Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan An interesting article, Secrets to Developing Successful Sales Managers , by Xactly's CEO, Christopher Cabrera, was posted on Selling Power's 2/19/13 blog. This article lists the top 10 sales management competencies. Selling skills!

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 23, 2016

announces the release of its 2016 STAR Sales Manager Report which captures the opinions and perceptions from sales executives and leaders around the world on key skills and development priorities for sales managers. Companies continue to struggle to meet their sales objectives.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. And companies are starting to recognize that modern sales teams need to replace legacy classroom-style training with solutions that include digital, on-demand training. Most Critical Skill Gaps.

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Women Sales Pros

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

If you want to know how to be a good sales manager, remember the importance of emotion management when addressing sales performance issues. For example, a sales manager is meeting with one of her top salespeople who is running behind plan for the very first time in two years.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 24, 2014

It got me thinking about the road most often taken to sales management. Compared to the rocky road to coaching in the NFL, the road to sales management absolutely sounds like a road paved with gold! You see, only 18% of all sales managers are any good at coaching and only 66% of them can be coached up.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

We’re on the verge of the 4 th quarter, and for many companies, that means the race is on to make the number. One of the easiest things sales managers and senior management can do is to call every person they know at a client company. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 4, 2013

Your company’s culture is far more important than you realize and don’t think for a moment it’s somebody else’s job. Culture is far more important to an organization than most managers believe. Watch a company when they bring in a new CEO from outside the company. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

We need to identify the critical success factors and narrow them down to three manageable items. “Change management is sales management, and that’s going to make the difference.” ” – Colleen Stanley Change management also plays a significant role in execution.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 26, 2024

Most sales managers would like to do that. But since they can’t, the next best thing may be to reengineer your sales training program. How to Reengineer Your Sales Training Program Before you begin to adjust the details of your sales training initiatives, take time to study your rain makers. It doesn’t have to be.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 17, 2014

Too many salespeople and sales managers spend too much time in the office! They will miss opportunities that are vital to the company. Yes, we need more empty chairs. Salespeople need to be out interacting with prospects and customers. I talk […].

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Is Your Company Ready for Year-End Sales? For sales managers reading this, take the time now to work through each possible scenario your salespeople might face and determine how you would handle it. So, you tell me — is your company ready for year-end sales? ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Sales Managers – it’s what you say and how you say it. A hallmark of a great sales manager is being a good communicator. For example, front-line sales managers are the critical screens through which messages travel from top management to the sales team. ©2013 Sales Momentum ®.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

So, you think you want to be a sales manager? If you’re an individual top-performing contributor in your sales organization and you’re thinking of applying for a sales manager role, let me give you a bit of a reality check first. Check out my book on running a human-centric sales process that'll win more customers.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 24, 2014

Why are you allowing the low-performing salesperson to continue to suck sales and profits from you and your company? A far too common response I hear to that question is something that borders on being a coward. The 4 excuses I hear most often […].

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Channel selling is a different breed of selling from direct sales. To succeed, sales managers need to adopt a different approach and mindset—but the overall message they convey must be the same to all of their sellers. Use Sales Training to Differentiate in a Crowded Market. It’s a win-win.

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Klozers

JUNE 5, 2014

Consultative Selling Skills are used by organizations in many different industries to drive high end Business 2 Business sales, and whilst Consultative Selling is undoubtedly difficult to get right, the rewards are high given the typical values of the products & services involved.

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Showpad

JULY 25, 2019

A coach sets the tone for success, creates a strategy, and provides continuous sales training and support so the team can reach its full potential. In Sales, front line Sales managers take on the role of coaches, supporting and developing team members day in and day out in their sales execution.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 11, 2012

Today we have a guest post by Jeff Purtell, the Chief Operating Officer at Acquirent , a leading provider of outsourced sales solutions for middle market to Fortune 500 companies. He offers good insights for anyone managing a sales team.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Sales leaders who did not invest in remote selling fell behind — 50% of this subgroup did not hit their sales targets this year. 70% of sales managers say a manager’s ability to navigate change is more important now than it was five years ago. Sales Leader Priorities. Sales Leader Priorities.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 7, 2014

Here’s his take: “Our clients are constantly asking us where sales managers should spend their time. No matter what one’s position in life may be—CEO, vice president of sales, regional sales manager, president of a country, or general of an army—we all have the same amount of time: 24 hours a day, 168 hours a week, 52 weeks a year.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Sales Tips: How B2B Companies Are Increasing Revenue. By Connie Schlosberg, Primary Intelligence.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Mike highlights 5 critical areas outside of a sales persons control the company, and I argue sales leadership, are responsible for; Clarity. The direction the company is headed. What the company sells and why they sell it. Which markets to pursue and where the company is positioned in those markets.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 25, 2013

The presentation wasn’t much more than a capabilities presentation about how wonderful her company is and how the products they make are so good. It’s not revolutionary at all to talk about how great your company is. A stupid salesperson working for a stupid sales manager. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Competition is greater than ever, buyers are cautious, your industry is constantly changing, and sales managers have little time to ensure their reps get the coaching they need. Fifteen years ago, companies would cut back everything. Sales organizations have to invest in tech, he said, because virtual selling is on the rise.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 2, 2013

A sharp sales manager who is a strategic thinker and has clout in the company. No micro-managing. They don’t have time for petty stuff and especially for a sales manager or anyone else who wants to pick apart everything and insist on over complicating everything. A solid company.

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Women Sales Pros

OCTOBER 11, 2019

So, what does this have to do with sales development? How many sales managers have watched a salesperson conduct a role play, one where he or she did a really great job of executing the right selling skills? The salesperson stumbled, bumbled and secretly wished a New York power outage would end the sales call.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 30, 2017

I spent most of my professional life as a sales manager in some form or another. I gave up managing 12 years ago largely because I was tired of the stress. Selling is much more fun! Assessment testing – Full disclosure … I represent a company, TTI, who provides these. Today we do! What I can teach ….

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe, SalesLoft, Outreach, and every other sales organization of companies globally have as a result of Covid-19 been forced to pivot. A virtual sales training program can and will help remote selling teams and sales management grow sales opportunities and close more sales pipeline.

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Women Sales Pros

AUGUST 9, 2019

A few years ago, I was talking to a successful colleague who also is in the sales training business. Upon arriving at the company, his supposed-to-be new client apologized and said the company had decided to sell the firm. The salesperson’s prior successful sales experience was selling for a well-branded company.

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Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

The trick is be super customer-focused and take the opposite approach when dealing with people in your own company. The person that achieves this trick often says “I’m too busy selling to deal with the political nonsense in my company.”. Try applying this same kind of framework to your own company. You have a boss.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

where Sales Enablement leaders from some of the top companies in Silicon Valley shared their sales onboarding plans and their experiences in what proved to be an extremely productive discussion. Amy had a great slide that said: “Successful onboarding calls for mutual accountability across sales effectiveness and sales managers”.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 4, 2016

where Sales Enablement leaders from some of the top companies in Silicon Valley shared their sales onboarding plans and their experiences in what proved to be an extremely productive discussion. Amy had a great slide that said: “Successful onboarding calls for mutual accountability across sales effectiveness and sales managers”.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 15, 2017

Sales Tips: Proactive or Forensic Sales Management. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling®.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 28, 2013

The nature of sales is one where the salesperson interacts with the customer, and typically there is little immediate direct oversight by anyone else in the salesperson’s company. For the most part, in most companies, salespeople are on their own with the customer more than 90% of the time. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Klozers

JUNE 10, 2014

Sales Management has only one goal, which is improving sales effectiveness within the organization. Although there is only one goal, there are many different areas a sales manager can help increase sales performance and choosing the right ones and prioritizing is obviously important.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In the past, sales managers often saw sales coaching as a means of correcting negative behaviors by providing real-time performance feedback. Unfortunately, this feedback often doesn't result in significant behavior change from the sales representative. Sales Coaching Benefits 1.

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The Brooks Group

JULY 8, 2014

Today’s sales managers need to lead and coach their sales force instead of managing and directing the team. Unfortunately, when sales managers aren't coaching - because they don't know how - they tend to get caught up with blaming their reps for failures on the part of the sales team instead of looking at themselves.

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