Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In sales management, a common saying is, “Hire slow and fire fast.” Secondly, it neglects coaching and training to boost performance. In addition to reassessing this approach, here are productive ways to hire, fire, and support a sales team: The Slow Hire/Fast Fire Approach. Hiring the “Right” Sales Team.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 12, 2017

Sales Management Challenges . Many sales managers are finding it increasingly more difficult to keep juggling all their priorities. With so many competing demands, with little or no training and development , the question becomes where can you turn to get honest and insightful feedback on overcoming your biggest challenges?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2020

This is a toxic combination for sales reps and their managers. Sales leaders that fall back on run-of-the-mill motivation techniques struggle to drive their reps toward aggressive growth targets. Invest in sales management coaching. Plan a sales contest. Plan a sales contest.

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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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Allego

MARCH 12, 2020

When it comes to improving reps’ performance, one of the best productivity investments that an organization can make is sales coaching. Yet many sales managers still fail to provide enough high-quality coaching to their teams. Managers Need a Plan for That. Develop a Goal-Focused Coaching Plan.

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

They developed a new way to do reviews and it now saves them 40 work hours each quarter. Also covered in this week's Brief is an in-depth Sales Enablement piece we published on our own blog. Also covered in this week's Brief is an in-depth Sales Enablement piece we published on our own blog. MUCH REVIEW ABOUT NOTHING ?.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 18, 2022

“If my other sales reps would just sell half as well as my top sales rep, we’d quadruple revenue in 12 months,” said a wishful thinking VP of Sales. The sales leader is blaming the poor performance on the individual sales reps, and not the system which they are using. But the logic is flawed.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Now the economy is growing again and you are looking to hire more sales talent for your team. The bad news is your sales managers have maxed out their bandwidth with their current responsibilities and daily activities. This leaves you with a critical decision regarding how to ramp up the new sales hires. That’s the good news.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Author: Giuseppe D’Angelo Inside sales have never been hotter, and the sales field is experiencing considerable change. Much of this is due to the technology that is beginning to drive the sales process much the way it has driven marketing for the past several years. Increasing demand for skilled inside sales reps.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. And in addition to trying to hit revenue numbers, sales leaders needed to take care of their employees, and make sure they felt comfortable in this new selling environment.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

We have all witnessed situations where an outstanding sales rep is “rewarded” with a promotion to sales management, leading to two compounding problems. The previously successful contributor flounders in the new role, and you have an underperforming territory where you had a star you moved.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The secret that Saban learned and sales teams can benefit from is that a process-focused team will outperform an outcome-focused team. Before Saban started his dynasty at Alabama, he was the head coach at Michigan State. Saban took that concept and applied it to every activity for his players and coaches. But seven seconds?

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Enabling sales reps to sell more and sell better is not an easy job — that’s why sales enablement departments (and an entire industry) were created. But sales enablement leaders can’t operate in a silo. They’re often small teams tasked with overseeing dozens or even hundreds of sales reps.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 25, 2023

Now Google, HubSpot , and Microsoft are racing to develop their own versions of AI chat tools to compete with ChatGPT. Here's the burning question: Does AI have a place in sales, and how does it affect our current sales processes? Here are three examples of how teams use AI to generate sales emails.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 13, 2020

Sales cycles have become more complex and take longer than ever before. The most effective sales reps are always ready to deliver the right message at the right time to the right prospects. When sales teams are well-equipped and well-prepared, they perform confidently and drive revenue. What is Sales Readiness?

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Showpad

MARCH 5, 2021

Sales enablement is in the spotlight. More companies are embracing sales enablement strategies as a way to modernize, drive business or sales transformation and keep current with the customers and markets they serve. Sales enablement can be rocket fuel for revenue creation and skills development.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

Although all professions require a certain balance of skill and motivation, sales in particular relies more heavily on motivation than others. The reason for this is simple, sales is a numbers game. When a sales rep doesn’t have the necessary selling skills, leaders have options. Let’s jump into it.

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Showpad

MARCH 11, 2021

Looking for a crash course in sales enablement? We’ve got the quick and easy sales enablement guide you need. In this blog, we’ll run through a definition of sales enablement, some practical tips to developing a strategy and how to build a winning program. What is sales enablement?

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 8, 2022

As basketball is an apt metaphor for sales, it’s a great time to discuss a sales talent audit. After all, when the sales environment shifts, teams need to reshuffle and improve to keep up. Yesterday’s sales team might not stack up against tomorrow’s challenges. A sales talent audit is no different. What It Is.

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InsightSquared

JUNE 16, 2020

Sales rarely follows a linear path. As much as you prepare and strategize for every deal, things never seem to go exactly as planned. Fortunately, many sales teams are improving coaching and executing using the new Guided Selling technology. It is a must-have for every organization’s sales stack.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 13, 2020

Sales cycles have become more complex and take longer than ever before. The most effective sales reps are always ready to deliver the right message at the right time to the right prospects. When sales teams are well-equipped and well-prepared, they perform confidently and drive revenue. What is Sales Readiness?

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Janek Performance Group

JUNE 5, 2023

At some point in every sales professional’s career, we have chased an opportunity that turned out to be nothing more than a distraction. It’s no wonder sales leaders are constantly struggling to get more done. Less is More Sales success isn’t a game won by whoever does the most daily sales activities.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 2, 2020

A sales plan or sales strategy can be the difference between an organization merely surviving, or a company exceeding all sales objectives. With so many ups and downs this year, as well as company pivots and new long-term strategies, sales planning is more important than ever before for success.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? Making the leap from sales practitioner to sales manager doesn’t have as much to do with being a rockstar that boasts the highest close rate on your team—as it’s concerned with your ability to motivate, lead and elevate others to achieve more. Overseeing the organization’s sales training.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2019

How do you ensure you’re maximizing your sales team’s potential? According to the first-ever State of Sales Performance Survey , in partnership with Sales Hacker, Ambition, Gong, AA-ISP, Vidyard, and Factor 8, the key is modern sales performance management. First, A Deeper Look at Sales Performance. Recognition.

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

Why are Sales Compensation Plans Important. A company is nothing if it doesn’t have sales. There are plenty of ways to automate and utilize inbound methods, but having salespeople who take control of the deal and close new sales was the next level. Building sales compensation plans for them can be a difficult task.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 1, 2018

As a sales manager, you have a big impact on the success of each member of your team, and your team knows it. Research has shown that 69% of salespeople who exceed quota rate their sales manager as ‘excellent’ or ‘above average’. While most good sales leaders have high-achieving teams, they have a lot more in common.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 1, 2018

As a sales manager, you have a big impact on the success of each member of your team, and your team knows it. Research has shown that 69% of salespeople who exceed quota rate their sales manager as ‘excellent’ or ‘above average’. While most good sales leaders have high-achieving teams, they have a lot more in common.

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Allego

APRIL 14, 2022

Sales enablement has become a must-have. Yet for many companies, sales enablement as a fully defined and holistic initiative is in its infancy, if there is a dedicated function at all. Sales enablement also means different things to different organizations, and even to different teams within companies.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

You were an outstanding sales rep -- and now, as a sales manager, you’re eager to cultivate the same performance from your team members. Plus, you’re calling on a brand-new set of skills, like coaching, scaling, and recruiting. Plus, you’re calling on a brand-new set of skills, like coaching, scaling, and recruiting.

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SBI

AUGUST 1, 2018

We tend to think of onboarding as a one-time event as new sales reps are hired. And then it’s over, the new rep has been officially onboarded and is now ready to be a productive member of the team, right? Almost half of new sales rep hires aren’t going to succeed regardless of investments in onboarding and training.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2018

This is part 2 of a 5-part series to help you develop the right approach to sales coaching. While part 1 focused building the right coaching mentality , this article covers how you can take a data driven sales coaching approach. . 1) Why does data driven sales coaching matter? 1) Volume Data.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 25, 2018

Building a program for underperforming sales reps is pretty atypical. But that’s exactly what I did in 2017 -- I ran a bootcamp called Project Finish Line (PFL) for reps who had averaged less than 95% quota attainment last quarter. On average, the reps improved quota attainment by 31%. And it went well.

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 9, 2019

So, you’ve taken on a role as the leader of an existing sales team. Whether you’ve been brought on board to turn around an underperforming sales team with a winning sales strategy, or it’s just a standard changing of the guard, this is your opportunity to make an impact. Understand What Makes Each of Your Reps Tick.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 24, 2020

Too often, CXO’s sow stakeholder harm from headquarters, while the sales force does the dirty work out in the field. Were early car sales reps “sleazy” and “aggressive”? Were early car sales reps “sleazy” and “aggressive”? Importantly, not every revenue scandal involves the sales force.

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Lessonly

JULY 7, 2021

Is it your fault if you’re a bad sales rep? If you’re knowingly in a sales role just for the cash, but you don’t really care about helping customers and prospects solve their problems, then you’re in the wrong business. When building a sales team, it’s not uncommon for companies to hit a wall. Put Me In, Coach.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

A lot of the tactics and responsibilities effective sales leaders need to understand and fulfill aren't exactly intuitive. While there's no be-all-end-all playbook for effective sales leadership, there are some tricks and strategies you can employ early on to set yourself on the right track. Sales leadership is a personal game.

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