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Your Sales Training Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.

Hubspot Sales

A unique tension exists in the transition from individual salesperson to sales manager that can lead to ineffective coaching. I often work with new sales managers who think, "If these tactics and scripts worked for me, they'll work for my team." I didn't always want to go into sales. Sometimes, this works.

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Stop Dreaming, Start Succeeding: 10 Motivating Stories from Top Salespeople

Hubspot Sales

After a year, he went back to his native Scotland and became a door-to-door sales rep for cooking stoves. He was so good his manager asked him to write a guide to selling the stoves for his coworkers. The manual has since been deemed the best sales instruction manual ever. He wanted a real career.

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