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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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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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

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. Success in sales demands quick reflexes. It requires patience, agility, and a lot of motivational guidance.

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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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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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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. Spearheading a sales team is a multifaceted endeavor. Confidence Confidence in sales is a necessity.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 4, 2018

Like most sales executives you cognitively understand the importance of developing your leadership skills and the advantages of ongoing networking. Your organization does not have any senior leadership development courses so what are you left to do? Within the next month, you are so busy that everything from the course is lost.

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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

MARCH 2, 2017

Having a team of top sales performers is great! 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. This week I had two coaching sessions with sales managers from different companies.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 3, 2018

If you want to crush your sales numbers Sales Strategy #2: Execute with Excellence is guaranteed to help. As the Head of Sales, you are still in 2017 my friend but you really need to have your head in 2018 deciding what you are going to do. Now very few sales leaders have an execution plan.

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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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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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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2021

Sales leaders need to remember that they, too, must regularly upgrade their leadership skills. The most effective ways are networking with a peer group of like-minded sales leaders who face similar challenges and utilizing a sales leadership coach. Realistically most senior sales leaders don’t engage in networking regularly.

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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

I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. My client was thrilled, of course. My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. Flash Sale.

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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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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 12, 2021

But when it comes to sales, some managers might have trouble delivering on it — often through no fault of their own. 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. How to Handle Coaching Challenges.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 9, 2018

Most sales executives realize the value and importance of sales coaching. They know that sales coaching is one of the most significant levers to drive superior sales performance. Here is what the data shows: Only 14% are spending enough time sales coaching. Only 7% are effectively sales coaching.

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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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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. COVID has impacted everyone.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Earlier this year I published an article titled 5 Ways to Create a Successful Sales Coaching Program. 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.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 14, 2024

This is not an analogy about inflatable trampolines, but it is about the analogy between pumps and sales and for variety, it will be two separate stories instead of one culminating in pumping up sales. Last week the CEO reconnected with the sales team to check if everyone was selling properly. It was time to replace the pump.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Sales leaders accomplish the same thing when they prepare a salesperson with powerful messaging and talking points. Moses returned to God and spoke of this obstacle, or in sales terms, objection: There was internal competition! As with God and Moses, both sales coaching methods should have a role-play component.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2014

I put sales and marketing first every day. Every Saturday I clean up all of the things that have come into my life over the course of the week. Sales Management' I almost always write my daily post at www.thesalesblog.com first thing in the morning. hours are super productive. They’re worth 5 hours. Weekly Review.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

A new research study unlocks the key to using social media for sales. Is it just another term to check off your buzzword bingo card at the next sales meeting you attend? You bet, and it’s critical to increasing B2B sales effectiveness. Not every social outreach is going to result in a sale, nor should it. Not really.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 19, 2023

Most sales executives realize the impact of managers, not sales coaching. They know that sales coaching is one of the most significant levers to drive superior sales performance. Source: Objective Management Group , Dave Kurlan. Alarm bells should be going off in every sales organization.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. Sales Prospecting Techniques. Why is this so?

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

With over 25 years of sales and marketing and business experience, I have developed a robust approach to execution. 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. I then ask their sales managers what the critical success factors are.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The same principles hold true in B2B sales, but customers don’t instinctively get the message. 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. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople'

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Author: Lauren Boutwell As the field of sales enablement has evolved and matured, so, too, have its supporting technologies. Accordingly, video coaching has become a popular tool for driving readiness in sales organizations of all sizes and across industries. Sales reps are often most receptive to learning from each other.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 14, 2020

No matter what industry you are in , the game of sales has changed. 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. Ineffective sales managers have expensive consequences.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

Are your sales forecasts tied to reality? Is sales forecast accuracy more of a pipedream within your sales organization? Does the speed of your sales pipeline resemble molasses? In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win. Ditch the weighted sales pipeline.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 1, 2019

Sure, they keep the sales rolling in, but they also play a key role in keeping your entire team motivated. So, as a sales manager, you need to guide your top salespeople in choosing new skills to learn and next-step goals to accomplish. Excellent at coordinating sales activities of each member of the account team.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 2, 2023

5 Ways to Stay Inspired Paul Smith is the Sales Director of a leading technology company. He has been in the industry for the last ten years and has been a star in various sales and marketing roles. His recent promotion finds him managing managers. But what exactly does it mean to “inspire?”

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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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