Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 25, 2018

Last week I wrote a revealing article which showed that Sales Managers are even worse than I thought when it comes to coaching their salespeople. Following that article I dug further into the same 9,000 rows of data to look at the role that tenure and experience have on sales management effectiveness.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

As a sales leader, you know the impact of effective sales coaching — it’s the key to maximizing your team’s potential. In fact, it probably isn’t surprising that companies that provide quality coaching can reach 7% greater annual revenue growth. Relying on data makes these conversations easier and more productive.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 18, 2018

After reading a recent post from Dave Kurlan about The Latest Data Shows that Sales Managers Are Even Worse Than I Thought made me want to immediately publish a plea to company leaders and heads of sales to enable sales managers to do more and better coaching.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In this blog post, we dive into the 5 Keys to Successful Sales Coaching & Growth and the idea that data can help you discover real-time information about your salespeople. This data allows everyone in your organization to make real-time decisions and real-time and intentional coaching decisions.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Effective sales coaching can lead to a 28% increase in quota attainment and a 32% increase in win rates, Korn Ferry research revealed. And from a team perspective, organizations that provide consistent coaching reported 2x seller engagement and almost 30% reduced voluntary turnover. Technological barriers also play a role.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Most Important Job of the Sales Manager . With that in mind, the most important job for sales managers is to coach their salespeople to close business. They need to provide performance , pipeline, and deal coaching one on one and with their team. . Training the Coaches . Click To Tweet.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

How To Approach Sales Coaching Like a Pro the Right Use of Sales Data. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? LeadFuze gives you all the data you need to find ideal leads, including full contact information. Using Sales Data to Inspire Commitment. Leadership brings transformation.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Oftentimes, sales managers won’t have the bandwidth to set up personalized training and coaching sessions for each rep on their team. From generative AI to conversational intelligence, AI is reshaping how sales managers provide coaching and training to improve sales performance and increase win rates.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 18, 2018

You might be having a similar experience with my recent articles as I have been sharing lots of data about salespeople - to the degree where you might think that nothing else matters. Today we're diving into sales management and specifically, the Sales Management Coaching Competency.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

As a sales leader, you know the impact of effective sales coaching — it’s the key to maximizing your team’s potential. In fact, it probably isn’t surprising that companies that provide quality coaching can reach 7% greater annual revenue growth. Relying on data makes these conversations easier and more productive.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 14, 2021

But how are sales managers doing at adapting to coaching their sales force over video? We know how sales managers were doing before the pandemic. The data in that November article was for the last 10 years. Inquiring minds want to know. It wasn't very good and I wrote about it here. Let's find out.

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BrainShark

APRIL 9, 2019

New sales managers need to be able to use data to motivate sales reps to reach a higher level of performance and also to show them the path to get there.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The key to improving sales performance lies not only in the hands of sales reps, but also in the ability of their managers to provide effective guidance and support. Additionally, with features like call coaching software — some tools can even help you help them level up their conversations. Sales Coaching Tools Gong.io

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Chorus.ai

AUGUST 6, 2020

Jim Benton was joined by Shianne Sampson , VP of Sales & Customer Experience at PetDesk for this week’s Weekly Briefing to discuss the data behind sales coaching in this new normal. Diving right in, they addressed the overall productivity of sales teams. I think now coaching is the backbone of sales.”

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BrainShark

JULY 4, 2023

Challenges for organizations with untrained or undertrained reps include missed quotas, inconsistent messaging, and lack of sales readiness. All of these issues can be improved with effective sales coaching, but sometimes, getting started can feel overwhelming. What is sales coaching?

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 25, 2022

Effective sales coaching can improve quota attainment by 21% and win rates by 19%. As it significantly impacts your team’s revenue generation, it’s essential to keep in mind essential sales coaching tips and techniques — even in your busiest periods like the end of the quarter. Don’t coach at random.

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SalesLoft

AUGUST 7, 2018

Sales managers have limited opportunity to observe sales reps in real-time. We don’t mean creeping looking over their shoulder, but rather observing reps to identify coaching opportunities. Managers have a busy schedule. That’s why taking a data-driven approach to sales coaching is vital.

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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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SalesLoft

AUGUST 22, 2022

Done well, 1:1 sales coaching can make every seller a top performer. . But for many of the sales managers we talk with, the current state of coaching isn’t working. It’s Time to Modernize Your Sales Coaching. Remote selling and the war for talent has fundamentally changed sales coaching.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 20, 2022

Strong sales reps are the lifeblood of your business and how you choose to invest in them matters. For frontline sales managers, attributes like competency, quality of work, ease of execution, and length of contribution indicate reps’ overall job success, but you can’t rely on those inputs to tell you if they are personally satisfied.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 31, 2022

While the exact list depends on who you ask, the following (alphabetized) traits are all critical for a sales manager: Able to coach, analytical, available, confident, empathetic, good listener, innovative, leads by example, loyal, motivating, passionate, positive attitude, serves vs. dictates, strategic vision, strong communicator, and thoughtful.

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CommercialTribe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Which sales management metrics matter? The most progressive sales organizations understand that the mark of a highly-effective sales manager is not whether they make their number, but the percentage of reps they get to theirs. Consistency: How frequently coaching is occurring.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 4, 2017

Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team. Do you want to develop an awesome sales management team? Sales leaders have several options to achieve and exceed their sales numbers. Annually spending by companies: Sales training $20 billion on sales training.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 16, 2022

Add in an emphasis on skills improvement through ongoing coaching, and you’ll see how a sales coach can positively impact a company’s bottom line. A good coach knows how to communicate, motivate and personalize each sales associate’s training, so the sales team repeatedly delivers results. Search less.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 2, 2021

Sales coaching is often a touchy subject. We carried out research on sales coaching , looking into how different sales employees view it, and the results showed overwhelmingly that sales coaching works, and that most people involved want to see more of it. It improves your bottom line.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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Allego

MARCH 23, 2023

The Power of Conversation Intelligence Data to Improve Sales Performance Conversation intelligence, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to record, transcribe and analyze sales calls to generate recommendations, powers every aspect of sales enablement with data-driven insights into performance.

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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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Allego

OCTOBER 1, 2021

To answer that question and provide proven tips for effective sales coaching, Doug Hutton, senior vice president of products at Corporate Visions, and George Donovan, the chief revenue officer at Allego, joined up to present at a recent webinar, Getting Real About Sales Coaching. Embrace Asynchronous Video.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 27, 2018

I dug into a subset of data from Objective Management Group's (OMG) evaluations of the salespeople who report to more than 15,000 sales managers to determine whether the best sales managers actually have the best salespeople. What happens when they hire a mixed team? Check this out!

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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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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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Highspot

MAY 8, 2020

In the world of business-to-business sales, coaches are just as essential to ensuring reps have the skills they need to close deals with confidence. Why is sales coaching important? How do you coach and develop a sales team? Top sales coaching techniques. What makes a sales coach great?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 2, 2019

In many ways, technology, like Google Maps, is similar to sales management software. Did you know, 27% of salespeople spend an hour or more on data entry each day. Sales management software provides streamlined tools for data entry and management to speed up this process. Free HubSpot CRM. MindTickle.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 18, 2021

And it makes sense — tracking and pulling insight from sales calls manually is a frustrating, labor-intensive, often ineffective burden that can eat up sales managers' time without offering much return. Sales managers stand to gain a lot by incorporating this kind of tech into their teams' day-to-day and broader sales efforts.

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Showpad

MARCH 1, 2021

Sales coaching is a critical part of any sales enablement program. Most sales managers and leaders understand this, yet it can be difficult for them to commit the needed time and attention to coaching when there is so much competition for resources. Observation and data collection.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 13, 2020

Sales managers are being tested in ways they’ve never seen before, and new managers have even more challenges as they assume their roles in the midst of sweeping change. Here are five ways that sales leaders can help newly minted sales managers accelerate through the turn and spearhead recovery.

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