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Sales Leadership: 2013 Sales Theme

Your Sales Management Guru

Sales Leadership: 2013 Sales Theme. Last week I was speaking at a conference on: “ Building and Maintaining Sales Motivation ”, after the program several individuals came up to discuss my concept of a “Drive Statement. Creating a “Drive Statement” can assist you.

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Sales Leadership: Compensation and Summer Fun

Your Sales Management Guru

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. Improving customer service. A Contest Sampler.

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How to Lead a Sales Team: 14 Key Tips to Help New Managers Thrive

Hubspot Sales

That's why we put together a list of some key tips aspiring sales leaders can refer to as they find their footing as managers. Even the strongest, most refined sales leadership skills can only take you so far if the team you're leading is unruly, unmotivated, and underqualified. Let's dive in. Set SMART goals.

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Recognize Employee Recognition For What It Is: GOLD! | Jeffrey.

Jeffrey Gitomer

There is an incentive for that person to maintain or improve his or her performance to stay at the top. KEY POINT OF UNDERSTANDING: Incentives and awards are economic stimuli of the first degree. In challenging economic times (how’s that for putting it mildly), sales are what will make a company recover. Customer Loyalty.

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Winning the Sales Battle: Overcoming the "Failure to Impact.

The Sales Hunter

Winning the Sales Battle: Overcoming the “Failure to Impact” Syndrome. Guest post Monday brings us Steven Rosen , The Sales Leadership Coach and founder of STAR Results. Hire only top sales reps. Focus on growing key customers. Create a better incentive plan. customer service.

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Are You Ready to Break the Bias?

Smooth Sale

The B2B sales landscape is shifting towards women in sales. A 2019 study by incentive solution provider Xactly reported that 86% of women achieved quota, compared to 78% of men. Sales leadership is a clear path to executive leadership. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a step-change in this trend.

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Building a High Performance Culture

Your Sales Management Guru

In many cases I have seen great sales contest ideas poorly executed, it is critical you think through what your objectives are and what you want the results to be and then CLEARLY write down the objectives, rules and incentives. Set a quarter-to-date objective above your sales goal; that way, everyone on the team can win.