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Biggest Sales Challenges for Sales Managers in 2021

The Center for Sales Strategy

Building trust virtually, finding qualified leads, getting in front of the decision-makers — these are all challenges that salespeople face. And as a sales manager, you’re finding innovative ways to address these issues. To help narrow down the current sales challenges facing sales managers, we asked our experts to weigh in.

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Be more strategic: Top-down or bottom-up, marketing and sales integration and property marketing

Red Star Kim

From the animated discussions I selected a few topics of focus – Be more strategic: Top-down or bottom-up, marketing and sales integration and property marketing. From the animated discussions I selected a few topics of focus – Be more strategic: Top-down or bottom-up, marketing and sales integration and property marketing.

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Coaching and Consulting – People and Problem-Solving skills

Red Star Kim

MBD executives, advisors, managers, client services executives and BDMs from law firms, economics and management consultancies joined a PM Forum workshop on “Coaching and Consulting Skills for Marketing and Business Development”. The terms (e.g. Coaching Coaching is about goal achievement, behavioural change and improved performance.

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Book review: Sales Mind – 48 tools to help you sell by Helen Kensett

Red Star Kim

A chance encounter with Helen Kensett at a recent conference reminded me about her 2016 sales book. I’ve reviewed several books on selling (see the list below) and this one is different as, rather than focusing on the stages in the sales process, it provides pragmatic tips to help. It’s beautifully illustrated.

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How to engage fee-earners in the M&BD planning process?

Red Star Kim

Challenge assumptions – Why do we need fee-earners to engage in the M&BD planning process? But before we plunge in, let’s challenge our assumptions. It’s rare to have a sales team in professional services as they do in other sectors. It’s rare to have a sales team in professional services as they do in other sectors.

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Insights into the needs of the latest generation of M&BD Assistants

Red Star Kim

What are their challenges? And I was particularly struck by the comment from one delegate “I’m interested in a real mix of the different options, especially now as the advisor on the account has left so I am temporarily working on the biggest client account of the firm so I will be involved with the global tender”. A need to connect.

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Key issues in Marketing and Business Development Planning: Engage, Analyse, Expand, Innovate and Measure

Red Star Kim

Nearly all delegates faced a challenge with engaging fee-earners in the M&BD planning process. Communication and education are required to manage expectations and promote enthusiasm and momentum. This is a summary (and an additional learning resource for delegates) of last week’s M&BD planning workshop through the PM Forum.