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Sales Managers – Why Isn’t Goal Setting Easy?

Anthony Cole Training

Yes, the tenets for success was still based on a formula of sales steps and conversion ratios from one step to the next, but. As I write this, maybe I should change the title to “Sales Managers – Why Isn’t Goal Achievement Easy?” This is one of the deliverables in our SME program.

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Curiosity Is A Way Of Life

The Pipeline

As an SME, you don’t need to hold on to your product for security, you are free to truly explore. Then extend that into your conversations with colleagues, Including your sales manager. Think beyond the limits of standard blah blah blah questions they’ve been exposed to. Curiously Different.

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How Do You Determine the Success of Your Sales Managed Environment®?

Anthony Cole Training

First, it makes sense to define a Sales Managed Environment ® (SME™). For the last 15 years, we’ve built, developed, refined and implemented the principles we associate with a sales environment that is “managed”. The major components of SME™ are as follows:

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“Our Value Proposition is…”

The Pipeline

Unsuspecting prospects thinking they are meeting with an SME, are commonly probed for pain and fit. Almost all executives point to one kind of sales meeting they hate most. For instance, a VP of Sales is going to look for things that can increase sales and reduce the cost of sale, or put another way, increasing sales and margins.

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Grab The Right End of the Problem For Effective Sales Management

Anthony Cole Training

However, once I got into sales, sales management, sales training and became a president of a company, I think I finally understood. You generally end up hiring some marginal people – people that need coaching, feedback, mentoring and performance management. Brian Tracey describes it as “Eat That Frog”.

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3 Business Lessons Learnt Whilst Travelling Half The World!

Bernadette McClelland

Whilst I am extremely fortunate to have a husband who supports me completely and who is a national sales manager in his own right, that is still not enough sometimes. If you are an entrepreneur or SME and want to commercialise your dream of changing the world then join us on The Acceleration Program.

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3 Business Lessons Learnt Whilst Travelling Half The World!

Bernadette McClelland

Whilst I am extremely fortunate to have a husband who supports me completely and who is a national sales manager in his own right, that is still not enough sometimes. If you are an entrepreneur or SME and want to commercialise your dream of changing the world then join us on The Acceleration Program.

Travel 368