Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 11, 2021

In previous articles , I have talked about the things you should do during the hiring process to improve your success when sourcing sales talent. Today, I will specifically address things you should refrain from doing during the interviewing process.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 25, 2021

When you get to the offer step in your hiring process, it can be tempting to rush ahead and get your candidate contracted. However, this is a critical point in your system that cannot go overlooked.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2013

I was lucky enough to be introduced to a sales team’s top performer for 2013. Julie’s Sales Operations leader thought I could learn a lot from her. Last year’s top talent is struggling. Training dollars are being misallocated. The Dasboard will allow you to: Improve your sales team''s talent level.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Before we discuss how to improve sales training, a quick promo for the latest and greatest taking place over at the ever improving Top Sales World. The June issue of Top Sales Magazine has been published and you can download it here. The Talent Warp.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Hiring Sales Talent , Proactive , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales eXchange , execution. Given that, why train them?

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 12, 2013

Sales like any other craft takes practice, evaluation, more practice, repeated coaching, and just when we think we have it down, we need to practice some more; and then things change, which means we get to practice some more. Consider that in North America, there is an average 1,760 hours of active sales time.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. December 2007. The Pipeline Guest Post – Jonathan Farrington. And actually I agree.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 12, 2012

Are you dependent on the top 20% of your sales force to ensure that you hit quota? 78% of the Sales VPs we speak with are worried about the disparity of their team’s talent. However, remember that performance is based on two things: The Talent Level of the Reps. So how do you create the right training environment ?

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SBI Growth

APRIL 10, 2013

This post is for small business CEOs struggling to hire top sales talent. ACETECH is a non-profit organization helping train and mentor CEOs of technology companies. ~75 I’m conducting a workshop on SBI’s Topgrading for Sales methodology. The goal is to help CEOs find better sales people. Talent Definition.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

New book helps sales managers unlock hidden sales potential (available in paperback). The sales manager is the pivotal person in the sales-driven organization, and Steven’s book shows you how to excel!” Get you copy now and be ready to take sales to a new level in 2013. Now available in paperback.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

There has been lots written about the common mistake companies make in selecting new sales managers; specifically the habit of promoting some of their best sales people to the management ranks, whether they are suitable or not. Most sales people know what they have to do, the challenge is getting them to do it.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 27, 2013

She is the new HR Business Partner to the Sales Organization. This advantage will give her a long tenure serving sales. HR and Sales leaders who need better collaboration must read this post. It includes a tool: a profile of the Sales leader (Hanna’s advantage!) Hanna first tried to understand what Sales thinks about HR.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We believe that talent + training + tactics = performance , and today we are bringing you a recap of the most popular blog posts we've published in 2022 on all things talent. Check out these top articles on sales talent from 2022 and let them kickstart your 2023 sales strategy.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you’ve read our blog lately, you’ve noticed sales execution is a popular subject. The Death of Event-Based Training. Each of these articles focuses on your sales reps. Effective ways to enable your sales reps to make the number. Today’s post focuses on the missing link: Enabling your front-line sales managers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

Author: Erik Charles When sales professionals look at artificial intelligence (AI), what do they see? And, at that point, the winners and losers will be separated by how well they combine their sales talents with skills for using AI. Before that happens, though, the AI has to be trained?—? Additional data sources.

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The Pipeline

JULY 22, 2013

Dictionary.com , defines a paraprofessional as “a person trained to assist a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or other professional, but not licensed to practice in the profession.” Seems some sales organizations are taking a page from other paraprofessional playbook, some effectively, others, maybe not.

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The Pipeline

JULY 3, 2014

With sales being a team experience at most companies, it is not all that different in this respect, save a couple of key areas. While everyone knew well in advance that the NHL’s trade deadline was March 5th, companies do not formally announce such intentions, nor do they set self-imposed time limits for adding or shedding talent.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 22, 2025

Ready to enhance your sales skills? Our list of the best sales training blogs offers expert tips and practical advice to help you succeed. These blogs provide insights and strategies tailored specifically for sales managers , focusing on leadership, productivity , team motivation, and effective sales strategies.

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 23, 2012

My new book helps sales managers unlock hidden sales potential! 52 Sales Management Tips is an easy to read book offers common-sense tips and advice to help anyone, from the owner of a small business to the sales manager overseeing billions of dollars of business, better manage those in the trenches to increase profitability.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2021

Sales Leadership Development in the New Millennium. 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. I asked him what they were doing to sustain their excellent training.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 16, 2013

Tweet REALITY QUESTION FOR SALES MANAGERS: Why would you, as a leader, take an improving salesperson who is having the best year of their career, and tell him or her they’re “not making enough calls”? You’re a micro manager with little or no current sales talent yourself. Successful sales leaders….

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 27, 2014

They were evaluated with OMG''s sales person assessment, and assembled into 5 teams, all selling the exact same product. Market Sense placed 5 sales people in each team, but teamed them up based on the following carefully selected scores from OMG''s Sales Candidate Assessment: 1 team had the lowest total severity.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

In this post we will discuss Agile Sales. Agile sales is an approach that can help you keep pace with your customers. A few months back I wrote a post about becoming an Agile Sales Leader. Now it is time to make the entire sales organization agile. Let’s start with the definition of agile sales.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 10, 2013

You''ve seen this before: a sales leader makes an urgent call to the HR business partner. Or, the sales talent isn’t ready to handle a sudden competitive threat. This post will help sales leaders Make the Number with the help of their HR partners. The post focuses on the major HR risks to sales objectives.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Increasingly, companies are missing the number because they lack a formal sales strategy. Many are not making the number because a sales strategy is absent. You may be wondering how prepared your sales team is heading into next year. As you plan for next year, a defined sales strategy is a must have. Signs of Trouble.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

A few years ago, I interviewed Brent for a B2B sales rep job. This post is for HR and Sales Leaders who are seeking to hire the next Brent. It’s also for those who aspire to become top sales reps. This post includes a link to a valuable tool – the Top Sales Rep''s Satisfaction Index. Brent was clearly an “A” player.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Most organizations believe that their most successful sales people will make great sales managers. This thinking leads them to believe that you do not need training. A recent study showed that only 11% of organizations train their sales managers. Sales Manager Killers. Not everyone sold the way you did.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution.

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The Pipeline

MAY 22, 2013

In the past I have written about the propensity of sales leaders to accept and live with the Pareto Principle, the 80/20 rule. NOTE: this is once the sales rep has been on-boarded, trained on your systems, and integrated into the process. Any way you slice it, the majority of the sales team is missing quota.

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The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Removing The Barrier From Sales – Sales eXchange – 107. Stored in Attitude , Listening , Proactive , Proactivity , Review , Sales eXchange , Success , execution. Sales eXchange , Sales Success , Self improvement , Tibor Shanto , Win/loss analysis. EDGE Sales Process.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Sales training 101 teaches that you must always maintain eye contact with the prospect during a sales interaction. In fact, there are three times during the sale when you do NOT want to look the prospect in the eyes. 3 – Having Multiple Sales People in the Sales Interaction.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 18, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan World-Class Sales Organization. World-Class Sales Organization. Many would say it''s about the size of the sales force. And a few would point to sales leadership and discipline. World-Class Sales Organization. Sales Architecture. Sales Infrastructure.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 25, 2020

If you are not in the acquisition business, then you must develop your talent in order to increase sales in 2020 and beyond. One of the keys to doing that is to understand how to drive sales improvement.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 27, 2012

The most important function an HR leader can perform to support Sales is to help attract and retain top sales talent. Based upon our research interviews conducted with VPs of Human Resources, it is clear that most don’t really understand how to help Sales attract top talent. Are the sales people respected?

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Have You Read The Sales Book About? Sales eXchange – 121. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. Why not adopt that within sales organizations.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 3, 2019

Author: Lance Tyson In the hypercompetitive field of sales, escalating goals have become standard. This year we’d be fine with flat or declining sales.” Everyone wants to see that hockey stick curve of escalating sales performance that will take their organization to unprecedented levels of success.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 15, 2021

In the final installment of our No Assembly Required Hiring series, we discuss the importance of having a strict and detailed onboarding process when bringing new sales talent into your organization.

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