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10 Rules for Successful Sales Training and Revenue Growth

Understanding the Sales Force

Although it ran from 2003-2010, long before streaming was a thing, no show was better situated for streaming and binge watching than “24.” Senior Sales Leadership must be visible and participate in all sales training to show that the training, and more importantly, application and execution of the training, is not optional.

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How Many Days Should a Sales Manager Spend in the Field Sales Coaching?

Steven Rosen

Sales managers who spend more time in the field sales coaching outperform those that don’t! I was sitting in with a customer who is a sales force excellence expert and he asked me, “what do you see in the industry in terms of the number of days that sales managers are expected to be out in the field sales coaching ?”

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An ‘A’ Player’s Rise and Fall

SBI Growth

Dave was promoted to be Acme’s VP of Sales for the Americas. He did it as a District Sales Manager. From 2003-2011, Dave was on a rocket ship. Dave became VP of Sales for the Americas. In the first 6 months he: Did monthly pipeline reviews with every sales manager. Dave was a turnaround guy.

Promotion 310
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Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story

No More Cold Calling

My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. I asked salespeople and sales leaders I knew if they liked to get referral introductions. By 2002-2003, people were continually asking if I had a book. That got me thinking. Why would I want that?

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How you manage makes a difference

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Tim Houlihan Dispensing with sales manager myths. What’s your sales manager mythology? In a recent conversation with a sales vice president, he noted that leadership is not about being engaged, it’s about the willingness to take risks. He was talking about his sales managers. What you can do.

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Three Recent Hurricanes Show the Path to More Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

This past week, Hurricane Lee roared into Nova Scotia, becoming the first such storm to do so since 2003, although at the time it made landfall, Lee had been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. Three of this year’s (2023) Hurricanes took unusual paths for hurricanes.

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Life Success, Sales Success, Management Success - 24 Thoughts

Anthony Cole Training

Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). sales development (55). sales excuses (15). Sales Force (5). sales goals (29). sales improvement (22). Sales Jobs (5). sales leadership development (4). sales management (49). sales people (8).

Hiring 183