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Consultative Selling, Commitment and Training - Like Oil & Water

Understanding the Sales Force

We recently evaluated a sales force where the salespeople had, on average, only 18% of the attributes of a consultative seller. asked the Director of Sales. Achieve Global has come in 3 times in 3 years to teach consultative selling!". So why didn''t the training on consultative selling stick?

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Consultative Selling: How to Transform Your Reps into Trusted Advisors

Allego

They want to know exactly how your solution will help them, and they want expert-level consultation about the return on investment your product offers. This where consultative selling makes all the difference. In today’s sales environment, it’s not about pushing products; it’s about becoming a trusted advisor.

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The Best Top 10 Lists for Sales and Sales Management

Understanding the Sales Force

In no particular order they are: Top 10 Sales Competencies. Top 10 Sales Management Functions. Top 10 Indicators That You Have a Trustworthy Sales Prospect. Top 10 Ways Salespeople are Selling in the Dark. Top 10 Tips for Hiring Salespeople for Your Sales Force. 10 Sales Coaching Examples.

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VIDEO SALES TIP: Best Way to Engage a Sales Manager in the Process

The Sales Hunter

A sales manager can help tremendously if they occasionally go on sales calls with their salespeople. I call this the “four-legged sales call.” ” Problem is too managers won’t do this at all — or when they do it, they do it wrong. ” Sales Motivation Blog. .

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Which is Worse - Crappy Salespeople or Crappy Sales Managers?

Understanding the Sales Force

How are early versions of technology different from crappy salespeople and crappy sales managers? For one thing, salespeople and sales managers tend to stay crappy unless professional training, coaching and interventions occur.

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Sales Management Best Practices - Are Top Salespeople Challengers?

Understanding the Sales Force

There''s nothing new here (f or 24 years I have been writing about the blueprint to the sales DNA they just recently described , building into our assessments and delivering training on it) a nd while some of the Challenger approach is fundamentally correct, it can be very misleading too. It''s all about listening.

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Training sales managers to coach – the good, the bad, and the ugly

Sales Training Connection

Second, most people agree that coaching is a must-do for developing a superior sales team. Some don’t do it because they think their sales managers are experienced so they know how to coach. Others pass because their sales managers are busy, so coaching training is not viewed as a good use of time.

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