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Why Hiring a Fractional Sales Manager Can Drive Sales Results

Anthony Cole Training

Running a company is very different than managing a sales team, so you need someone skilled in the specific strengths of coaching and motivating your sales team. Companies have choices and often it makes sense to hunt, interview, hire and pay for a full-time sales manager, but this is a position very difficult to fill.

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5 Reasons Sales Managers Are Reluctant to Coach Prospecting

Steven Rosen

Indeed, 40% of salespeople cite it as the most challenging part of the sales process, more daunting than either closing or qualifying. However, the significance of prospecting is often overshadowed by the allure of the deal’s close, leading many sales managers to neglect to coach the top of the funnel.

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5 Unconventional Tactics of Excellent Sales Managers

Sales and Marketing Management

Davis Excellent sales managers aren’t made overnight. As a manager, you’re always learning and growing along with your sales team. Every team member has a unique reaction to your management style, and it takes a great manager to navigate all those unique situations and relationships. Author: Kevin F.

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Signals that sales managers send with rewards

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: TIM HOULIHAN Sales reps and rewards go hand in hand. Managers use rewards because they reliably deliver recognition and motivation. This came to light in a recent conversation with Jana Gallus from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management at a Behavioral Science workshop in Philadelphia. What rewards can signal.

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Build a Successful and Results-Driven Sales Culture

Speaker: Gary Galvin, CEO, Galvin Technologies

As a sales manager, you’re tasked with not only answering this question, but directing your sales team to achieve goals and deliver results. This often means motivating your team through everything from revenue targets, to sales funnel and forecasting, to activity management and collaboration.

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Top 10 Sales Skills for Finding & Building Relationships

Anthony Cole Training

They must have the skills to ask the right questions, listen to understand, position their value, and help a prospect self-discover the solution that makes sense. These are not elusive skills; they are identified by our partner and industry-leading sales evaluation company, Objective Management Group (OMG).

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5 Ways Sales Managers Can Improve Their Leadership & Culture At Work

MTD Sales Training

Last week, the CMI and Glassdoor published their research findings on management trends in their paper ‘Leadership and Culture at Work.’. More Frequent Performance Reviews: The top 20 companies saw performance management as an opportunity to fuel personal development and growth, not a check-up on results. Managing Director.

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