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How to Avoid Coaching Failure… More Lessons from the Soccer Field

Sales and Marketing Management

This is the equivalent of sales managers telling their salespeople that they “really need to make their quota.” Work harder' is a losing strategy. Except that this time, the coach offered the following sage advice to the kids: “Hey guys, you’ve got to work harder.” Work harder? To be sure, he meant play smarter.

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Q3, Q4 and Beyond

Pipeliner

As sales managers everywhere offer their guidance and motivation that, even with these ends and beginnings that remain in the year, there’s still time to make good things happen. And we’re flooded with blogs sharing sage insights about how to do just that – close the year strong. And the end is where we start”.