Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

In this blog, you will learn how to use AI in your sales coaching and training initiatives, what the benefits are, and the most impactful subsets of AI. A Gartner study reveals that 77% of sales organizations use digital tools to boost performance , with 66% using AI for personalized training and coaching.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Sales managers who spend more time in the field sales coaching outperform those that don’t! I was sitting in with a customer who is a sales force excellence expert and he asked me, “what do you see in the industry in terms of the number of days that sales managers are expected to be out in the field sales coaching ?”

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The key to improving sales performance lies not only in the hands of sales reps, but also in the ability of their managers to provide effective guidance and support. Additionally, with features like call coaching software — some tools can even help you help them level up their conversations. Sales Coaching Tools Gong.io

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 24, 2018

I had a chance to review the CSO Insights 2018 Sales Talent Study and extracted some fascinating data. I thought it might be interesting to take their data, overlay some of Objective Management Group's (OMG) data, and see what we can take away from that.

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Allego

MARCH 31, 2023

While we may strive for sifting and recruitment strategies that leave us with rock star sales reps, it’s never bulletproof. Even when you provide sales coaching, a sales rep may still leave. The average tenure of an SDR (Sales Development Rep) stands at just 1.4 Let’s face it, we all make bad hiring decisions.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 3, 2018

The What, Why, How, and When of Executive Sales Coaching. Executive coaching is estimated to be a $2-3 billion/year global industry. There has been dramatic growth in the number of people who are becoming coaches and leaders who are hiring coaches. Why Executive Sales Coaching .

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 27, 2014

Desire, Commitment and Sales DNA are ALL very accurate predictors of certain sales accomplishments, but overall performance is a byproduct of all of the findings and scores from OMG''s Sales Candidate Assessments. And you can read more about sales management here and sales coaching here.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 19, 2022

You might even set aside time before or after coaching sessions for employees to informally talk. Sales Mentoring. Mentoring should be a part of your sales coaching strategy. When managing a sales team, it’s important to create a culture and environment where team members can grow and improve. Actionable Feedback.

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Xvoyant

APRIL 17, 2018

The benefits of sales coaching are no longer debatable. Study after study have confirmed that coaching yields increased production, higher productivity, increased CRM use, better retention and higher win rates. Those five results make a coaching program a non-negotiable for successful sales teams.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Having talented sales reps is often a result of investing in effective sales coaching. According to research conducted by ValueSelling Associates , over half of high-performing businesses that have had sales coaching programs in place for three years or more experience high growth. Collaborative. Results-oriented.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Only about one-quarter of sales leaders believe that their managers effectively coach and develop their sellers. In part, that’s because sales managers spend less time coaching—14%—than they do on selling, forecasting and administrative tasks, according to our latest study, 2020 Trends in Sales Management.

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Sell Integrity

DECEMBER 15, 2020

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? they’re not held accountable).

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Sales Manager Now

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When you do a book study with your sales team you get a low cost, high return way to bring education and training to your team. Let me share some of the benefits of why I use book studies more… The post How to Do a Book Study With Your Sales Team appeared first on Sales Manager Now.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

Sales coaching is all about looking forward and developing your people. High-revenue growth companies are seeing the payoff; 54% of high-performing companies are using sales coaching more than in the past, and 60% use sales coaching as an integrated part of a sales training program.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Managers need to follow a formal, consistent coaching process, so the time—however limited—that they spend with their sellers is more effective. in win rates than a less formal approach, according to the 5th Annual Sales Enablement Study. Hiring New Sellers.

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Bigtincan

JANUARY 6, 2021

“For the last five years, sales coaching has had the greatest impact on win rates and quota attainment.” – CSO Insights Study You read that right; sales coaching is the number one way to improve your sales win rates and quota attainment. But much has changed in the past few years.

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Bigtincan

MAY 20, 2020

Sales leaders who adopt and embrace sales coaching can help transform their teams into quota-conquering champions. In fact, according to a recent CSO Insights study, businesses with dynamic sales coaching programs reach 28 percent higher win rates.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Study after study has shown that sales manager coaching significantly impacts performance.

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

It is up to you to take advantage of it and one great way to improve is by adding technology to your sales coaching playbook. That’s right… The future of sales coaching is being shaped by two forces: data and technology. Studies show that no other investment improves sales performance better than sales coaching.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Study after study has shown that sales manager coaching significantly impacts performance.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Studies show that 92% of New Year’s resolutions never happen and are generally forgotten in the first few days of Jan. The table below is based on The American Society of Training and Development study and outlines the percentage likelihood of achieving a goal. True feelings of success come from within.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 18, 2023

If you have had no coaching training during COVID, I suggest you find a way to brush up on your coaching skills. Sales coaching is a challenging skill that very few sales managers master. The Problem: Coaching isn’t Easy Maybe you’re lucky. Your company has rolled out sales manager coaching training.

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Xvoyant

APRIL 5, 2018

Each guide has been put together with the goal of helping sales leaders establish a strong coaching program. They feature data-driven information and advice on how and why coaching works, while highlighting best practices and case studies in order to help leaders become elite sales coaches.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Earlier this year I published an article titled 5 Ways to Create a Successful Sales Coaching Program. The results from Sales Mastery sales executive survey showed that 1/3 of executives surveyed, said that “ sub-optimal sales manager coaching” is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives in 2018.

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Xvoyant

AUGUST 22, 2019

The answer is Sales Coaching. Companies are beginning to understand the quantifiable value of good sales coaching. The larger the team and the more geographically dispersed, the more coaching programs are critical to individual and overall corporate success. But there is a coaching gap. Why All the Hype?

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Sales Training Connection

JULY 15, 2013

Sales coaching. Selling – technology definitely provides new opportunities for sales managers and sales reps. The article made us recall a scenario raised by a sales manager when customizing a sales coaching program for first-line sales managers. Sales calls and the importance of eye contact.

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Lessonly

JULY 23, 2021

Switching gears from professional sports to the (much more realistic for 99% of us who aren’t nearly that athletic) world of sales, what do sales coaches do ? What kind of skillset is a sales coach required to have? And, what do great sales coaches universally have that fits across all sales coaching positions?

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 11, 2018

There are four things incredible sales coaches have in common and we’ve shared them here. Chances are we’ve all had at least one incredible sales coach and one pretty bad one. It’s no secret that sellers are devoted to their incredible coaches. Most incredible sales coaches will tell you they read and study a lot.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2019

If you have had no training in the last 2 years on how to coach, I suggest you find a way to brush up on your coaching skills. Sales coaching is a very difficult skill that very few sales managers master. Your company has rolled out sales manager coaching training. The Problem: Maybe you’re lucky.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2021

Sales managers can take heart in a Sales Management Association study that shows effective sales coaching leads to an increase of up to 23% in rep performance. One would assume with an impact like that, sales managers would commit a significant amount of time to coaching.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Sales coaching has one purpose and that is to make the sales person better. Coaching is about analyzing what a sales person is doing in order to enhance their skills and improve their capabilities. Ex: “I saw that you used the banking case study, even though they aren’t a bank.

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 3, 2014

Sales coaching – leverage trigger events. Sales coaching – sales leadership talks about it all the time. Sales consultants advocate it and sales managers say they would like to do more of it. The “it” of course is sales coaching. Sales Coaching and Trigger Events.

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Lessonly

JULY 10, 2020

With a plot that intricately studies the Founding Fathers and the roles they played in building the United States, the musical has quickly become one that’s beloved by many around the world. But didn’t you bring me here to learn something about sales coaching models ?” George Washington, the performance champion.

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Xvoyant

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The modern sales leader needs a way to create structure around their activities so the high-value activities are happening with the right people, the right number of times, and the right way. The Coaching Gap. 48% of these salespeople say they never receive coaching and only 13% of the time was it “helpful.”

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Connect2Sell

JANUARY 23, 2019

Each post in this CONNECT2Sell series includes research from a study with 530 B2B buyers and in-field observations from a sales coach. This 12-part series on how to be a memorable salesperson includes specific ways you can make yourself stand out to buyers.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 12, 2016

I recently read a post, “Is Sales Coaching Dead?” In assessing, 17 critical sales management competencies, the survey ranked Sales Coaching as the most critical competency–5.8/7.0, The study went on to assess the effectiveness in training those 17 competencies with actual sales achievement.

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Showpad

AUGUST 15, 2018

Often, sales managers spend the majority of their time with either the lowest performing reps because they have the most to learn, or the top performers because it’s fun to share in their successes. Give sales managers the responsibility of coaching their teams and hold them accountable for the success of their team to legitimize their role.

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