Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 8, 2024

Most sales managers spend less than 10% of their time on coaching, and only one third of managers actually coach their people on a weekly basis. Yet, the Coaching Competency is the most critical part of a sales manager's responsibilities; it is also the most difficult skill set to learn and master.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Sales organizations typically have plenty of sales data due to the growth and usage of CRM systems, critical to capturing the activities that are occurring with the sales team. But effective coaching with sales performance data often becomes the greater challenge with sales managers and leaders.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 12, 2021

Coaching has become the single most important competency for sales managers to learn and optimally, they should spend 50% of their time coaching their salespeople. It is also the single most difficult sales management competency to learn and master.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Once we realize that all sizable B2B deals have multiple people involved in the buying process ( research from companies like Gartner put the average number of people in a complex purchase at 6.8), we can change our sales approach to one that maximizes our chances of winning. A coach is someone that is willing to tell you what is going on.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 2, 2024

In the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the coaching conundrum faced by sales managers and its effect on driving sales performance. They highlight the impact of formal coaching processes on win rates and overall team success.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 31, 2024

By integrating AI insights with the nuanced understanding and empathy of human sales coaches, organizations can foster deeper connections, trust, and mutual respect among team members. The post AI is a Game Changer for Sales Coaching appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2022

Sales coaching is the No. 1 management activity that drives sales performance. The only problem is that managers have not been taught how to coach effectively. Coaching is a skill that takes time to perfect, and unless expertly coached or trained, managers can make all types of blunders.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We know that salespeople reporting to a manager with strong coaching skills tend to have 28% more close-able late-stage opportunities. This is from the deep data warehouse of Objective Management Group, our partner and the pioneer of the sales assessment. How do you know if you or one of your sales managers are skilled in this area?

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Steven Rosen

JULY 2, 2024

Sales managers are critical to team success but often need more effective coaching skills due to inadequate training. Steven Rosen underscores coaching as the weakest core sales management skill, urging prioritized training.

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Membrain

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Often, when I talk to managers, they tell me how much time they spend coaching. They tell me stories of meeting, weekly, with their people, doing reviews, pipeline discussions, activity discussions—all sorts of “coaching meetings.” They say, “Dave, coaching is important and we are spending a lot of time coaching…”

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Years ago, one of the lead execs from our client KeyBank shared an article called, “What it takes to be a Coach”. It began with: You must understand the game.

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SBI Growth

JULY 1, 2024

When we think of great coaches, the picture that frequently comes to mind is of tough, no-nonsense football coaches—"field generals”, Knute Rockne, Vince Lombardi, and Bear Bryant all come to mind. However, famous coaches do more than just give motivational speeches.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 27, 2023

As I think back to high-school baseball, a couple of things came to mind that have a lot to do with sales development. His first high school baseball coach saw his potential, calling him up to play on the varsity team when he was still in the 8th grade. Mike attended two high schools.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2019

Coaching the Coaches The question of the day is, who’s coaching the coaches on coaching? The reality is, there is no one coaching the coaches. Second line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. Your company has rolled out sales manager coaching training.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 27, 2023

If you are in charge of managing a sales team to reach sales goals, you must ask yourself this critical question; “Am I an effective sales coach?”

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Developing Master Sales Coaches. Do you have a team of master sales coaches? Are your sales managers ready to crush it in 2020 or will it be another frustrating, mediocre 12-months? Unfortunately, as you know, this won’t maximize your sales nor improve the competencies of your sales team.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 12, 2021

Executive Coaching Gets Results. The Harvard Business Review reported that Executive Coaching is a $1 billion industry. In certain countries, as much as 88% of companies use coaching. The case for executive coaching is that it’s working. Why Would You Need Executive Coaching? Plain and Simple.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2021

In this episode Mike Carroll reveals how to use specific sales coaching strategies and tools for individual sales Rep development. Mike speaks about core competences and how he goes about helping organizations address those competences through proven sales coaching strategies.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 11, 2024

I used to coach, not as a dad who was the baseball equivalent of a boy scout troop leader, but I actually coached. ” The pitcher’s response to my coaching was consistent with salespeople who only APPEAR to be responsive to coaching. They agree with the coaching but fail to execute.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 18, 2023

Coaching the Coaches The question of the day is, who’s coaching the coaches on coaching? The reality is there is no one coaching the coaches. Second-line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. The Problem: Coaching isn’t Easy Maybe you’re lucky.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Coaching Competency is the most critical part of a sales manager's responsibilities; it is also the most difficult skill set to learn and master. Of course, all of these point to the importance of constructive sales feedback while coaching. Not all coaching is helpful and constructive.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 30, 2023

To compete in the marketplace today, companies must first, identify the sales coaching needs of their managers and the strengths and weaknesses of the salespeople they coach. Their sales coaches play a large part in their success.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 17, 2022

A significant number of barriers stand in the way of effective sales coaching. The post Take Your Sales Team from Subpar to Superstar with These 5 Sales Coaching Tips appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Here's how to overcome them.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Successful leaders coach. It’s a skill that is absolutely necessary to succeed in sales and sales leadership. Sellers who don’t receive coaching and feedback get off track, pursuing the wrong leads, prioritizing the wrong activities, and focusing on the wrong goals.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

Coaching salespeople is not a new idea. It’s true that most sales professionals improve with experience, but if you can provide feedback and personalized goals, it’s possible to accelerate the learning process and get your sellers engaging with prospects faster. This is the time-tested practice of sales coaching.

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Membrain

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It is impossible to know when the first sales coaching conversation occurred. Or perhaps it goes back further to a community leader coaching young people in how to negotiate the best trade for furs and salted meat in the next village over.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Message: Get your head out of the sand and start coaching. Top sales coaches have the power to supercharge a team’s performance. Research suggests that the best sales coaches can drive 19% more sales than those who are less effective coaches. But selling and coaching are different skill sets.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 15, 2022

Speaking of baseball and bringing sales into the discussion, let's talk about coaching. When my son was home for winter break, I asked him to rank all of his baseball coaches, an exercise that he found quite interesting. He played 4 years for his #1 ranked coach. The coach didn't scream at everyone.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A survey of more than 150 B2B sales leaders identified the mindsets, attributes and behaviors that differentiate the best in the sales profession. Here are five skills that sales leaders must help their reps develop to enhance their performance.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 11, 2023

In the fast-paced world of banking sales, staying ahead of the competition requires continuous improvement. While group training sessions have many benefits, there's no denying the unique benefits of personalized one-on-one sales coaching.

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