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5 Signs Your Star Salesperson Will Make a Terrible Sales Manager

Sales Hacker

Kim* was fed up because James,* the star salesperson her organization promoted, wasn’t making it as a sales manager. James had been killing it at sales. It was clear he knew the industry and how to convert leads into sales. When is a top performer really going to make a great manager, and when are they going to bomb?

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How to Recruit a Sales Team: 4 Tips to Attract Top Sales Talent

Pipeliner

Offer competitive compensation Everyone, including your sales team, appreciates being valued and recognized for their hard work. Ensure your compensation package for recruiting and organizing your sales team is enticing and competitive to those offered by other companies in your industry.

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How Big Data Can Help the Sales Leader

SBI Growth

These companies are harvesting vast amounts of internet activity and point of sale data. Many of the B2B sales leaders simply dismiss the Big Data revolution. This creates a huge headache for every sales manager. One sales leader we know named Phil took a different approach. He had to solve two problems.

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The Pipeline ? Shrink Your Way To Success

The Pipeline

A common concern I hear from sales leaders across all verticals is that they don’t feel that reps are fully covering their territories. This concern applies to coverage for existing accounts, or harvesting the new business opportunities. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation.

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Four Steps to Winning Larger Accounts

The Brooks Group

In the business world, there are times when we, too, are interested in a bigger fish story – winning larger accounts, from a more fertile pond, representing a potential harvest that can propel our revenues manifold. Casting your lines in a bigger sea requires a top-to-bottom commitment to change.

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How to Strengthen Sales Territory Planning with Data Intelligence

Xactly

Thus, poor, ineffective territory planning creates a domino effect, hindering the success of your sales organization. In a recent study, the Sales Management Association reported that companies that suffered from ineffective territory design had 15 percent lower sales objective achievement than the average.