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What Companies Don’t Know About Sales

Understanding the Sales Force

And “We don’t know what we don’t know about sales” is a true statement in most companies. As a result, they can’t anticipate when in a sales cycle or sales process they will be impacted, and don’t have the awareness to take steps to work around it and improve.

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Qualities of a Great Sales Manager

Janek Performance Group

Every company looks for specific characteristics when seeking candidates for leadership roles. For sales managers, look for qualities that build strong teams and motivate others to perform their best. Whether you seek a new hire or promotion, here are several essential qualities of sales managers. Asks questions.

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Sales Managers: Think You’re Ready for Referrals?

No More Cold Calling

If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. I’ve been there—given a quota (usually without my input) and a list of client companies, and then told to “go at it” and do whatever it takes to get meetings. That’s why we need sales managers. I’m including myself here.

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The Top 6 Reasons Your Company Needs Sales Management Coaching

Crunchbase

This article explores what a sales coach does. It covers how an effective sales coach can take a good or even mediocre sales force and make it great. While a sales coach might also take on the role of a sales trainer, the coaching role goes beyond teaching a selling system or how to overcome objections. Close more.

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Reconstructing Your Product Sales Training for Success in 2022

In 2022 sales management challenges will grow. Customer meetings will be harder to schedule, sales rep turnover will be higher, and traditional Product Sales Training (Lunch ‘N Learns, Demo Days, Sales Meetings) will be tougher to execute. Success stories of leading companies. Content creation.

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Book Notes: The Sales Manager Survival Guide

Sales 2.0

It can be a “triple whammy” for the company as they lose the revenue of a top performer, need to fill a critical “seat” in the sales organization and have a group of salespeople that are not performing to their full potential. All business meetings should incorporate coaching elements.

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Creating a Successful Sales Manager Coaching Program

Steven Rosen

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. You can train your sales managers in coaching.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.