Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When considering in-house or outsourced sales training, the question is not, “which method is better?” This question requires leadership to determine which sales problem they are trying to solve. Not every company is a good fit for partnering with a sales training organization. The In-House Sales Training Model.

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Allego

AUGUST 21, 2023

Frontline sales managers are the powerhouse behind every high-performing sales team. However, many frontline sales managers struggle because they don’t receive proper enablement and coaching. In many cases, frontline sales managers get promoted to that role because they’re a top-performing sales rep.

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LeadFuze

JULY 14, 2023

How to be a good sales manager is an inquiry that many professionals in the field often ponder. The role of a sales manager extends beyond just overseeing a team; it’s about fostering growth, driving performance, and achieving targets. A sales manager position, that’s your answer.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 10, 2024

As a sales manager, I’m sure you have pipeline meetings often. Let’s start with an analogy: You wouldn’t expect a rookie with no training to pick up a bat in a major league baseball game and knock it out of the park on his first try. But, do you ever ask yourself, “How can pipeline meetings be a coaching opportunity?”

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 4, 2022

The secret to maximizing sales training is simple. In this article, we will outline how organizations can maximize their sales training to increase performance, prevent failure, and maximize their sales training investment. . Plan Sales Training Strategically. Who should be trained?

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Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? The arrangements may vary from company to company, but in general, most sales professionals would jump at the chance to assume a leadership role. Are you Sure You Want to Become a Sales Manager?

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities in their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Constructing Commissions in a Sales Manager Compensation Plan.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Sales coaching like this has many documented benefits – from reinforcing training, to culling and promoting best practices, to even positively impacting the bottom line. CSO Insights reports that implementing formalized sales coaching leads to double-digit improvements in win-rates and quota attainment.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

Not all “A” Player sales reps were meant to be managers. If you’ve been in sales long enough, you’ve seen this mistake unfold. The newly promoted manager repeats behavior that made him successful as a rep. He neglects his skill development and sales initiatives. Reps that fail are re-trained.

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Xactly

JULY 5, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities unique to their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Your best sales rep is not necessarily the best leader.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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SBI

MAY 14, 2021

Improve productivity and post-sale handoff with automated note-taking and highlighting by accurately capturing call summaries, automatically linking to a call’s recording in a customer’s CRM and skimming behavior insights. They can clip out video examples of great message delivery for playbooks and learning recommendations.

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Allego

MAY 11, 2021

The product transforms our Call Coaching module, which enables sales leaders to record and coach to sales conversations, into an end-to-end Conversation Intelligence capability, driving analytics for our comprehensive sales learning and enablement platform. Playing a Critical Role in End-to-End Sales Enablement.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 29, 2022

Running a constructive team effectiveness assessment rests on your ability to understand the qualities that have the most bearing on your team's immediate success. Rate the quality of your sales training program. Rate the quality of your CRM/sales force automation system. How to Run a Team Effectiveness Assessment.

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Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

There is no shortage of sales onboarding solution options to choose from and most of them offer basic instructor-led training that is created once and typically isn’t updated for months or years at a time. Bigtincan Learning is built to directly address the four requirements of an advanced onboarding solution mentioned above: Training.

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

——————– “I agree sales people’s performance is not what it should be. I’m a big fan of training, it’s true that most sales people wing it; they need structure and discipline in how to go about organizing their work. There are too many bad sales managers too.

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Pipeliner

JULY 3, 2023

A typical hiring process would involve a job description, must-have experience, and also knowledge of various sales techniques. For instance, look out for a sales expert experienced in bundle pricing who knows how to promote these bundles to potential customers by clearly articulating their benefits and emphasizing cost savings.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As a non-threatening environment, icebreaker sessions promote lighthearted conversations and laughter—helping alleviate any tensions within the group. All of these activities promote quick problem solving, critical thinking, trust, and a positive culture within groups. See also: 10 sales training techniques for sales managers 4.

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Sell Integrity

AUGUST 13, 2021

Another way successful team coaches use EQ to improve coaching results is by aligning behavior, culture and strategy in the way they manage team conversations. Address challenges openly, and frame difficult issues in a way that leads to constructive, creative solutions. A Sales Coaching Model That Expands Belief Boundaries.

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Sell Integrity

JUNE 14, 2021

Particularly when it comes to sales, coaches help reps move past their mental boundaries and perform at higher levels than they even realized were possible for them. They gravitate to levels of productivity they think their manager will accept, and soon enough, those levels become fixed beliefs and habits. Communicate your intentions.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Having a sales performance management process in place is crucial for your team’s overall success. There is often a disconnect between the level of effort sales reps put into their work and the tangible outcome seen by sales management and the company at large. Helps predict future sales trends.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

To find out more, I sat down with Allego’s Sales Enablement Director Mary Charles. Mary specializes in leveraging modern learning techniques and tools to enable and train global software sales teams to achieve revenue objectives in a fast-paced, competitive environment. “When I moved to UNICA my role was sales ops.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 9, 2020

If you want your team to improve and progress in their roles, you need to ensure that you provide them with the necessary training to do so. Whether it’s group training sessions or individual coaching, more knowledge will empower your employees and motivate them to work to the very best of their abilities.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In this post, Kathy Venincasa, one of our inaugural Miller Heiman Group Icons and a sales forecasting master, discusses what she sees as the top four sales operations best practices. In every aspect, sales operations combines two things I love: sales performance and data analytics. Train Sales Managers How to Manage.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 7, 2020

Failing to promote someone because you’re afraid to lose their production. The basic construct is this: treat your people well and care for them. And finally, never stop coaching, mentoring, and training them. . Let reps run a sales training. Promote from within. Not paying unused sick leave.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2018

Effective Sales Meetings Are 5 Steps Aways. 1) Role-play sales scenarios. The idea of acting out scenarios in front of peers and management can be, to say the least, a bit daunting. But it doesn’t have to be — it can be inviting and constructive. To promote this kind of healthy role-play , ensure it’s not spontaneous.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 2, 2017

Despite my shortcomings, in less that two years I was promoted to sales manager and until twelve years ago, all I did was manage sales reps. As a manager (and as a salesperson), I had my pluses and minuses. Sometimes I was patient but, more often, I was not. The simple answer is … I didn’t even try.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The term that best captures the nature of a sales executive's responsibilities is guidance. It's on them to guide the course of sales operations. They guide incoming reps by helping establish how onboarding and training are conducted. They guide how sales teams perform through motivational tactics and influencing team culture.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 22, 2017

I’ve started training Alexa… “Alexa, please make a dozen prospecting calls for me… Make sure you’ve researched well, be sure to engage them, ask them to text me if they are interested in a deeper discussion… ” No, I’ve not gone off the deep end, though I wish I had. Execution is inconsistent.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2019

For example, your sales reps can ensure their contact details are completely filled out. As a sales manager, you can use data in your CRM to see how your team is performing. How long is the typical sales cycle for your reps? Sales Process, Tool, and Training Adoption Metrics. Gather new leads.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Recently, I was having a conversation with Robert Racine about the state of sales management. During the discussion, he mentioned, almost in passing, that too many Sales Managers are becoming Zombies–that is acting purely on autopilot, rather than thinking, evaluating, engaging. Pick Up The Damn Phone!

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Unattainable or irrelevant goals: In sales, reps live and die by their quotas. Yet, quota setting is one of the areas that comes most difficult to sales managers. In fact, 61% of sales managers cite quota setting as their biggest challenge ( source ). This poses a huge issue in sales departments.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 23, 2023

More importantly, your sales training program should embrace your buyer’s perspective, giving your sales reps a clear understanding on why customers need your product, what problems it can solve, and why they should make the switch. Solicit customer, stakeholder, and team feedback to identify sales improvement opportunities.

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Mereo

APRIL 27, 2023

Whereas distress feeds on a blur of anxiety and fear of punishment that falls apart into disengagement, eustress motivates people toward a specific goal or opportunity with constructive, collaborative support. As one of my favorite sales managers used to tell me earlier in my career: “Do not expect what you do not inspect.”

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Close.io

JANUARY 28, 2020

You can work on the gaps found in a sales performance analysis to put your business back on track to “where you need to be.”. Why sales teams should measure this: Sales performance analytics shows how you are currently faring vs. the expected performance. Predictive sales analytics. Sales effectiveness analytics.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 21, 2022

Most sales methodologies focus on uncovering and satisfying buyers’ needs. As such, a majority of sales leaders train their reps to ‘go along to get along,’ right from the word go. The Challenger Sales model folks say that’s a problem. Check out Gong’s sales training software. A major one.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We have to recruit more people into sales, and this becomes easier when we are not just looking for a degree. Myth 4: Millennials have unrealistic job progression expectations in sales. Older generations think Millennials are entitled, and don’t need to work hard for promotions.

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