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Use Your Sales Kickoff to Increase Talent Retention & Revenue Growth

Force Management

Consider a strategic sales initiative that not only uplifts employee skill sets but also their engagement, or commitment to solving customer problems and getting results. A Gallup study recently cited in this Wall Street Journal article showed replacing an employee can cost twice as much as the annual salary.

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Customer Retention: Is your radar picking up the iceberg dead ahead?

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

There’s one big reason these icebergs don’t get spotted in time, and it’s part of human nature: When people converse, as in a sales situation, speakers pay more attention to planning what they’re going to say than to what the other person is saying. Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. Why is this? 6, 751-769.

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Sales Faces a Hiring Crisis. How Should Leaders Respond?

Zoominfo

Sales plays an outsized role in driving growth at many organizations. Yet despite its importance, recent data suggests that sales as a profession is facing a looming hiring crisis. Data from ZipRecruiter indicates that sales vacancy listings are reaching unprecedented highs , up 65 percent to more than 700,000 listings as of July 2021.

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Building an office culture without the office

Sales and Marketing Management

While it’s clear that many workers in the knowledge economy are able to be equally or more productive working from home, company leaders are nervous that the corporate culture they feel is vital to their recruitment and retention efforts is not as successful in the current WFH environment. Sales reps are ideally suited to work from home.

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The Perfect Balance for Sales Success

Anne Miller

But why I dropped him reminded me what the basic requirements are for sales success. . Salespeople who have a high quality deliverable plus strong interpersonal skills are likely to be Olympic Gold Sales Performers. Highest client retention. Sales Skills. Visiting him was fun. A Necessary Balance. These sellers have the.

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Culture vs. Quota: How the ‘Great Resignation’ is Changing Sales

Zoominfo

While COVID may have intensified the pressures facing healthcare workers, the industry was already facing major problems with burnout, misaligned incentives, and retention before the emergence of COVID-19. One of the most immediate impacts on sales recruitment has been the sudden increase in demand for experienced sales professionals.

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Lead with Happiness

criteria for success

Journal about a positive experience at least once a day. One great idea is to ask each member of the team to acknowledge a colleague they’re grateful for during your weekly sales meetings. Business, and especially sales, moves quickly. Here at CFS, we have a weekly podcast called Let's Talk Sales. Let's Talk Sales!

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