SBI Growth

JANUARY 9, 2013

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! This post explores what HR leaders can do to develop top internal sales leaders. Better to be ready for the day when it occurs.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 12, 2023

What I see so often is that long sales cycles stress out the sales leadership team. But if you look deeper, you can ask: “How well can the sales team get to the core issues of the buyer and diagnose a business problem? Establish a solid value message training that is supported by continuous coaching from sales managers.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2020

For many leaders, when we hear the term remote sales management, our blood pressure starts to rise. Sales teams are hard enough to manage already, let alone remotely.". Let’s explore some crucial components you can keep in mind when constructing your own sales enablement strategy. There is no need to fear.

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Openview

MAY 11, 2018

The building blocks of developing a great sales team have not changed – recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training and development. However, the nuances within each discipline have modernized, requiring sales leadership playbooks to be updated. Here are 3 ways fast-growing startups build sales teams differently.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 26, 2023

Your sales professionals may have the same job titles as teams at other companies —account executive, business development rep, sales manager—but have a diverse set of professional and personal experiences. The best sales training and development programs are tailored to the unique needs of your organization and sales force.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2020

How has your sales leadership style changed this year? As companies are facing uncertainty with their ability to operate and sell their products, effective leadership may have a whole new set of requirements. It’s time to rewrite the sales leadership rulebook. Support your sales managers.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2023

No matter how much — or how little — experience you have in tech sales, it's possible to climb the career ladder in this field. You can start in SaaS sales as an SDR and with enough experience, you'll be able to work in roles like account executive, sales manager, and even vice president of sales.

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 11, 2022

Develop sales support, job aids, checklists, playbooks, training reminders, calculators, and other tools, to support process/methodology. Sales Hiring. Sales Training. Build sales onboarding/ongoing training that supports business objectives. Teach sales process and sales methodology.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Today’s post focuses on the missing link: Enabling your front-line sales managers. Without strong front-line sales managers, your chances of making the number are low. How can you help your sales managers execute? Download the CEO’s Sales Manager Test to help with this. Why Sales Managers Fail.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In this blog, I will cover five ways to accelerate the onboarding of new talent. Before we jump into the five steps, let’s review the goals of a successful onboarding process. The #1 goal of onboarding is to get new reps to goal more quickly. Each time you onboard new hires, look for gaps in the process. Repeat Success.

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SBI Growth

MAY 18, 2013

He was diligent during onboarding. His Sales Manager didn’t want to rock the boat. Ned walks into the Sales Manager’s office and resigns. The Sales Manager looks at Ned''s revenue numbers and doesn’t bat an eye. Once Ned is gone, the Sales Managers labels Ned a ‘bad hire’.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Yet just 24% of sales organizations assess their top performers to learn why they are successful. The process to get a new salesperson up to speed is lengthy: 4 months to recruit and 9 months to onboard to full productivity. With the average sales quota around $2 million, those 13 months represent a huge productivity loss.

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Insightly

JULY 26, 2023

In the example above, the following percentages may be associated with each stage: 10% – Prospecting 20% – Qualification 30% – Needs Analysis 50% – Proposal 65% – Negotiation 100% – Close Won These percentages help sales managers with forecasting. Will that person be in sales leadership?

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Chally

MARCH 18, 2021

These factors can be quantified as: Ramp time – The time it takes for a newly hired salesperson to reach proficiency Tenure – How long the salesperson stays with the company Promotability – The potential to grow into more senior sales roles or sales management. Include assessment results in onboarding and training activities.

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Mike Kunkle

JULY 2, 2022

Sales training and supporting materials and elements. Sales technology and tools. Supporting effective sales coaching and sales management. Taking on the Managers’ Role: The use of sales enablement to “cover” aspects of the front-line sales managers’ role.

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Miller Heiman Group

JANUARY 7, 2020

Talent gaps like these threaten to derail sales organizations. What we recommend instead is focusing on the potential to rethink hiring to build a deep bench of talent, create onboarding programs that result in better performance and lower attrition and focus on a strategy that improves sales effectiveness.

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SBI Growth

JULY 26, 2013

started a sales improvement effort. He worked with sales leadership to bring in consultants. Hank is pushing to start the next recommended SFE (Sales Force Effectiveness) initiatives. However, Chief Sales Officer Victor wants to know if the first initiative is successful. It will surely help sales recruiting.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Sales recognized that Quota setting was a problem. Now HR can help Sales recognize the underlying issues that will surface. Go meet with Sales leadership and plan how to monitor for issues. Draft effective communications to the Sales force from Sales Leadership. Sales coaching. Second step?

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Openview

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Do you have a positive sales culture that’s focused on learning, collaboration, and results? Sales culture may sound like the “soft,” unimportant stuff, but I find it to be the number one predictor of success. Do you use a sales playbook for rep onboarding, training, and development? Your results.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 20, 2013

You just got off the weekly call with the Sales Leadership team. Your boss, the SVP of Sales, has some ‘great’ news. “We We got budget approval to add new sales heads. During that time, we have insisted on the ‘Topgrading for Sales’ method of hiring. What is Topgrading for Sales? It’s that time of the year.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The term that best captures the nature of a sales executive's responsibilities is guidance. It's on them to guide the course of sales operations. They guide incoming reps by helping establish how onboarding and training are conducted. They guide how sales teams perform through motivational tactics and influencing team culture.

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Aptology

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It’s your responsibility as a manager to think about celebrating differences in the training room, during onboarding and while growing your team.” – Leigh Brown, Sales leader at HubSpot. No one shows up to fail, and we know that behaviors are the biggest indicators of performance in sales (HBR).

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2019

I'm always confident training will go well when an organization's front-line sales managers are involved, as this tells me they'll actively reinforce the lessons when training is over. If your sales team isn't proficient at calling, prospecting, and other foundational competencies, that's a hiring issue rather than a training issue.

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Chally

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Sales coaching draws the best out of your sales team. A solid one-on-one coaching relationship opens the door for improved outcomes and is one of the keys to successful sales management. Transform your sales organization with a culture of growth and proven coaching practices. Improve your sales coaching.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

It’s critical to foster a company culture where your sales force interacts and freely shares insights and strategies; unfortunately, this is easier said than done. One of the most prevalent hurdles to a good sales culture is a lack of communication, not just between sales leadership and reps, but among the base team as well.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2020

With membership ranging from new sales managers to seasoned Chief Sales Officers, this group spans a wide variety of industry knowledge. Discussion topics include common challenges faced by sales leaders, developing your team members, hiring and onboarding, effective leadership, and more.

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Zendesk

APRIL 13, 2022

When reps are expected to meet impossible quotas while managing their paperwork, lead generation, lead qualification, and in-office communication, they burn out and fall behind. It’s tempting to pile it all on sales reps because onboarding new employees and investing in new support resources can be a pricey proposition.

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SBI

APRIL 4, 2018

Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? Garry: Selling tools from Outside In help B2B sales teams to increase competitive advantage. They do so by increasing the operational productivity of the sales team. Garry: First is to focus on sales leadership.

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PandaDoc

MAY 24, 2023

Before we zero in on the important qualities of a sales enablement manager, we need to wrap our heads around the very definition of this role. We all seem to know what sales managers, account managers, and business development managers do — but who in the world is a sales enablement manager?

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This is understandable when you consider that data shared in the Harvard Business Review suggests that 90% of decision makers won’t respond to cold calls, according to Sales Leadership Forum. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales.

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Sales enablement continues to move from being a competitive advantage to a must-have asset for organizations that want to shorten the sales cycle, convert more customers and generate revenue. . Sales coaching: Reinforces what is learned in training and guides salespeople through challenges.

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