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When the Training Wheels Come Off

SBI Growth

Historically Julie has been an ‘A’ player, but 2012 was tough. Her sales manager knew her potential and sent her to a weeklong sales training. The Need-Payoff that she had been trained on was thrown out the window. You have to invest in training, but you must invest wisely. But it hadn’t always been so rosy.

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Sales Technology Investments are Accelerating, but Training is Lagging Behind

Miller Heiman Group

In our 2017 World-Class Sales Practices Study , we found that quota attainment across all geographies, industries and size companies had dropped from 63 percent of salespeople in 2012 to 53 percent in 2016. Perhaps sales technologies are preventing even steeper declines. Training should be a primary element of any rollout plan.

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Sales Technology Investments are Accelerating, but Training is Lagging Behind

Miller Heiman Group

In our 2017 World-Class Sales Practices Study , we found that quota attainment across all geographies, industries and size companies had dropped from 63 percent of salespeople in 2012 to 53 percent in 2016. Perhaps sales technologies are preventing even steeper declines. Training should be a primary element of any rollout plan.

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How to Recruit the Next Generation of Women Sales Leaders

Hubspot Sales

After my first job as a consultant, I started recruiting firm Will Reed , focused exclusively on placing sales talent at high-growth technology companies like Qualtrics, Box, AppDynamics and MongoDB. There are still few women in sales, despite higher rates of success. By 2012 the number dropped to 9%. In its place? BullCon2018.

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The 21.5 BEST Places To Network | Jeffrey Gitomer's Sales Blog.

Jeffrey Gitomer

A networking club or business organization where solid business contacts belong and participate. A civic organization. I work for a large company with a large sales force. There is no time like the present to change things up in 2012 to ensure its better than 2011! Places where movers and shakers go. Share this Post.

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4 Steps to Break the February Sales Talent Exit

SBI Growth

Now is the time for HR and Sales leaders to break the cycle. For top earners it marks the end of the 2012 comp accelerator. In either case, it’s exit time for the best sales talent. ‘A’ Onboarding is more than just scheduling new hires for Sales Training 101 class. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Fix Sales Results Without Disrupting Your Paycheck

SBI Growth

An Example of Reframing the Problem: We were in discussions with a $75 MM software organization. The SVP wanted us to assist with training during their sales kickoff. They were missing the number in 2012 and he believed sales training was the answer. This will ensure the problem is defined correctly.