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Five Skills to Help New Sales Managers Succeed

Miller Heiman Group

In this guest blog post from one of our inaugural Miller Heiman Group Icons , Kevin Lewis, Global Sales Excellence Leader at Milliken Chemical and an authority on developing sales managers, recommends five ways to get new sales managers off to a great start. Great sales leaders aren’t born: they’re made.

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Move the Deal Episode 11: Sales Management Strategies that Work with Kevin Lewis

Miller Heiman Group

In the latest episode of Move the Deal , host Greg Moore talks with Kevin Lewis, Global Sales Excellence Leader Kevin Lewis at Milliken Chemical. Best Practices in Sales Manager Coaching. With that in mind, Lewis discusses the importance of sales coaching as a sales manager.

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Sales middle managers – what motivates them the most?

Sales Training Connection

The results are part of Insigniam’s 2014 Middle Management Survey, which is based on responses from 200 managers in Global 1000 companies from several industries, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, energy, manufacturing, and biotech. The drive to be promoted — 3 percent. ©2014 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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How to Reduce Stress in the Sales Workplace

Xactly

In demanding circumstances, stress acts as our bodies’ physical fight or flight response, where the body releases the chemicals to help us decide how to act. In the workplace, stress is an important thing for managers to watch for. Recognizing Workplace Stress in Sales. Are short-term. Feel exciting. Improve performance.

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The ultimate guide to solution selling

PandaDoc

They will help with learning the details of the situation and will promote the solution internally. That’s why it is especially effective in software development, the chemicals industry, medtech, and other business niches. Select those who are aware of the problem and are actively looking to solve it (read: buy). Close the deal.

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The Lost Art of Selling

Platinum Rules for Success

In this week’s story on Platinum Rules for Success, Rick addresses this issue, by sharing recommendations for sales managers who want to recapture the lost art of selling and improve their team’s performance. Too often, customers become immune to the wiles of marketing and promotion. The Lost Art of Selling.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world. Lori speaks, writes, coaches and trains company leaders on ways to find, recruit, retain, and promote more women in sales and helps women become part of the best profession – B2B sales.

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