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Making It Safe To Succeed

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We seem to have a culture that revels in failure–that is encouraging people to experiment, learn, innovate, and grow through “making it safe to fail.” Are you giving them the resources, processes, systems, tools, training, programs, and support critical to their ability to succeed?

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Why I’m So Optimistic About The Future Of Selling

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Year after year, the percent of sales people making plan continues to decline. The average tenure in a sales job, whether it’s sales management or individual contributors continues to plummet. Depending on the survey, tenure of sales managers, is anywhere between 18-22 months.

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Flipping The Pipeline Value Pyramid

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At it’s worst, sales people view it as a “Big Brother Is Watching Exercise.” ” Unfortunately, too many managers view it in the same way, reveling in the concept of being able to watch and micromanage. So what’s the WIIFM for sales people for strong pipeline metrics and high pipeline integrity?

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Manager, If You’re Doing Deals, You’re Not Doing Your Job

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All sales professionals revel in doing deals. But as managers, as great as that feeling is, if we are spending the majority of our time doing deals, then we aren’t doing our jobs. There’s an adrenaline rush working on a complex deal and making it happen. Related Posts: Whose Job Are You Doing?

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Sales People, We Have A PR Problem

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Far worse, far more pervasive than the hucksters and charlatans, is the mediocrity we see in sales performance. CEO’s, sales executives, sales managers should demand the highest levels of performance–but must set that example themselves. Or they us the excuse of busyness to do things half heartedly.

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Best Sales Books: 55 Top Picks for More Sales Conversations in 2023

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The Objective Anyone of the books on my 55 Best Sales Books List should help you create more conversations, update your sales strategy for the new year, close more deals and/or help you become more successful. Don’t forget to check out the six (6) top sales management books at the end! This just in!

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Best Sales Books: 33 of the Top Picks to Create More Conversations in 2019

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Any one of the books on my 33 Best Books List should help you create more conversations, update your sales strategy for the new year, close more deals and/or help you become more successful. Don’t forget to check out the three (3) top sales management books at the end! If you’re like me, you love listening to a podcast.