you motivate your team because nothing kills employee morale like a bad manager. However, in sales, no leader wants to be considered a fool.

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HeavyHitter Sales

JULY 20, 2009

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. “What company is moving into that big office building under construction along the freeway? .

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Sales incentive contents can be a positive force to help motivate your sales people to new levels of productivity and loyalty. Alternatively, poorly constructed or inequitable sales challenges can result in anti-productive activity, resentment and rebellion. Beat the Boss. Lead By Example.

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Sell Integrity

JUNE 14, 2021

Saying there’s no time for coaching or that someone has already reached their potential are just two of the prominent misconceptions around sales coaching. But some simple and very effective sales coaching techniques- when applied consistently and with sincerity and skill- can greatly raise the game of individuals and your entire sales team.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 4, 2012

A post for Sales and HR leaders to ensure success of 2013’s Sales compensation plan. A Chief Sales Officer is meeting with Sales VPs and the VP of Sales Operations. They are trying to decide between keeping and scrapping the recently-implemented Sales Comp Plans. Sales roles that are new. The reason?

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Braveheart Sales

JANUARY 2, 2018

One filled with hope and promise – a clean slate – and, yes, new sales goals. Here is a quick checklist for sales managers to make sure you have everyone focused correctly. Each individual salesperson must know what’s expected of them regarding sales. Now, it’s time to move on to attacking the goals for this year.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Sales managers and SMB owners are scrambling to schedule their next Sales Kick Off meeting. One the screen is the predetermined annual sales goal broken down into quarterly goals based upon the last five years of sales per quarter. Note: This is a working sales kick off meeting. Credit www.pixabay.com.

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Chorus.ai

MAY 17, 2021

Buried among the laughs, dogged, hapless Michael actually has some tried-and-true sales wisdom to impart that can get your company purring like the Scranton branch. Embrace the Unorthodox Sales Script. A great sales script is fundamental for any sales team, but there’s more to the art of selling than following the beats.

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Braveheart Sales

JUNE 29, 2021

If so, you might be tempted to construct a compensation plan that heavily favors pay for performance. It really comes down to having quality sales management/leadership which can’t be left up to chance. Here’s the big caveat: Most sales managers have never been taught or trained on how to be an effective sales manager.

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Braveheart Sales

JUNE 29, 2021

If so, you might be tempted to construct a compensation plan that heavily favors pay for performance. It really comes down to having quality sales management/leadership which can’t be left up to chance. Management Competencies. Curious about the traits of a world-class sales manager? Everybody does.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Hey, Sales Operations leaders. Do you want to increase sales and meet your 2013 goals? Encourage sales and marketing to build personas and build a plan to operationalize them immediately. Sales is frustrated because of a lack of proficiency in using the persona. Facilitate and Observe the Persona Construction.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 28, 2022

We spend endless hours constructing subject lines and first sentences in emails, all in the hopes of being interesting. Yet, too often, we execute these mindlessly, going through the motions, making sure we hit our activity metrics, trying to keep our managers off our backs—and largely because we aren’t interested.

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Sell Integrity

AUGUST 13, 2021

Great sales team coaching takes specific knowledge and functional expertise to build a successful team. On their own, these aren’t enough to bring out the best in their sales teams and help them achieve their full performance potential. Emotional and Social Intelligence for Sales Coaches. Here’s why.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Far too few business and sales professional actively read as part of their personal and professional growth. Every week, however, it’s gratifying to talk to sales people and executives who’ve made reading part of their daily professional development. I walked into their offices.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

New research from Gartner has revealed a startling truth– almost 90% of B2B sales reps are experiencing burnout ( source ). Although it’s no secret that sales is a high-stress job, uncertain market conditions have only amplified the pressure to perform. We answer these questions and more in today’s blog post.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Six Best Practices in Sales Pipeline Management to Boost Revenue. The most important thing in sales is a strong pipeline. Sales reps need to be organized and focused in order to sell. That’s why mastering the sales pipeline is so important. That’s why mastering the sales pipeline is so important.

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Anthony Iannarino

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Imagine a sales organization that has chosen a strategy of being high trust, high caring, and high value, and to deliver something far better than their competition, they charge a premium for the value they create. The misalignment here is one of changing the sales organization’s strategy. What does this look like in real life?

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

But the cheaper construction materials used entailed an unfortunate mishap. The construction company had to pull resources together to fix the patio that fell. Countless times in corporate, sales managers would say, ‘we can’t afford it,’ or ‘we can’t compete, do your best.’ The balcony was located on the sixth floor.

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Increase Sales

MARCH 20, 2012

Sales leadership is truly about leading yourself first. This inconsistency helps to account for the inability to increase sales. When working with clients, I use the Results Tool (as constructed by myself and Laura Novakowski ). Just remember what happens when you forget that written grocery list. ” Share on Facebook.

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In this guest blog post, Tim Conroy, one of our inaugural Miller Heiman Group Icons , learning and development director with Applied Materials and an expert on sales coaching strategies, shares how he drives sales managers to perform their best. Why Sales Management Coaching Matters.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Teams have 30 minutes to construct a small tent structure that can withstand the wind from the highest setting on the fan. See also: 10 sales training techniques for sales managers 4. What you need: A carton of eggs, basic construction materials such as newspapers, straws, tape, plastic wrap, balloons, rubber bands, etc.

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Keith Rosen

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Have you ever wanted a sale so badly that you were willing to make compromises in pursuit of that sale? Here’s my story, and the valuable lesson I learned that everyone in sales can relate to. Here’s my story, and the valuable lesson I learned that everyone in sales can relate to. I Got the Sale!

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