Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 14, 2021

But how are sales managers doing at adapting to coaching their sales force over video? We know how sales managers were doing before the pandemic. Nearly a year into the Pandemic, most salespeople have adapted to selling over video. Inquiring minds want to know. It wasn't very good and I wrote about it here.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Very often, we see top quality salespeople made up to be sales manager and expected to deliver immediate success, as if they already have the necessary skills to succeed in that role. This seems pretty obvious, but many salespeople-turned-managers still want to maintain contact with ‘their’ clients and still keep the figures up.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2018

Author: Kevin McGirl Sales managers have a tough job. A good sales manager needs to stay on top of their game at all times, and ensure that their team is focused, efficient and most importantly, profitable. There are many moving parts in the sales process, and it’s not easy staying on top of them all.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 6, 2018

Hi, this is my fifth video on Sales Strategies to Crush Your Sales Numbers, I call it Develop a Coaching Culture. . In the last four video/blogs, I covered: Sales Strategy #1: Upgrading the skills of your front-line sales managers because you have a multiplier effect when their skills get better. That is the key.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2019

Author: Matthew Sunshine As a sales manager, you spend serious time and care setting clear expectations; this is how you help your salespeople approach their work with purpose. A sales manager I once knew was in love with a particular metric: the number of calls each seller made in a day. You’ve got so much on your plate?

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For sales managers, look for qualities that build strong teams and motivate others to perform their best. Whether you seek a new hire or promotion, here are several essential qualities of sales managers. Someone in line for this position already possesses effective sales strategies. Asks questions.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

5 Ways top sales managers become a sales coach! Sales coaching is the most important sales management activity for driving sales performance. Unfortunately, most managers haven’t been taught how to properly coach their staff. Of course, not. Ask Effective Questions.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

94% of sales managers are optimistic about their salespeople. Objective Management Group's (OMG's) findings from the evaluations and assessments of 1.8 Objective Management Group's (OMG's) findings from the evaluations and assessments of 1.8 Unfortunately, a lot of sales managers choose the second option.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 28, 2020

The sales management activities that we perform today create the results that we achieve today. What activities are you doing now that are creating your current unsatisfactory results? How can you change them?

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Steven Rosen

JULY 12, 2022

What Great Sales Managers Do? Many sales managers will be sitting down with their sales people over the next month or so to do mid-year reviews to gauge progress on objectives, business plans, and development plans. Sales managers spend a considerable amount of time preparing for a mid-year performance review.

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Membrain

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Since 1989, I’ve had the honor of coaching thousands of managers globally. Of course, every manager possesses their own personality, talents, skills, goals, and approach to managing their team.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

My client was thrilled, of course. My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. That’s when I developed my referral methodology—a straightforward, step-by-step process to hardwire referral selling into the way sales teams worked. That got me thinking.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 9, 2018

*Source: Objective Management Group , Dave Kurlan. Based on these statistics the answer is: Sales managers are not sales coaching! Alarm bells should be going off in every sales organization. In my article I want to share my thoughts on the following: Why are sales managers not coaching ?

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Sales organizations have had to adjust how they prospect, sell, and interact with customers and each other. . Of course, different industries face different realities. . However, there are two fundamental activities that successful sales organizations have been able to continue doing despite COVID. Conclusion.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The results from Sales Mastery sales executive survey showed that 1/3 of executives surveyed, said that “ sub-optimal sales manager coaching” is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives in 2018. The studies below clearly shows that sales manager coaching has a significant impact on performance.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 4, 2018

Your organization does not have any senior leadership development courses so what are you left to do? Traditionally, many executives who go on one or two-day courses which is pretty refreshing. Within the next month, you are so busy that everything from the course is lost.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 12, 2021

Here, we'll review some common sales coaching challenges, go over how to approach them, and identify the key qualities of reps that are flat-out uncoachable. One of the most common, contentious issues sales managers run into with sales reps is lack of motivation. How to Handle Coaching Challenges.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 2, 2017

When I coach sales managers on how to get the best out of their team, I realize that not all top performers are the same. Performance is not just about hitting sales numbers but how we do it. When it comes to evaluating the sales rep, overall performance companies will look at sales performance and values and behaviors equally.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 5, 2021

Exemplary sales managers don't just pop up out of nowhere. And very few — if any — reps can assume a management role and thrive, based strictly on intuition. Even the most effective sales leader might struggle to turn a rep who seems like "management material" into a successful manager.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2014

Every Saturday I clean up all of the things that have come into my life over the course of the week. Sales Management' It used to be that I wouldn’t have even started working by the time I get this work done, and those 2.5 hours are super productive. They’re worth 5 hours. Weekly Review.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

[Message to Management]: 14 Things Top Sales Managers Do. Sales execs tell me they don’t have time to coach their teams. The Sales Hunter”) outlines 14 tendencies that separate mediocre sales managers from extraordinary sales leaders. “The PowerPoint is Killing Your Sales Presentation.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And of course, as we move ever closer to the holidays, there are lists aplenty on the Top Gadgets, Luxury Items, Gifts for Her, Gifts for Him and Gifts for Kids to peruse. 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.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

On the bright side, knowing what the obstacles are will give you an opportunity to review what you are doing and allow you to make course corrections. You also need to be sure that your sales management team are aligned with the critical success factors. I then ask their sales managers what the critical success factors are.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 3, 2018

Lastly, you need to build cadence into your system that you have ongoing reviews of your success factors and ensure that your sales team is executing. Make sure you make course correction every quarter or sooner. Sales Strategy #2 is Execute with Excellence. Would You Like to Crush Your Sales Numbers in 2018?

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The assumption is, of course, that those consultants are already deeply familiar with the inner workings of the customer’s firm and, therefore, worth the higher cost. Geoffrey James is a contributing editor and sales blogger for Inc.com and the author of Business Without the Bullsh*t: 49 Secrets and Shortcuts You Need to Know.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Wouldn’t you love to have a team of awesome sales coaches? Sales coaching is the most important sales management activity for driving sales performance. Unfortunately, most managers haven’t been taught how to properly coach their staff. Of course, not. Ask Effective Questions.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 1, 2019

So, as a sales manager, you need to guide your top salespeople in choosing new skills to learn and next-step goals to accomplish. As the sales manager, it’s your job to keep your top salespeople motivated. That’s the best way to lead your sales team to greatness! What’s the worst that can happen?

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2021

Most companies don’t have sales leadership programs for their most senior sales managers. Therefore, sales executives can benefit the most from improving their leadership skills. As a sales leader, I would enroll in a 2-3 day leadership course offered by a well-known training organization. The Old Way.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

This is one of the principal lessons we teach on how to start a conversation on our Selling with LinkedIn course. Teaching these sales prospecting techniques to your team will improve their ability to connect and communicate with potential buyers, creating more successful sellers as a result.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 23, 2019

Your Sales Manager and Sales Director will most likely ram USP’s down your throat so you can discuss them with your prospects. Of course, your USP will provide logic and reasoning as to why someone should select you, but their primary reason will be an emotional one. Feel remembered. Feel attractive. Feel trendy.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 26, 2023

If you’ve ever been in sales, you know first-hand that one of the most powerful ways to go from good to great is having a strong sales manager. The best sales managers are active listeners and innovative thinkers. So, is there a secret that only these superstar managers know? Of course not.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 19, 2023

That Is The Question Here is what the data shows: Only 14% are spending enough time coaching* Only 7% are effectively sales coaching* Less than 1% are doing the right kind of coaching and debriefing* Only 68% of sales managers say they spend up to 60 minutes individually coaching their sales reps each week.^.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Those of us within the profession know that what you say to a prospect is not the secret to winning in sales. Many people within the profession think the number one sales success factor is listening. I constantly hear sales managers preaching the importance of “listening skills” to their salespeople.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 14, 2024

He initially thought there was a problem with the connections between the sales team and its customers but it was actually a gap in the sales team’s selling skills. The sales team was rusty, having rested on their laurels for years, and the lack of initiative to replace clients they had lost was glaring.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Most Important Job of the Sales Manager . With that in mind, the most important job for sales managers is to coach their salespeople to close business. Statistically and anecdotally speaking all the data points to improved sales w hen sales managers learn to coach effectively and spend more time doing it. .

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 8, 2022

One of my first customer visits as a young sales manager was in support of a salesperson — with a client I hadn't met before. And while it wasn't the end of my career, I can reflect on how I handled the situation and know it wasn't the right course. 5 Traps to Avoid as a Sales Manager. Not Being Prepared.

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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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