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Successfully Managing and Motivating a Multigenerational Sales Team

The Center for Sales Strategy

Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Gen X-ers (1965-1979), and Millennials (1980-1995) have been the core generations that sales managers have long tailored incentive and engagement programs to. Gen Z are individuals born between the late 1990s and 2010 that are starting to graduate college and join the sales world as independent adults.

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5 Outcomes to Expect When You Implement Effective Sales Coaching [New Research]

Hubspot Sales

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. Coaching vs. Managing.

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How to Re-engage Discouraged Reps, According to HubSpot Sales Team Managers

Hubspot Sales

Personal motivation is a powerful foundation of sales success. What role does a manager play in a rep’s personal motivation, especially when you have a new or discouraged rep? Sales has one of the highest voluntary turnover rates compared to other industries. By 2018, the average sales rep tenure was 1.5

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The Biggest Threat to Sales Teams in 2018 Isn't Losing Clients

Hubspot Sales

A quick Google search or skim through your favorite sales blogs will show article upon article about how to hire the perfect reps, increase customer retention, and write the perfect sales job description -- for good reason. What if the biggest threat to sales teams isn't losing clients, but losing our teammates themselves?

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot Sales

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 years , down by half from 2010.

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The New Normal of Selling: Part 2

Chally

Hiring in the New Normal – identifying sales candidates who will thrive through changing sales approaches and structures. Finding the right sales candidates who can sell successfully has always been tough. years in 2010 to 1.5 In 2010, the average job opportunity for entry and mid-level sales required 2.5

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The 5 Quota-Killing Mistakes Only Experienced Salespeople Make

Hubspot Sales

Who's likelier to make a mistake: The rookie sales rep who's never sold a day in their life, or the veteran rep who's been on the front lines for nine years? While a tactic or technique may have been very effective in 2010, 2012, or even 2018, technology, industries, jobs, and people change. That's an issue.