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Why Sales Managers Struggle with Effective Hiring

Miller Heiman Group

Though sales organizations hire more sellers than ever to grow their business and compensate for losing salespeople, studies show that they may not be following hiring best practices: 84% of sales leaders say they lack the sales talent they need to succeed in the future. How Sales Organizations Can Improve Hiring Decisions.

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Sales Reps Love Their CRM!

SBI

In fact, who doesn’t love a good forecast session with their sales manager? Not only that, sales reps see tremendous value in the information reported back to them from the CRM. Sales reps do not love their CRM and see little value in it. Sales Managers: Remember, your sales reps are people too.

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot Sales

Having a sales performance management process in place is crucial for your team’s overall success. There is often a disconnect between the level of effort sales reps put into their work and the tangible outcome seen by sales management and the company at large. Helps predict future sales trends.

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The Great Migration to Inside Sales - Will You Get it Right?

Understanding the Sales Force

On the other hand, it was flawed in that, as usual with articles like this, it cited examples from only large companies (Astra Zeneca, IBM and SAP) leading most readers to come to one of two conclusions: "This does not apply to us." How about these: By sales talent - What roles are your salespeople best suited for?

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If Hunter-Farmer Fails: What Next?

SBI Growth

Turnover is a fierce headwind for leaders of Sales and HR. It is impossible to outrun the drag of vacant territories. For Cincom to compete with 800-pound gorillas like Oracle and SAP, they needed a high-touch, high-tech approach. Last week I talked with two Steves who faced this challenge and developed a sustainable solution.

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Need an Expert for Your Next Panel, Presentation, or Podcast? Here Are Over 530 of the Top Female Sales Practitioners

Sales Hacker

VP New business – Sales leader. Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales. Sales Manager. Regional Vice President of Sales. Empowering Sales Development. VP, EMEA Sales. Sales Manager – Upsell Team. Head of Sales, Emerging Business. Milly Gadd.

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The Biggest Sales Excuses You Need to Stop Making in 2018

Sales Hacker

My territory / opportunities are too small. Our sales manager is living on another planet. Value Generation : Frustration can sap your reserves. Making things worse, sales is basically built on huge blocks of disappointment. Our Targets Are Ridiculously High. Variants : My quota is insane. But don’t stop there.