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Can a New Sales Manager Be a Difference Maker?

Understanding the Sales Force

Over the course of a few weeks in the summer of 2022, everything changed and they became remarkably reliable. They got a new manager! Could companies that wanted to experience a similar uptick in sales performance achieve that by replacing their sales managers? Online orders were routinely screwed up.

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Great Sales Managers are Like Great Baseball Coaches Without the Screaming

Understanding the Sales Force

So there will be Major League Baseball in 2022. Speaking of baseball and bringing sales into the discussion, let's talk about coaching. So let's pivot back to sales. The biggest difference between great sales managers and crappy sales managers is how effectively they coach up their salespeople to make them better.

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New Data: Will Salespeople Hit Quota When Sales Managers Coach and Sell?

Understanding the Sales Force

I was reviewing stats from the 2022 World Series between the World-Champion Houston Astros and the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies. Pivoting to sales, and staying with correlations and KPI's, could there be one between how sales managers spend their time and why so few salespeople hit quota?

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Leading a Sales Team: 10 Keys to Success (Part 1)

Anthony Cole Training

This article is the 1st place winner of the 2022 Sales Pro Central MVP Awards on Sales Leadership! In our sales management training, we have developed 10 keys and a framework of activities that provide a new or tenured sales leader with a roadmap they need to put in place to help lead their team to greater sales success.

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Reconstructing Your Product Sales Training for Success in 2022

In 2022 sales management challenges will grow. Customer meetings will be harder to schedule, sales rep turnover will be higher, and traditional Product Sales Training (Lunch ‘N Learns, Demo Days, Sales Meetings) will be tougher to execute.

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What Is the Best Training for Sales Managers in 2022?

Grant Cardone

I have the highest level of respect for sales managers. Sales managers’ duty is to push their reps to meet quotas of the right magnitude. FAILURE TO DOMINATE DEALS MEANS A […] The post What Is the Best Training for Sales Managers in 2022? The post What Is the Best Training for Sales Managers in 2022?

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The Top 10 Sales and Sales Leadership Articles of 2022

Understanding the Sales Force

But it's also the time of year when I publish my list of the Top 10 Sales and Sales Leadership Articles of the year. Each week we can read multiple lists of the top new movies and TV shows to stream at home. Lists of the Top SUV's, Sedans, and Coupes are also prevalent right now.

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The Truth About Sales Agility: Separating Fact From Fiction

Speaker: Michelle Vazzana

Recent research has uncovered that the most successful and adaptable salespeople and sales managers are agile, meaning they don’t use one single sales approach and they select their approach based on the buying situation they face. October 20th, 2022 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm GMT

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5 Essential Virtual Selling Practices Every Company Must Have by 2023

Speaker: Erika Bzdel - Vice President of Sales and Craig Simons - Director of Marketing

Virtual sales success requires new ways of thinking. Sales managers, trainers, sales enablement managers, and sales reps across all industries must adjust to this digital transformation. September 13th, 2022 at 9:30 am PDT, 12:30 pm EDT, 5:30 pm GMT Why video is so important in coaching your reps.