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3 Places Sales Leaders Should Look if You Missed the Number in 2012

SBI Growth

Another year has gone by, and you fell short on your sales number. Don’t waste time worrying about 2012 anymore. But you can excel in 2013 because of your shortcomings in 2012. Talent Assessment of Sales Leadership and Sales Reps. Download the Sales Manager Competencies and Example Accountabilities Here.

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5 Steps for HR to Develop 2013 Sales Leaders

SBI Growth

The top fear of HR leaders for 2012 was finding or developing leaders. Our 2012 sales leader research finds it is still a big fear for 2013. If your company isn’t looking for sales leadership today, just wait. The average tenure of a Sales VP is 19 months! Managing multi-generational sales forces.

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Closing the Credibility Chasm between Sales and Human Resources

SBI Growth

“For me, Sales has been a challenging group. Among all organizations I support, Sales is the most resistant. Sales leaders do not want interference from HR. I have seen this with many sales leaders. During a wide-ranging set of interviews SBI conducted with HR leaders in 2012, this concern was raised over 60% of the time.

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Sign Up For My Break Down Barriers Webinar: March 21st, 2012

Jeffrey Gitomer

Tweet Breaking down barriers to make a sale is part of every salesperson’s real-world. I’d like to personally invite you to join me for my upcoming Break Down Barriers To Make The Sale webinar on March 21st, 2012! Every customer has objections. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE WEBINAR!

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Removing Risk from Your Next Sales Manager Promotion

SBI Growth

"I had no idea Dave was going to struggle so much as a Sales Manager. This post is written for the VP of Sales who wants to eliminate promoting the wrong rep to sales manager. The Answer: Implement a Sales Leadership Council (SLC). Potential sales managers acquire knowledge of the role before pursuing it.

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The pizza philosophy. What toppings do you offer? | Sales Training.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Filed Under: Attitude , Customer Loyalty , Generating Referrals , Sales Tagged With: attitude training , building trust , establishing trust , gitomer , how to sell , Jeffrey gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , sales leadership , sales skills. Get Sales Blog Updates. Leadership. Sales Management. Categories.

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Three (more) fine lines of selling. | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Tweet Share There’s a fine line between should I ask for the sale or not ask for the sale? Great salespeople always ask for the sale, and NEVER leave without confirming the next step in the sales cycle. Get Sales Blog Updates.

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