Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. Some are written by marketing experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 15, 2025

Last week, I noticed that people are still using this archaic and overly simplistic sales qualifying process, and too many are still writing about the benefits of BANT (Acronym for Budget, Authority, Need, Timing). How is it that in 2024, people are still hailing BANT as some kind of relevant and beneficial sales tool?

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The post Sales Leadership Through Adversity appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Navigating these two categories of adversity, best described as macro and personal, are key to driving growth and employee retention.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Fearless Sales Leader. Fearless sales leaders know that business success is defined as achieving an objective or goal. Sales leaders are accountable for making the company’s sales objectives and sales objectives equal success. Sales leaders believe it is their job to develop their sales managers.

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Force Management

APRIL 10, 2025

Last month on the Revenue Builders Podcast, our guests shared experiences in revenue leadership and what they've learned about how to prove your worth as a leader and secure the best possible outcomes for your team. We publish two episodes per week, sharing lessons for sales leaders at all stages of their careers.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2023

The Keys to BOLD Leadership Traditional sales leadership approaches no longer suffice in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing market landscape. To achieve success, sales leaders must embrace a new mindset— BOLD. Risk-Taking Bold sales leaders are unafraid of taking calculated risks.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I read the majority of the reports, studies, white papers, and books related to sales development because others in the field might stumble onto a trend, an insight or a statistic of which I was not aware. That’s why I downloaded Xactly’s 2025 Sales Compensation Survey. The next finding explains the previous finding.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. “The world is moving faster. .”

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Steven Rosen

JULY 24, 2023

How do you unleash the power of your sales leadership team? In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of sales, success is dependent on the capabilities of the sales leadership team. I believe that investing in the development of this critical team is the best use of resources for any VP of Sales.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 11, 2019

As a Marketing Leader, there are a lot of people in your ear on a daily basis. Your leadership wants you to drive more revenue, your sales leadership wants better leads, your customers expect more delivered to them with each.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 1, 2021

I am helping one company find a single needle-in-a-haystack sales leadership candidate and it has taken nearly six months. I am helping another company find 3 sales leaders and received 3,765 applications. For the answer to be meaningful, we have to look at the entire job market, not just sales candidates.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 3, 2018

Discord between marketing and sales departments is an age-old story. The marketing team gets annoyed at the sales team for failing to follow up on leads and in return, the sales team is annoyed with the marketing team for generating low-quality leads in the first place. As it turns out—neither team is wrong.

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Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

While marketing professionals understand marketing automation can streamline essential processes, many do not leverage these systems to their full advantage. Marketing automation is beneficial. What is Marketing Automation, And Why is it Important? How Does Marketing Automation Work? Closing more sales.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2025

Top sales teams win with referrals. Without a referral-first mindset, pipeline uncertainty loomsleading to missed targets, longer sales cycles, missed quotas, and end-of-year panic. Without a referral-first mindset, pipeline uncertainty loomsleading to missed targets, longer sales cycles, missed quotas, and end-of-year panic.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Jenn Steele , CEO and Co-Founder of SoundGTM, discusses the challenging dynamic between marketing and sales teams. “If you have a sales background, you must learn the long-term thinking of marketing. .

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Pipeliner

MAY 21, 2025

Tony is the Chief Sales Officer at his company. He has worked in sales for 19 years. Tony shares what hes learned about growing strong sales teams. This helped him understand sales from the bottom up. He uses sales playbooks to keep things consistent. More people reach their sales targets.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 20, 2018

You require a change in sales leadership. Should you hire from within, specifically, from the existing sales team, or should you go outside the organization and hire from the market? What is the best path? The choice is tricky, you.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Bernadette McClelland

MARCH 24, 2018

In my case it was a sales manager who would use the phrase, ‘Attention to Detail’ quite regularly. Bernadette McClelland is a Keynote and Sales Kick-Off Speaker, Executive Sales Leadership Coach, and published author.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2021

I am proposing that you make it safe to miss a sales target. I have some research that makes this a great debate to have in your sales team right now. Setting sales goals where even a 70% level of achievement would be great. How would you know if your sales teams are Psychologically safe or not? Hear me out.

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Force Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Last month, the Revenue Builders Podcast shared some tactical sales conversations that really dig into the intricacies of winning deals, creating processes, and leading teams with confidence. Artificial intelligence is also a major theme, as our hosts discuss the new technology that's top-of-mind for many sales leaders.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 15, 2025

ZoomInfos State of AI in Sales and Marketing survey, which gathered insights from more than 1,000 GTM professionals, reveals just how quickly AI is transforming sales teams and the roadblocks for further AI innovation. But despite the momentum, many sales professionals risk falling behind because they havent fully embraced AI.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2024

In this article, Jenn Steele discusses the vital role of customer feedback in refining marketing and sales strategies. She stresses listening to customer insights to tailor messaging and optimize sales tactics effectively. Key Takeaways: Collaboration between sales and marketing is essential for business success.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Phil Hernandez is the VP of Sales Services at TaskUs. He has spent the past 20 years skillfully building and transforming numerous Go-To-Market (GTM) teams. 9:41) Challenges in aligning different go-to-market functions. (14:12) 14:12) Time-blocking strategies for sales leaders. (20:26)

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Key Sales Management Actions To Prepare for A Stellar 2015. You can learn from six of the best in Sales Management Consulting. Join our panel of recognised sales leadership experts who will share their insights: Lee Salz – CEO and Sales Management Strategist at Sales Architect. Wednesday, November 12th.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 1, 2019

Author: Chris Mason So many of us begin our sales careers as representatives of a company, product, service or all the above. Others opt for the management route, taking on leadership roles and overseeing teams of sales reps. How will a leadership role differ from being a sales rep? Do your current job well.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 23, 2014

I sales there is always talk of trust, easy to see why. But trust is not an instantaneous thing, nor can it be acquired by the pound, it has to be earned, demonstrated through actions, it needs to be reciprocal, and to the chagrin of some marketing folks, it is much more than an italicized bullet point in a brochure.

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The Pipeline

MAY 18, 2020

Sales Scrum Podcast Episode #10 – Guest David Priemer. My guest this week on the Sales Scrum podcast is David Priemer. He is a widely recognized thought leader in sales and sales leadership. A critical message at the best of times, but more so given the changes in the market. magazines, and more.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 16, 2023

10 Characteristics of Bold Sales Leaders. Sales leaders have had to adapt to virtual selling, work from home, supply chain issues, passing on price increases and sales rep turnover. Lack of Accountability : When facing a more challenging sales environment, salespeople use excuses for not achieving their quotas.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 31, 2017

We segmented our subscribers by marketing leadership. This is a top 10 list of the most viewed articles by Chief Marketing Officers and VP’s of Marketing. How Top CMOs Quantify Marketing Investment with. What’s unique about this top 10 list?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Even if that’s not the case for you specifically, I can assure you that it is for many sales professionals (even the ones that swear they’ve become immune to its fearsome effects). You see, cold calling – no matter which way you feel about it – is simply a part of the sales biz. Find your partner company. 50 and $3.00

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 6, 2020

Sales Leadership Roundtable Discussion. I had 8 senior sales executives join me for an open discussion. What we found was that over the last few weeks, the majority of sales organizations had successfully made the transition in going remote and working from home. We all realized that we are all in unchartered waters.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

David Hennessy , the VP of Sales at Kite Pharma, delves into his transformative moment as a sales leader, stressing the significance of active listening and strategic questioning. He underscores the necessity for a well-defined and compelling strategy that is effectively communicated to the sales team.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 12, 2025

In a recent expert interview, John Golden talked with Chris Jennings , a sales leadership expert with more than 25 years of sales and leadership experience. They discussed new sales training methods, the importance of authenticity in sales, and the changing role of sales managers.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 6, 2025

In a talk with John Golden, sales expert Geoffrey M. Reid talked about something importantwhy schools should teach real sales skills. Reid wrote a book called The Revenue Catalyst: Mastering the Art of Sales. In this talk, he explains why sales should be taught like other school subjects, such as math or marketing.

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Allego

MAY 8, 2025

Misalignment between marketing and sales is silently killing productivity, pipeline velocity, and revenue growth. In fact, more than half of B2B sales professionals say lost sales and revenue is the most significant impact of misalignment. What Is Marketing and Sales Alignment? The culprit? Get the report.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

Keith Rzucidlo , Vice President of Sales at Miller Electric, joins the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast to discuss how to turn visions into actions in sales leadership. Keith shares the importance of patience and reflection in driving behavior change and advises sales leaders on coaching and change management. “I

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