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The Sales Manager New Year’s Resolution: 3 Do’s & 3 Don'ts

SBI Growth

Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ‘A’ players on the team. Reps struggling to get in front of Decision Makers. Every sales manager is time starved. Sales Managers should be spending 75% of their time coaching their team.

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This is How Sales Managers Should Coach Their Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

Sales Management must spend 50% of their time coaching salespeople like this: An enormous part of developing salespeople these days is helping them to differentiate themselves from your competitors. Executed correctly, the salesperson has a conversation with a decision maker that is unlike any conversation the competition has had.

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Unleashing the Power of Frontline Sales Management, Part 3: Institutionalizing Sales Management

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 3 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. Hire the right sales managers. Establish a Company Way for sales management.

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Look for Potential in the Next Generation of Sales Hires

Understanding the Sales Force

With all of that information about their past, how can you possibly gauge potential when hiring for your sales force? Objective Management Group (OMG) has three candidate assessments that provide companies with exactly that for sales, sales management, and sales leadership (VP/Sales Director).

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New Sales Manager? Follow This Guide to Crush Your First Quarter

Hubspot Sales

So you’ve just been promoted to sales manager -- congratulations! In your first three months as a manager, you’ll have to learn an entirely new set of processes -- some related to sales, some not. Assess your strengths as a manager. Understand how your team wants to be managed. Potential value: $100.

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12 Ways to Handle Sales Pressure

Zoominfo

What we’re about to say is going to contradict every point we’ve made thus far—but hear us out: Stress can be beneficial for sales people. There’s no way around it, stress drives activity and sales managers know this. Start small, and expand your incentive program as you learn and grow. So how do you do this correctly?

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10 Ways to Keep Your Sales Team Motivated Through The End of Summer

Hubspot Sales

Warmer months mean more distractions, and with key decision makers on vacation, a potential drop in leads. This is a toxic combination for sales reps and their managers. Sales leaders that fall back on run-of-the-mill motivation techniques struggle to drive their reps toward aggressive growth targets.