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3 Ways to Build a Successful People-First Sales Culture

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All I remember is running around the office in celebration when one of the sales development representatives (SDRs) on my team booked their first meeting. At that moment, reveling in victory, I realized the most critical element of sales management: People. It was thrilling.

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“The Joy Of Selling…,” Have We Lost It?

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.” Whether it’s bad prospecting, bad Social Channel interactions, bad selling, weak sales management, ineffective training, and so forth. I’ve written so much on where we are underperforming our potential as sales professionals, or undeserving out customers. It was both challenging and huge fun.

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Do We Really Want Our Sales People To Be Value Creators?

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We talk about sales people as problem solvers, working with our customers to identify and help solve their problems. We are creating massive sales assembly lines optimizing the order taking process. ” Fast forward to today, research shows customers have a preference for minimizing sales involvement in their buying journeys.

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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Charles Green

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Not fertile ground for sales folk. It was a life-changing experience regarding business – but not regarding sales. The only course I saw on sales (this was back 1974-76) was about strategic selling and sales management; nothing about the personal psychology of selling, which I later came to see as critical.

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Seller Engagement, Are We Asking Ourselves The Right Questions?

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” We see people (even experts) posing questions like, “How do we reduce our dependency on field sales–or sellers of all types?” ” Others revel in the fact that customers want to minimize seller engagement, preferring digital buying. 2018 Sales Management Critical Issues, Part 1.

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Do You Have A Practice Sales Culture?

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When you observe a successful sales organization or salesperson, it’s easy to assume they’ve always operated at a high level of sales mastery. They open up sales conversations with ease and grace. Thoughtful and provocative sales conversations seem to happen without effort. These sales organizations make sales look easy.

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Are You “Connecting” With Your People?

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I was coaching an outstanding sales manager. ” “Just the facts… ” Some years ago, the VP of Sales Ops on my team sat down to meet with me. Afterword: The VP of Sales Ops was Betsy. Betsy’s revelation was one of the most important pieces of feedback I’ve received in my career.