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Which Hurts Salespeople More: A Lack of Confidence or Poor Selling Skills?

The Sales Hunter

Recently, I worked with a very capable salesperson who had a great sales plan and great leads; yet, she failed miserably in at hitting her number. How do I Overcome my Lack of Confidence When Prospecting: It’s sad to say, but this situation is a major issue and one of the biggest reasons why there’s such a high turnover in sales.

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What Does it Take to Become a Sales Manager?

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I was listening to a Boston Sports Radio Station, the same one I wrote about here. It got me thinking about the road most often taken to sales management. You see, only 18% of all sales managers are any good at coaching and only 66% of them can be coached up.

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These Three Things Keep Front Line Sales Managers Up at Night

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Behind every winning sports team is a great coach. A coach sets the tone for success, creates a strategy, and provides continuous sales training and support so the team can reach its full potential. In order to scale successfully, it’s critical for a Sales organization and its executives to support their front line Sales managers.

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How to Attract Great Sales Reps

The Sales Readiness Blog

Like a championship sports team needs great athletes, exceptional salespeople are the lifeblood of a high-performing sales organization. Even during more favorable hiring conditions, hiring sales reps is risky. Even during more favorable hiring conditions, hiring sales reps is risky.

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Your Frontline Sales Managers are a Key Cog in the Coaching Process

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Sales managers at any organization are in a position to guide and motivate those they lead, similar to the coach of a sports team. So it would make sense to give managers the proper training for sales coaching, right? Training Sales Managers to Coach.

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Your Sales Kick-Off Meetings Are a Waste of Time!

Igniting Sales Transformation

As sales teams mount their final push to finish 2019 strong, someone in a sales enablement, marketing or sales support role is planning what has become status quo in sales. The annual sales kick off (SKO) meeting. As the term implies, a sales kick-off meeting is meant to be a sales reset.

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What should a business lunch consist of? | Jeffrey Gitomer's Sales.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Talk about things you have in common (golf, sports, college, home state) as much as you can. Get Sales Blog Updates. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! The Little Red Book of Selling. The Sales Bible. Little Red Book of Sales Answers. GREAT food.

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