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The Science of Motivation

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Tim Houlihan Why we don’t know what motivates us best. Sales manager: I’d like to know what rewards the reps would like for our next incentive. Sales rep: Cash! Sales manager: Sounds good. You may be a seasoned sales manager, fatigued by trying to come up with innovative ways to motivate your reps.

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Sales middle managers – what motivates them the most?

Sales Training Connection

The Becker Hospital Review which shared the results of a 2014 Insigniam study that focuses on middle managers. Insigniam asked middle managers to think about what they find most motivating in the job environment, whether external factors that encourage top results or internal motivations that give them drive to succeed.

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Can AI Deliver the 'Glengarry' Leads?

Sales and Marketing Management

If you’re in sales then you have likely seen “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Alec Baldwin’s iconic turn as a fire-breathing sales manager delivers the most anti-motivating motivational sales speech in movie history. And the way they operate in real life.

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52 Sales Management Tips – the Sales Manager’s Success Guide

SBI

I recently read 52 Sales Management Tips – The Sales Manager’s Success Guide by Steven Rosen. Written for sales managers and small business owners, this is a guide every sales leader will benefit from. It’s packed with excellent tips and ideas to help you take your sales force to the next level.

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Pharma Sales Training: Identifying Buyer Motivations

Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

→ On-Site Sales Training. → One-on-One Sales Coaching. Sales Management Training. Overview Training Options for Managers. → Management Training On-Site. → Sales Management Coaching. → Management Web Seminars. Medical Device Sales Training. Contact Us.

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Performance Platforms

Sales and Marketing Management

With those numbers in mind, if you are a sales manager, HR director, marketing manager or other executive charged with increasing employee engagement or driving customer loyalty, what tools do you think make sense to use as your starting point? (Source: National Retail Federation). Source: Flurry Analytics).

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MBO Examples to Kickstart Your Sales Team Engagement

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Management by Objectives, aka MBOs, are goals set for employees to improve overall sales performance, as agreed up on by sales manager and rep. MBOs can be an extremely useful tool in addition to your sales commission structure because they give each rep individual goals to strengthen the overall sales organization.