The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Stored in Appointments , Contest , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Training , Workshops , execution. As you may have noticed over to the right, we are presenting the Proactive Prospecting Workshop in Toronto/Markham, scheduled for April 13. Sales Bloggers Union.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Compensation 220

Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2021

Leading-edge sales organizations understand the value of investing in leadership development. They believe that strong sales managers are the key to driving sales rep performance. The STAR Sales Manager Survey set out to gauge the development priorities of sales organizations. They really loved it!”.

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Survey Coaching Training Sales Talent 358

Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 12, 2020

In this blog article, we discuss the best advice sales managers can give their salespeople, and that is to "keep moving." If you want to increase sales within your organization, you must keep moving throughout the ups and downs, the missed opportunities, the clients who "ghost" you, and more.

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Sales Management Hiring Sales Opportunity 218

Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 3, 2014

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. Workshop on “Why Aren’t My Sales People Selling?”.

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Hiring Sales Management SME Coaching 192

Highspot

APRIL 1, 2025

That’s what traditional sales role-playing feels like: forced, vague, and anxiety-inducing. Sales managers know role-play is essential to improve sales performance , yet the old methods make it difficult to coach effectively and drive improvement. Mistakes are actual learning opportunities, not career setbacks.

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Training Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 52

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 31, 2023

Developing strong development plans for your frontline sales managers will set an example for your sales managers to do the same with their salespeople. Based on my experience, you can provide your sales managers with workshops, online training, and leadership books.

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Sales Leadership Policies Coaching Consumer 293

SBI Growth

AUGUST 31, 2013

Modified the sales compensation and quotas. Revised sales territories. Shifted around Sales Managers. Hold a vision creation workshop over 2 half days. During this workshop, work through defining these four areas, using results from step 2: a. Run the team through a common vision creation workshop.

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Hiring Transportation Follow-up Lead Rank 310

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This maybe not be the end-all list of things to consider when building or managing your sales team, but it’s a great start. Additional Resources: Personal Goal Setting & Work Plan Development – Schedule a workshop. 7 Keys to a More Productive Sales Team. Minimize the Impact of 80/20 – Hire better sales people.

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Hiring Sales Management Conference eBook 167

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Author: JIM NINIVAGGI, CHIEF READINESS OFFICER, BRAINSHARK “What’s your onboarding program for new sales managers?”. While most companies would agree that sales onboarding is a strategic priority, the focus of their processes is often only?—? Why you need to onboard sales managers. Manager onboarding is a must.

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Sales Management Hiring Forecasting Retention 136

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Today’s post focuses on the missing link: Enabling your front-line sales managers. Without strong front-line sales managers, your chances of making the number are low. How can you help your sales managers execute? Download the CEO’s Sales Manager Test to help with this. Why Sales Managers Fail.

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Hiring Strategy Handbook Face-to-face 305

Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 28, 2020

The sales management activities that we perform today create the results that we achieve today. What activities are you doing now that are creating your current unsatisfactory results? How can you change them?

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Sales Management Hiring Sales Banking 162

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 23, 2014

That won’t happen until we raise the bar on sales management. Only 8% of all sales managers make up the elite level and only a total of 18% are competent at sales management and coaching. It''s all about getting the sales management piece right - and this is the book that shows you the way.".

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Airlines Groups Forecasting Engineering 285

Bernadette McClelland

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The same happens when you bring people together for a meeting, conversation, workshop or discussion. Too often I see team or workshop leaders who haven’t created a suitable environment or allowed time to help people ‘get into it’. I needed time to shift from one environment to another. Set the tone, pace and environment.

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Groups Meeting Conversion Training 207

Vengreso

JANUARY 17, 2025

As noted in the 3 Reasons B2B Digital Sales Transformation is Here to Stay , digital transformation is no longer a matter of if but when. This accessibility ensures that sales teams are always one step ahead, equipped with the latest digital selling skills. The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

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Webinar Metrics Selling Skills Sales Cycle Coaching 98

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2019

Imagine for a moment that you’re a sales manager evaluating how to deliver a sales enablement program that will benefit both new hires who need to hit the ground running and provide value to more experienced team members. What would you include? Thirdly, we’ll need product knowledge training in the mix, too.

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Hiring Decision Maker Energy Face-to-face 233

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

As I continue to think about habits of sales people and the role of the sales manager in identifying, assessing and “correcting” habits, I keep looking for additional information that might be additive to this string of articles. Ike sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors.

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Hiring Sales Management CRM Scale 120

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 1, 2018

Davis In a SMMConnect webinar I delivered to over 100 sales managers recently, I talked about eight instincts they developed as salespeople that are now harming their effectiveness as team leaders. Interestingly, about 30 percent of the participants said that the sales instinct they struggle with the most is “avoiding conflict.”.

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Hiring Webinar Metrics Forecasting Proposal 260

The Pipeline

MARCH 13, 2012

Coming up in the next week or two, if you are in the Greater Toronto Area, you’ll be able to see me on Rogers TV In Business – discussing prospecting and the upcoming Proactive Prospecting Workshop in Markham. On March 14, I will be on The Sales Management Issues interviews with Jonathan Farrington.

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Media Journal Sales Cycle Call-back 227

The Center for Sales Strategy

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The majority of participants that attend a “typical” training program or workshop will forget 70% of what they were taught within two weeks. Our goal for the Talent Focused Management (TFM) workshop is to provide clients with strategies and tactics that they can actually put into practice immediately.

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Sales Management Training Strategy Sales 86

SalesLatitude

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The first-line sales manager is one of the most rewarding, yet overworked positions in the sales chain. Client and team meetings, account and territory planning, financial and administrative work, management requests, and sales rep coaching are just a few of the sales manager’s responsibilities.

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Sales Management Forecasting Sales Cycle Coaching 110

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The folks over at Insight Squared recently posted this interview with me. It touched on sales management but there wasn''t enough time to do it justice. In the context of best practices, the sales management role is now 50% coaching. Are you serious?

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Sales Leadership Hiring Education Coaching 210

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 20, 2021

If you are a new sales manager, building trust with your sales team is your first challenge. Without trust, progress will be slowed and time is a luxury few new sales managers have. If you have ever worked for a sales manager you didn’t trust, you know how stressful that sales role can be.

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Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank ACT 118

Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 6, 2014

I’ve delivered a workshop by this title several times over the last 5 years - at conferences as a keynote and also as a break out workshop. The program, delivered in a 45 to 90 minute segment, is an overview of our Sales Managed Environment (SME) program.

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SME Hiring Conference Forecasting 183

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Sales management is one of the most difficult jobs out there. Your responsibilities span the organization -- along with the VP or director of sales, you're working with people in Product, Marketing, HR, and so on. Most importantly, managers are responsible for the individual and collective success of their salespeople.

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Sales Management Hiring Quota Policies 111

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Hiring 245

The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 253

The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , EDGE Sales Process , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales eXchange , execution. The other day I was talking with a couple of sales managers trying to help their people be more effective in prospecting. Sales Bloggers Union.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 255

Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 4, 2014

This information helps us, the sales person and the sales manager, understand the "root" of the sales symptoms being displayed by the sales person: Not asking enough of the right questions. Conduct joint/observational sales calls. Additional Resources: Workshop - Why Aren''t Your Sales People Selling?

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Decision Maker Education Analysis eBook 178

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling 240

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 240

The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Vendor 265

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Qualia, a real estate company, uses software that allows sales managers to listen in and “whisper” feedback. . For a major new prospective account, or a complex sales cycle with multiple influencers a, it may still make sense to hold a collaborative workshop on site.

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Lead Rank Quota Face-to-face Hiring 339

SBI Growth

AUGUST 4, 2013

Unfortunately, none of these apply to a modern sales organization. Meanwhile, Agile is spreading everywhere in Sales - to onboarding , sales management, and sales training. But they are exactly the professional development your sales team needs. Training classes and workshops won''t get it done.

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Territories Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation 282

The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool.

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Sales Cycle Pipeline Conversion Webinar Metrics 244

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2019

And how do we, in turn, ensure our own sales kickoffs are effective? We recently completed our sales kickoff at InsideView. The three-day agenda combined information sharing, skills development, team workshops and fun, which I’m sure sounds pretty familiar. Incorporate different perspectives into training teams.

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InsideView Scale Exercises Call-back 223

The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The six elements of a perfect sales meeting. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Emotional Intelligence(EQ) , Guest Post , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Meetings. Do you dread the weekly sales team meeting? Sales Bloggers Union.

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Sales Meeting Pipeline Meeting Hiring 251

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Success , execution. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Top of Funnel Compensation 258