Sales Readiness Group

MAY 15, 2023

As a sales manager, you want your sales team to be motivated and work toward achieving business goals. While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach, understanding the six common factors that motivate salespeople can help you increase your sales team's motivation to achieve sales goals.

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Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? The arrangements may vary from company to company, but in general, most sales professionals would jump at the chance to assume a leadership role. Are you Sure You Want to Become a Sales Manager?

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Revenue Storm

MARCH 15, 2022

Many Sales Leaders have directly experienced the impact with anecdotes ranging from, “I have turned over 70% of my team” to “It is almost impossible to recruit acceptable candidates to help us grow.”. Many Sales Leaders are still adapting to the remote or hybrid working environment, which has helped fuel the talent frenzy.

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Leadership Prioritization Communication Organization 78

Customer Think

JANUARY 10, 2022

This article was first published in the latest edition (issue 8.1 - January 2022) of the International Journal of Sales Transformation. To learn more about this excellent publication, follow the link at the bottom of this article.Successful sales.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

So, you think you want to be a sales manager? If you’re an individual top-performing contributor in your sales organization and you’re thinking of applying for a sales manager role, let me give you a bit of a reality check first. Check out my book on running a human-centric sales process that'll win more customers.

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 30, 2023

It’s organizational behavioral change management, for sure, and requires both smart and hard work. The goal of “enablement,” whichever term you use for it (sales, revenue, buyer, buying, performance, other) is ultimately to improve organizational performance. Therefore, enablement is hard work. See what I did there? This remains true.

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Decision-making Sales Training Sales Stakeholders 295

Revenue Storm

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The list that pops into your team’s minds if they are in a conversation about the best leaders they have ever known or when reading an article about leadership. We all aspire to be seen by our team as outstanding in our craft, but why don’t we spend more time thinking about our leadership legacy? He instantly said: “That’s easy.

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SalesGlobe

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Companies spend a lot of precious time and energy developing their sales strategies and programs for the coming year. For sales management what we tend to see are a less than effective methods that drive the quotas with less than effective results. Increasing quotas by 2% will lead to an increase in sales performance.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2017

How Do I Get Promoted to Sales Manager? But sales is a labor-intensive job. Instead, do a few little things every day to flex your leadership muscles and still meet goal. 5 Ways to Get Promoted to Sales Manager. The “work” of a sales leader is helping people -- so that’s a good place to start.

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Customer Think

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This article was first published (as “Addressing Underperformance” in the October 2023 edition of the always excellent International Journal of Sales Transformation (link below). Sometimes the causes appear to […]

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2023

In this article, you’ll learn some positions you can consider in SaaS sales, expert tips for getting into the industry, and how to succeed in your first sales role. Table of Contents Is SaaS sales a good career? SaaS Sales Positions How to Get into SaaS Sales How to Succeed in SaaS Sales Is SaaS sales a good career?

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Louise Collins Associates

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

It is not enough to have sales graphs and market share predictions when introducing change to an organisation. My observation across multiple organisations is that KAM often lacks the leadership required to make it work. Effective Key Account Management (KAM) requires organisational leadership and specific coaching.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 1, 2023

As sales managers, it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day hustle of achieving immediate results. However, true leadership requires adopting a long-term vision that can propel your team to new heights of success.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 9, 2022

Even the most seasoned, effective salespeople can struggle when hashing out how to lead a sales team. Taking the reins doesn't come naturally to everyone, and even born leaders might need a little guidance when transitioning into a sales management role. Sales is an inherently competitive field. Let's dive in.

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Red Star Kim

JANUARY 16, 2023

56% represented law firms, 18% accountancy firms, 9% property and construction firms, 5% management consultancy, 5% intellectual property and 8% other. Alastair will be writing an article for a future edition of PM Forum magazine. Increase profile through thought leadership. Creating thought leadership and insight campaigns.

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Engage Selling

MARCH 11, 2017

This is the fifth of a six article series on the future of sales that I wrote for the Adobe Document Cloud Blog. You can check it out there along with content from other great authors… In this six-part series … Read More »

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 30, 2013

Tweet It occurred to me that most people who write about leadership are no longer leaders. I just read an article in a business magazine written by a well-known “former leader.” To me, leadership is multifaceted. ” Just empty leadership-created words and phrases. The post Define leadership.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Finding effective leadership in sales is every bit as difficult as it is vital. You need someone with the authority and experience to set and maintain an effective course for your sales efforts. The term that best captures the nature of a sales executive's responsibilities is guidance.

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Revenue Storm

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The pandemic has tested the capabilities of practically every leader on the planet, but perhaps none greater than Sales Leaders. With selling and working mostly virtual now, Sales Leaders have been forced to step up and adopt new behaviors, both for themselves and for their teams. The answer is all of them, and it depends.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 3, 2011

Relate | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Get Sales Blog Updates. Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! The Sales Bible. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Categories.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

There are no one-fits-all solutions for sales training. The best programs are the ones tailored to your organization and sales force. That is where role-specific sales training comes in. For a program to be effective, it must be tailored to the needs of your sales force; otherwise, it can be counterproductive.

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Customer Think

AUGUST 2, 2021

“If I Had a Lever Long Enough…” — Archimedes A question that often comes up from sales leaders during workshops or advisory services is: “What’s the most effective lever for me to improve my organization’s performance?” ” Not me.

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Sales Management Management Sales Organization 98

Revenue Storm

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As a sales leader, have you ever asked one of your salespeople to do this? Our leadership responsibility is to ensure the best possible outcomes from client meetings. Where we may ask how things are going for them, only to find out nothing changes to advance our sales opportunity. Managing Emotions. Time for change.

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Value Proposition Sales Meetings Decision-making 78

Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2019

We know that best-in-class sales organizations use a consultative sales process. A sales process is consultative when the stages and actions align with the customer’s buying experience and are defined in terms of the customer relationship. Consultative Sales Process. But what does that really look like?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Sales collaboration dramatically improves results, but bringing it to fruition can be more complex than it sounds.

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Engage Selling

AUGUST 26, 2017

When you’re part of an organization whose sales team is spread out over a large territory, it’s easy to lose touch with what’s happening on the front lines, where staff work directly with prospects and customers. Your sales managers are … Read More »

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Revenue Storm

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

For 20 years, I had a monthly sales quota. Each and every month, I learned there are some critical actions every sales leader should be taking as we head towards the end of the first quarter. Here’s an example: If you have a 6+ month sales cycle, you have just 18 weeks (or 90 business days) to fill your pipeline for 2022!

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Value Proposition Sales Global Accounts Account Management 78

Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Like many disciplines, sales teams everywhere are trying to understand what role artificial intelligence will play in their industry. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or fully on board, it’s important to educate yourself about how sales reps are using AI.

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Co-Creation Artificial Intelligence Sales Onboarding 84

QYMATIX

MAY 18, 2021

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is probably the most important planning process of any company. Sales & Operations Planning has two primaries, close-related elements: sales planning (related to sales and marketing) and operations planning (related to order-fulfilment, stock and logistics).

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2018

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. Today, a mere 8% report that kind of longevity in their sales jobs. Job satisfaction is low.

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Zendesk

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

You’re looking for a sales position and scouring the job postings. Before disqualifying yourself from a sales career , you should know that your experience doesn’t have to come from an actual sales job—you just need to understand how to transfer your current skill set to the position you’re applying for. Retail sales associate.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you’ve read our blog lately, you’ve noticed sales execution is a popular subject. Each of these articles focuses on your sales reps. Effective ways to enable your sales reps to make the number. Today’s post focuses on the missing link: Enabling your front-line sales managers. Why Sales Managers Fail.

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Revenue Storm

JUNE 15, 2021

The sales venue has changed… a lot. In the pre-pandemic environment, selling and sales leadership were comfortable and relatively predictable. As sales leaders quickly adapted their selling approach to virtual, they worked to leverage the technology, but missed several strategic points.

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Brooks Group

JULY 15, 2022

What do we, as business leaders and sales leaders, need to be thinking about to combat these macro headwinds we’re facing and really these rapidly changing times? . The first of these is to focus on revenue, not just sales. We talk a lot about this in our Sales Leadership Accelerator , which is our sales management program.

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Revenue Storm

JANUARY 18, 2022

As a Sales Leader, you hopefully have your business goals mapped out, your business plan completed, and are charged up for the new year. Is it company or leadership recognition, extrinsic motivation – such as money or incentives, or peer competition? Leadership Self-Reflection. Welcome to 2022! Your job is to sell it hard!

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Tweet Share It seems as though there’s a slight sales surge going on, but no one’s talking about it much – probably because no one wants to jinx it. If you make a big sale and the customer calls for help and gets a grump in accounting or shipping, you lose. Be service ready not just sales ready. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 3, 2020

Go-to-Market success requires leadership and input from a multitude of functions within a company. Senior leadership provides strategic guidance. Sales management has the pulse of the customer and prospect. Marketing executives understand market trends. Finance heads determine where to make.

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