Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

10, 2015 – Star Solutions That Achieve Results Inc. STAR Results) has launched its global 2016 STAR Sales Manager Survey. The Sales Manager Survey seeks opinions and perceptions from sales executives and leaders around the world on key skills and development priorities for sales managers.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

10, 2015 – Star Solutions That Achieve Results Inc. STAR Results) has launched its global 2016 STAR Sales Management Skills Survey. The Sales Management Skills Survey seeks opinions and perceptions from sales executives and leaders around the world on key skills and development priorities for sales managers.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

10, 2015 – Star Solutions That Achieve Results Inc. STAR Results) has launched its global 2016 STAR Sales Management Skills Survey. The Sales Management Skills Survey seeks opinions and perceptions from sales executives and leaders around the world on key skills and development priorities for sales managers.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Coaching improves sales rep engagement. What can you do? Do nothing.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 20, 2015

A guest blog by Dave Kulran, President and founder of Objective Management Group, with an introduction by Tony Cole, President of Anthony Cole Training Group. Will You Be Able to Recruit Good Salespeople in 2015? I believe that there will continue to be a shortage of good candidates through the first three quarters of 2015.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. While there’s some variance, I tend to see the following: Sales Training. Sales Process/Methodology. Marketing/Sales Integration.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 29, 2014

The One Must Do Action Step to Ensure a Great 2015. What is your plan to get a jump start on 2015? Ken Thoreson “operationalizes” sales management systems and processes that pull revenue out of the doldrums into the fresh zone. Sales Motivation Sales Training' It’s simple, but many times overlooked.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 22, 2016

Why New Sales Managers Fail. Are you a new sales manager , or have you just been promoted into a sales manager role? I am going to share the number one reason why new sales managers fail. Time and time again companies promote their best sales reps into managerial roles.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Sales Leadership: How to Ensure You Exceed Your 2015 Quota. The end of the year is rapidly closing in and while everyone in your organization is focused on achieving their targets; as a sales leader it is crucial you are also focused on the new year. Create annual sales contests.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The real key to building a winning sales team is effective sales management. Are you wondering how to manage a sales team effectively? Well, you can get many tips, tactics, and strategies from various sales management books. Best sales management books you must read. Author- Kevin F.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 28, 2015

The problem is that until sales organizations have solid sales management teams in place, any sales initiative to enhance sales performance is doomed to fail. It is well recognised that the front line sales manager plays a key role in driving sales performance.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Sales Management End of Year Checklist. . Depending upon the person and the conditions in their sales organization each article may or may not be pertinent. I decided to start with a Sales Management End of Year Checklist. Does your sales team need new formal sales training ?

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Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2015

Congratulations you have been promoted and you are now the sales manager! What if you are left to sink or swim because your organization is going to send you out in the field without any formal training? Sales organizations tend to promote their top sales reps into sales manager jobs. Unheard of?

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 16, 2015

So what are some things a company can do right now to do a better job getting ready for 2015? A first step would be to take a fresh look at the selection profile for hiring new sales reps. A correlated thought is to remember that bigger and better onboard training is a great next step. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 9, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-08-10. Teaser: As a sales manager, I learned a long time ago that train wrecks happen a month at a time. Doing some simple math on a monthly basis allows a sales manager to get a sanity check as to the likelihood of attaining quota for the year.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 5, 2016

For many sales managers, the year end came to a sudden stop last Thursday as they closed the books on 2015. Yesterday, January 4 th , you were back at the office kicking off a new year of sales. Depending on the type of sales you and your team are in, January results are a result of what you did at the tail end of 2015.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 15, 2015

Leading edge sales organizations understand the value of investing and developing their front line sales managers. They believe that strong sales managers are the key to driving sales rep performance. The 2015 STAR Sales Manager Survey set out to gauge the development priorities of sales organizations.

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SBI

OCTOBER 5, 2017

According to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , 32.7% of surveyed organizations had a sales enablement function in 2016 (up from 25.5% in 2015), but only 5.2% of surveyed companies said that sales enablement was meeting all expectations. Yet, as an industry, we’re failing badly at it.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 10, 2015

Sales Mastery 2015. According to Bain & Company, B2B sales executives have seen tremendous disruption in how customers buy in recent years – and they see no reason to think it won’t continue. The folks at Bain surveyed 550 B2B sales executives. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC. Two make the short list.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

2015 Sales Predictions. We believe in 2015 the focal points will be on velocity and execution; increasing the speed of the sales cycle and number of orders received. Becoming “brilliant in sales execution” during each stage is critical. Sales training is moving to a mobility mode.

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of those strategies is summed up by this very ‘relevant to 20th century sales leadership behaviour’ statement : “If officers are unaccustomed to rigorous drilling they will be worried and hesitant in battle; if generals are not thoroughly trained they will be inwardly quail when they face the enemy.”.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Amp Up Your Sales, published by AMACOM, written by Andy Paul is a book you should consider for your 2015 sales training program. Andy has put together 40 chapters of concise, practical and most important the right information that when implemented can drive your sales to the next level.

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 4, 2015

Sales managers and the time trap. For sales managers Public Enemy # 1 is time. The more successful a sales manager, the more demands on their time. Coaching at a team level versus the individual level is especially effective when coaching sales strategy. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 9, 2015

As is the case with the NFL, the coaching relationship between a sales rep and their front-line sales manager has a direct and immediate impact on sales success. It is also true that sales coaching isn’t just a question of doing or not doing what the sales manager calls up. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 16, 2016

7 Steps to Success for Sales Managers. -A After being a VP of Sales, consulting on sales management for 19 years and after writing four books on sales management, Max Cates, author of 7 Steps caught my attention in the first five pages. A book review-. Hire for Traits, not Skills.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As a Sales Leader or Executive these 3 secrets will also help propel your sales organization to the next level. In Chicago I took each bullet and discussed the specific actions sales management must implement to execute on each element. His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world! Ken@AcumenMgmt.com.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 28, 2015

2015 was a big year for The Brooks Group, and we’re going to brag a little. Our achievements this year included: Bronze Stevie Award for Sales Training Practice of the Year. Top 20 Sales Training Company, Training Industry. Top 20 Sales Training Company, Selling Power Magazine. Learn More.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 5, 2015

I find ways to relate events in my life to my primary professional focus – Developing Highly Successful Sales Organizations. At Anthony Cole Training Group, we do this by focusing on 1 VERY important CEO/President question – How do I grow sales? We have a program called SME – Sales Managed Environment.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 19, 2015

We either haven’t taken them through the right process, or trained them appropriately. We thought this was an interesting idea for sales management to consider as they start a new year. So what might sales management do to help put in place a more supportive culture? Provide sales a seat at the table.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Asking questions is also an underpinning of successful interactions between salespeople and their sales managers. The problem is too many times when coaching, managers do it the other way around. If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection.

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 11, 2015

Sales teams. Ask most sales management whether they have ever used some form of competition as a management technique and most will answer – “yes – and if I must say so it worked great.”. Stories abound about how competition can be used effectively inside a sales team. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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OpenSymmetry

MARCH 24, 2015

2015 started strong for us at OpenSymmetry in Singapore. With such great activity, we took part as a speaker and exhibitor at the Anaplan Hub in Singapore on 18 th March 2015. The event ended with Anaplan doing a deep dive into their modeling, which is a continuation of their advanced training for partners. About the Author.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 5, 2015

When asked about his early management challenges, Roger Ferguson – CEO at TIAA-CREF – shared: “You have to get the balance right between leaving them alone and micromanaging.” Although Roger was discussing management in general, we thought his advice was particularly relevant for sale managers. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Transition from Sales Rep to Sales Manager. Now, you’re a newly appointed sales manager. The good news is you have the pivotal job for improving the sales effectiveness of your organization. Let’s take a look at 7 best practices for making the transition from sales rep to sales manager a little bit easier.

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 23, 2015

The same is true of sales managers. If you believe front-line sales managers are the key to a team’s sales success – and we do – the end of Q1 is a good time to look at what’s working, what isn’t working and why. A good starting point is to reflect on their performance as a sales manager.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Sales Tips: Qualify Before Requesting a "Four-Legged" Sales Call. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. In my first sales management position I soon noticed that one of my salespeople seldom made calls alone.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 20, 2015

Developing Sales Leaders. It’s natural for front-line sales managers to focus on sales team performance – drilling down on the numbers. Sales managers spend their careers developing the required skills with corporations providing the necessary training and encouragement.

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