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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

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. 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.

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Eliminating Unproductive Sales Meetings

Janek Performance Group

Most sales reps groan, “Here we go again” at the thought of another sales meeting. Another sales meeting? How much has changed since our last meeting?” Yet again, another hour that will be lost forever once the sales meeting finally concludes. Cost of a Bad Sales Meetings.

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Aristotle Walks Into A Sales Meeting

MEDDIC

A sales pitch supported by hard data shifts the conversation from subjective opinion to objective evidence. It’s the difference between saying, “Our solution is effective” and “Our solution has helped companies just like yours increase efficiency by 40%.”

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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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2 Enemies of Improved Sales Management: Inertia and Gravity

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Michelle Vazzana, CEO, Vantage Point Performance Frontline sales managers have a difficult job. In fact, we think they have the hardest job in any sales organization. Unfortunately, they're also a neglected role in most of the companies we know. And so it goes, over and over again. Research Provides Clarity.

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Are Your Sales Managers out Coaching?

Steven Rosen

As the head of sales you know that the primary role of the sales managers is to coach and develop their sales team. In fact you believe that great coaching will be a key driver in helping you achieve your sales goals. Your sales managers all think that they are doing a great job coaching.

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