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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. That’s a hard skill to learn.

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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. Promoting a great seller to sales manager is a mistake that sales organizations often make iBut the skillset that great sellers possess doesn’t necessarily translate to being a great sales manager.

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Are You Ready to Enhance Your Productivity?

Smooth Sale

These two chemicals can organically keep you more energized, focused, and motivated to excel continuously. Instead, strive to do all of your work in a space that promotes productivity. Learn more to train teams, and join the advocacy program. Vengreso Provides easy-to-follow on-demand sales training for LinkedIn.

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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. Leading others — 21 percent.

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Sales Incentives Aren't the Only Motivator. How One Company Got Rid of Them

Hubspot Sales

I'd grown up with these men, they'd trained me, but I knew in my heart of hearts that there was no way I was going to curve that behavior. Part of promoting a "monthly focus brand" was securing endcaps at the end of pet store aisles. I thought it best for the business that we go cold turkey.". He let them go.

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The Lost Art of Selling

Platinum Rules for Success

The theory was that if we could create demand for our products and services through advertising and promotion, we merely needed to harvest the flood of incoming orders in our call centers or order desks. Too often, customers become immune to the wiles of marketing and promotion. Why We Need Trust More Than Ever. Revenue on Demand.

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Will You Use Three Disciplines for Greater Achievement?

Smooth Sale

Proper Planning One example we can take from the news is that of the train derailment in Ohio. The train wreckage was quickly followed by a spread of chemicals adversely affecting East Palestine residents. Create a close-knit peer group to empower one another with ideas and promotion. Celebrate Success!

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