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RIP: Sales Training

SBI Growth

You call a sales manager strategy meeting. “We Pipeline reviews, strategy sessions, forecasting analysis and sales training are all mentioned. Traditional sales training does not. Sales rep development is important. Sales training is a form of their development.

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Why You Can't Fill Your Open Sales Manager Positions

SBI Growth

A post for Sales and HR Leaders to find root causes of Sales Manager (SM) vacancies. The Sales Manager position is the fulcrum between sales leadership strategy and sales force execution. Teams without effective sales managers lack morale and discipline. Weak sales strategy.

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Missing on the "Secrets to Developing Successful Sales Managers"

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan An interesting article, Secrets to Developing Successful Sales Managers , by Xactly's CEO, Christopher Cabrera, was posted on Selling Power's 2/19/13 blog. I suggest that you read it first, returning to this article for the analysis. So, what are the correct competencies?

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The Six Skills of Great Sales VPs

SBI Growth

However, we frequently see Sales VPs still stuck in the sales manager mindset. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region. A Sales VP focused on the wrong things can ruin the entire company. They cross collaborate with manager peers, their reps, and the VP. Reps that fail are re-trained.

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One Simple Way to Immediately Close More Key Accounts

SBI Growth

How can you ensure a green, over-eager new rep doesn’t blow the sale? Here’s how: Add the " L ook-to-Book" ratio to your key account Win/Loss Analysis. We captured 36 metrics that CEOs believe “reveal the truth” about sales org performance. We’ve modified the concept and included it in a Win/Loss Analysis template.

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Moneyball: Sales Performance by the Numbers

SBI Growth

66% of Sales Reps believe that increasing the time invested by sales managers would help to increase their sales. Don’t wait for your manager to come to you. Go to your manger and get the training / coaching that you need and deserve. Sabermetrics is a form of analysis made famous by the movie “Moneyball.”

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AI in Sales Management…is just getting started

Sales 2.0

This is the first in a series of interviews with sales management subject matter experts, examining the current and future states of AI in sales. This first interview is with Oliver Churchill , the founder and CEO of Acuity Sales Decision Science. It’s not a one-time analysis to get an prediction on what “might” happen.