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New Data: Will Salespeople Hit Quota When Sales Managers Coach and Sell?

Understanding the Sales Force

Pivoting to sales, and staying with correlations and KPI's, could there be one between how sales managers spend their time and why so few salespeople hit quota? There was a clear correlation between 4 baseball KPI's and the outcome of the World Series.

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5 Ways You Can Leverage Sales Leadership to Close the Sales Gap

Steven Rosen

Unleash the 10X Factor to Close the Sales Gap. Do you want to close the sales gap? Now is the time to get sales on track. Even though we are still social distancing and face to face selling may not resume until 2021, you are still responsible for sales results. Sales managers are the key to driving sales performance.

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Pipeline Mastery: How the Best Coaches Convert Reluctance into Revenue

Steven Rosen

In the competitive world of SaaS sales, 40% of salespeople cite prospecting as the most challenging part of the sales process, ranking it more daunting than closing or qualifying stages. 1- Increase Accountability Accountability is key to ensuring that individual sales reps are meeting their goals.

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The Link Between Coaching Skills For Sales Leaders and Sales Coaching Maturity

Sell Integrity

Effective sales coaching yields results, and sales leaders intuitively seem to understand this. You don’t have to look far to find another article or blog post talking about the importance of coaching in the workplace. The Sales Coaching Paradox. So where’s the disconnect?

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Why You Need to Love Your Sales Team

Sales Gravy

Top sales talent can walk out of your door to another career opportunity at any time. This puts more pressure on sales leaders than ever before to foster a sales culture and team environment that compels people to stay. Pivotal means that your team's performance rest squarely on your shoulders.

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Great Sales Managers are Like Great Baseball Coaches Without the Screaming

Understanding the Sales Force

Speaking of baseball and bringing sales into the discussion, let's talk about coaching. When my son was home for winter break, I asked him to rank all of his baseball coaches, an exercise that he found quite interesting. They loved each other but didn't win anything together and the coach didn't bring out the best in Michael.

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Busting the myth – Manager doesn’t make a good sales coach

Salesmate

So, when I came across this myth, “manager doesn’t make good sales coach,” it really surprised me. Sales managers have a lot on their plate; managing employees, sustaining the growth, bringing new customers, and much more. But, do you think managers can be good sales coaches? David Attard . Julian Goldie .