The Sales Hunter

MARCH 8, 2013

Welcome to Sales Leadership Friday! Starting today, on each Friday I will provide to you insights to generate thinking about sales leadership. A few of the topics I’ll be writing about in the coming weeks include: The role of the CEO in account management. Defining “sales leadership”.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Companies are spending more money on sales force evaluations, sales training, consulting, sales leadership development, sales process, infrastructure and sales recruiting services than 5 years ago. There were some very good salespeople and sales managers among the mix of the total population of candidates.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

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. When this lack of awareness is prevalent at the top of a sales organization, it is challenging to grow it or scale it.

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Sales Manager Now

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It will take a little bit of homework for me to answer it for you, but what I’d like to share in this video is a… The post Risk Reward Principle For Designing a Sales Compensation Plan appeared first on Sales Manager Now.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The real key to building a winning sales team is effective sales management. Are you wondering how to manage a sales team effectively? Well, you can get many tips, tactics, and strategies from various sales management books. Best sales management books you must read. Author- Kevin F.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 13, 2021

But before you do, you need to find a new sales manager to support the additional sales reps. Peter was your first business development rep hired in the sales department. He was promoted to sales development and currently, he is the senior SDR on the team. We all agree that growth is a good position to be in.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A post for Sales and HR Leaders to find root causes of Sales Manager (SM) vacancies. The Sales Manager position is the fulcrum between sales leadership strategy and sales force execution. Teams without effective sales managers lack morale and discipline. Poor compensation.

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Braveheart Sales

JUNE 29, 2021

While the compensation plan is one piece of the puzzle, it is incumbent upon the manager/leader to understand what really will inspire the salesperson to achieve or even over-achieve. Let’s also assume that the salesperson requires a certain level of compensation to reach their goals. appeared first on Boost Profits.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Sales is the most important function with any company, and the sales manager plays a critical role within it. That said… The importance of your sales manager cannot be understated. The sales force drives the company’s revenue and it’s the sales manager’s job to drive the sales force.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 26, 2016

My last post inn this series was “ Super Hero Sales Managers.” ” I hesitated for a moment discussing this topic–sales compensation plans. I can barely scratch the surface on this topic, sales people, sales executives, and non sales executives invovled in compensation are likely to be unhappy.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 23, 2014

Note: This blog post is an excerpt from my new book: “Creating High Performance Sales Compensation Plans”. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Compensation plans shouldn’t be developed in a vacuum. Sizing It Up.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What Makes a Great Sales Manager? What Sets Great Sales Managers Apart? Responsibilities of a Sales Manager Qualities You Need To Go From Good To Great Sales Management Strategy for Sales Managers The Importance of Sales Coaching And Training What Does Sales Manager Success Look Like?

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 30, 2012

Sales Compensation and Having a Fun Summer. Sales Leadership Ideas. At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for July/August and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded. Or what contests did not work and why?

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The latest interview between Jonathan Farrington, CEO of TopSalesWorld , and me is available here. We discussed why only 17% of all sales managers are effective at coaching and the conversation was very enlightening. DNA - They don''t have the DNA to support effective sales coaching.

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Braveheart Sales

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The end of the year is when many leaders tend to consider transforming their sales compensation plan since a new year equals making a fresh start. If you are a leader contemplating changes, I would suggest that a real purpose be at the core of any new compensation plan. It leaves a lot of sales performance to chance for one.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Sales Leadership: How to Ensure You Exceed Your 2015 Quota. The end of the year is rapidly closing in and while everyone in your organization is focused on achieving their targets; as a sales leader it is crucial you are also focused on the new year. Evaluate your compensation plan.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 26, 2017

The Sales Manager Boot Camp. Becoming a new sales leader is overwhelming. Suddenly you go from having a quota to managing the quotas of multiple people. You must quickly learn how to juggle the needs of your salespeople with the demands of your organization’s leadership. For the New Sales Manager.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 25, 2017

I always worry when a conversation with a sales executive starts with, “We need to fix our compensation problem.” ” The ensuing discussion usually focuses on, “We aren’t meeting our numbers, we need to fix the compensation/commission system in order to make our numbers.”

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Increase Sales

MARCH 27, 2012

Imagine for a moment a sales leadership team of individuals all demonstrating the self starting ability to do what they need to do without being told or extrinsically motivated. Self starting ability is not about rewards or compensation as this is 100% internally motivated. Credit www.sxc.hu. So what is self starting ability?

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Sales Management End of Year Checklist. . Depending upon the person and the conditions in their sales organization each article may or may not be pertinent. I decided to start with a Sales Management End of Year Checklist. Do I have to alter the sales compensation plan to help achieve the new goals?

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Pipeliner

APRIL 8, 2018

Strong sales leadership builds, nurtures and inspires. The business world has always had its share of both—but there are few areas where it matters more than in sales. A bad sales manager can adversely affect the backbone of any organization—sales revenue, employee morale and motivation, and customer relationships.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 6, 2016

July is Sales Leadership Month. As a sales leader you must always have a vision and action plans for a rolling six months, this is why July is the perfect month for anyone that has sales management responsibility—so why not name it Sales Leadership Month ! Need more sales management resources?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 9, 2012

Some HR leaders have earned a seat at the Sales leadership table. If you want to improve the relationship between the VP of Sales and the VP of Human Resources , SBI has an answer. Sign up for our Make the Number Tour if you would like a copy of our Sales Leadership Immersion Program (SLIP, for short).

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2024

Science Reveals the Actual Impact of Sales Coaching More Sales Assessment Imposters Exposed The Best Salespeople are 2733% More Likely to Have This Than the Worst Salespeople What Percentage of Sales Managers Have the Necessary Coaching Skills? Salespeople Will Close 50% More Business By Changing This One Thing They Do!

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 30, 2012

Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). sales development (55). sales excuses (15). Sales Force (5). sales goals (29). sales improvement (22). Sales Jobs (5). sales leadership development (4). sales management (49).

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Be a better sales manager with Sales Management Boot Camp. As a frequent reader and contributor to LinkedIn I thought I should share with you an answer to many challenges Sales Managers face. Sales Management Tools, Best Practice Guides. For the New Sales Manager.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 11, 2014

Sales Team Turnover. Sales leaders spend a fair amount of time and effort reviewing issues related to the cost of sale. The issues can vary from travel policies and territory designs to compensation structures and bonuses. An issue that is receiving increased attention is the cost of turnover.

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 9, 2012

Your Sales Leadership Workout. Your Sales Organization in Shape . Build a proactive approach to sales management that creates predictive revenue and a self-managed sales team. . Learn how top performing sales leaders muscle up their teams to pump up predictable revenues. May 9 & 10, 2012.

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criteria for success

OCTOBER 20, 2020

What makes an effective sales manager? Acting as sales manager can be a difficult job because you wear two bulls-eyes: one on your front and one on your back. Your senior management is pushing for results, numbers, revenue, and profit. Your sales people are looking to you for guidance. Coach, don't manage.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 30, 2012

Sales Leadership: Impacting Your 2013 Revenue. This week I want you to turn your thinking towards growing overall company revenues for next year and making sure you have the proper number of salespeople contributing on your sales team. Fifth, is your current compensation working to attract top talent?

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Braveheart Sales

JUNE 29, 2021

It seems sales hiring is heating up and that means we are having more and more conversations about compensation. Compensation plans should not be designed to be “set it and forget it.” protect against a rogue sales manager paying someone a “high” salary based on the belief that the person will absolutely produce.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Is your organization and your sales team suffering from: Puny Revenues? It’s Time for a Sales Leadership Workout! Your Sales Organization in Shape for 2011. Build a proactive approach to Sales Management 2.0 that creates predictive revenue and a self-managed sales team. Weak Results?

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 30, 2012

The other day I wrote about the “Almost Perfect Sales Management Article.” ” That post stimulated a flurry of questions about a Sales Management Standard Operating Process/System. There are a few key building blocks to the Sales Management/Leadership Process. Business Management.

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 23, 2012

Sales Leadership: “Looking Forward”. In a sales management role, you set the tone for your organization-everyday. The second reason I use Looking Forward in my signature line is that good sales leader’s are always looking 90 days to 6 months ahead, being proactive vs reactive. Why do I use those words?

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Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 21, 2013

Sales Leadership: Bringing a Sharp Focus to Your. Sales Meetings. more on that later), in both environments I have begun to revert to a similar sales management technique to achieve the desired results. Its fundamentals-back to basics; salespeople pay attention to what sales management pays attention too.

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RAIN Group

JUNE 19, 2019

Delivering value, making the ROI case, retaining customers, growing accounts, recruiting top talent, forecasting, implementing a sales process, utilizing sales technologies, winning against the competition, developing sales managers, coaching sales teams, generating leads, onboarding, productivity, compensation.

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Xactly

JANUARY 18, 2019

Your sales commission plan is a portion of your sales compensation plan. Ultimately, your sales commission plan motivates reps to close deals and perform specific sales behaviors that align with your company goals. To help ensure you set your sales team up for success, here are six steps to setup a commission plan.

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