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37 Sales Leadership Stats to Know in 2020

Hubspot Sales

If you don’t have the time or resources to commission your own data, you’re in luck because we’ve compiled a list of important data points sales leaders need to know. Sales Leadership Stats. Sales Performance. 65% of sales leaders that outperformed against revenue targets have a dedicated sales enablement person or team.

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Top 4 Skills You Need to be a Better Sales Manager

Brooks Group

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of blog posts about the most important sales manager skills. Still more provide readers with tips and tricks for getting sales teams to take action toward desired outcomes. As any good sales manager will tell you, a skill is an ability that can be learned and improved through practice.

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The Biggest Thing Sales Leaders Overlook: SALES!

Jeffrey Gitomer

Tweet REALITY QUESTION FOR SALES MANAGERS: Why would you, as a leader, take an improving salesperson who is having the best year of their career, and tell him or her they’re “not making enough calls”? You’re an idiot who knows nothing about leadership, coaching, or creating winners. Successful sales leaders….

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Tips for Building a Highly Effective Sales Training Program

Brooks Group

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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How to Kick Off Your SaaS Sales Career

Hubspot Sales

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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How the Fastest Growing Startups Build Their Sales Teams

Openview

To achieve explosive growth, technology startups need to have world-class sales teams. From smart cities and driverless cars to artificial intelligence, big data and SaaS, 2018 is ripe for companies to achieve record revenue and profits. That is, if they have the right sales team in place.

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Why Your Sales Team Needs More Gender Diversity [ and How to Attract + Retain Candidates]

Hubspot Sales

The sales field has a leadership gap in gender representation that is hard to deny. According to Gartner , though women account for 50% of the entry-level sales talent pool, only 30% of senior sales leadership, 23% of sales rep, and 15% of frontline sales manager roles are held by women.