Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 10, 2018

I have said it before and I will say it again – SALES MANAGERS ARE STRUGGLING! Only 10-20% of Sales Managers are Crushing It! The rest are struggling to make their sales numbers. Where does your region fall in terms of sales to quota this year? For Sales Managers That Are Struggling.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2021

Especially in sales where company messaging and selling points may be evolving rapidly, without consistent training and reinforcement, sales training can be difficult for a rep to apply. . That’s where sales coaching comes in. Provide Managers Better Visibility. However, no two deals are alike.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Coaching improves sales rep engagement. What can you do?

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Effective Sales Coaching – Asking Effective Questions. Today I want to talk to you about the quality of coaching and I will tell you what coaching is not. It is not managing, it is not giving feedback although it could be a little part of it, it is not telling. It is hard. Have a great day.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 3, 2018

The What, Why, How, and When of Executive Sales Coaching. Executive coaching is estimated to be a $2-3 billion/year global industry. There has been dramatic growth in the number of people who are becoming coaches and leaders who are hiring coaches. Why Executive Sales Coaching .

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Coaching improves sales rep engagement. What can you do?

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It teaches leaders across departments how to manage teams, foster collaboration, and achieve business goals. But when it comes to front-line sales managers, general leadership training often falls short. Sales managers face unique challenges that require specialized training tailored to their roles.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

As a sales leader, there is a time and place to be a manager, a coach, or both. Managers focus on operational tasks, ensuring the day-to-day activities run smoothly. A sales coach, on the other hand, works to develop the sellers and foster growth within the team.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2022

Sales coaching is the No. 1 management activity that drives sales performance. The only problem is that managers have not been taught how to coach effectively. Coaching is a skill that takes time to perfect, and unless expertly coached or trained, managers can make all types of blunders.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 8, 2019

In this article, we focus on Sales Coaching for Sales Coaches. Often, in sales, the sales manager is not held to the same standards as those on the sales force.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

My article about Crappy Sales Managers discussed the low recommendation rates for sales management candidates, why they are so low, and the bigger repercussions of the problem. If the problem isn't resolved after a restart, I do a deeper dive and review what changed since the computer was running smoothly.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 23, 2021

In this episode Mike Carroll discuss is the difference between being a sales manager and a sales coach. The post Mike Carroll: Sales Manager or Sales Coach appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Chris committed to coaching to improve the skills of his sales team. is a district sales manager who just took my Focused Sales Coaching online program. He has done well implementing the program and is so close to being a great sales manager. You are making an impact with these sales managers!

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Steven Rosen

MAY 4, 2017

Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team. Do you want to develop an awesome sales management team? Sales leaders have several options to achieve and exceed their sales numbers. Annually spending by companies: Sales training $20 billion on sales training.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 18, 2021

As good as this movie is, it comes with a bonus because it also provides three exceptional lessons for salespeople and sales managers. This article is not a review of the movie but it was a terrific film and worth the time to watch it. Let's take a look!

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Managing a high-performance sales team can be challenging. One of the main challenges is that the job requires sales manager to take on multiple different roles. For example, one day you could be on ride-alongs coaching your reps , the next day, working on new territory plans for your team.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Sales coaching is an essential responsibility of frontline sales managers. With such potential benefits, it is no wonder that many sales organizations recommend that their front-line sales managers spend 25% - 40% of their time on sales coaching. But what about senior management ?

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Membrain

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In today’s competitive and rapidly evolving sales landscape, effective coaching has never been more critical. Whether you're a sales manager aiming to elevate your team or an individual looking to enhance your own performance, the right coaching strategies can make all the difference.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Sales coaching is one of the many key responsibilities of a sales leader and is one of the most effective ways to increase sales performance across your team. In fact, 65% of high-impact sales organizations (75% or more of reps achieving quota) report that sales managers spend 20% or more time coaching.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2024

They must prepare them for their sales calls, provide them with direction, support and confidence, pre-call strategize the conversations to come, and debrief their failures after they occur. As with God and Moses, both sales coaching methods should have a role-play component.

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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. To Coach Or Not To Coach? Source: Objective Management Group , Dave Kurlan. What is the problem?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 15, 2022

They loved each other but didn't win anything together and the coach didn't bring out the best in Michael. So let's pivot back to sales. The biggest difference between great sales managers and crappy sales managers is how effectively they coach up their salespeople to make them better.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 14, 2020

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. They need to provide performance , pipeline, and deal coaching one on one and with their team. . Training the Coaches . Click To Tweet.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Today, I reviewed the worst OMG evaluation of a sales manager that I have ever seen. It was literally the worst because he was in the 1 percentile, meaning that 99% of all sales managers are stronger than he is. 12 of the articles that show up on that page are about Bob!

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. What can you do?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 25, 2018

Last week I wrote a revealing article which showed that Sales Managers are even worse than I thought when it comes to coaching their salespeople. Following that article I dug further into the same 9,000 rows of data to look at the role that tenure and experience have on sales management effectiveness.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 26, 2024

So, what makes up the very unique and coveted Sales DNA? Is there a genetic code for successful sales managers and if so, wouldn’t every company like to crack that code? DNA is a molecule called deoxyribonucleic acid, which contains the biological instructions that make each species unique.

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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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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Pivoting to sales, and staying with correlations and KPI's, could there be one between how sales managers spend their time and why so few salespeople hit quota? There was a clear correlation between 4 baseball KPI's and the outcome of the World Series.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In this blog post, we dive into the 5 Keys to Successful Sales Coaching & Growth and the idea that data can help you discover real-time information about your salespeople. This data allows everyone in your organization to make real-time decisions and real-time and intentional coaching decisions.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2019

Coaching the Coaches The question of the day is, who’s coaching the coaches on coaching? The reality is, there is no one coaching the coaches. Second line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. Set the expectation that SLMs are coaching their FLMs.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 3, 2020

When I say “you,” I am referring to frontline sales managers and sales executives. Sales managers are the key to driving sales performance. They are the 10X factor as highly effective sales managers will impact 8-12 sales reps. Coaching (Remotely).

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 12, 2021

Coaching has become the single most important competency for sales managers to learn and optimally, they should spend 50% of their time coaching their salespeople. It is also the single most difficult sales management competency to learn and master.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. What can you do?

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