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"Old Tools" Work Really Well in Sales Management

Anthony Cole Training

When growing up on a farm, it is beneficial to learn how to use certain tools. Learning what the tools are at an early age was extremely helpful especially when dad (Ray) was working underneath a pickup truck or in the middle of a tractor engine and he said to his son (me), "Antny (Anthony), hand me the flat head screw driver."

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11 Traits of a High Performance Sales Culture

SBI Growth

A Culture Creation tool is available by signing up for the SBI Making the 2014 Number tour. A bonus tool is included to help create a common vision. Implemented standardization of tools and processes. There are more in the Culture Creation tool which you can get through the Making the 2014 Number tour.

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Training But Not Enabling, What’s the Sales Difference?

SBI Growth

Scenario : Two Sales Leaders – Edward and Jason – recently participated in SBI’s Annual Sales Strategy Workshop. We’ve also invested in mobile tools. Who is training and who is enabling? Each needed help developing their 2015 sales strategy. Both were asked how they enable their sales guys to be successful.

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Impact Questions – Sales eXchange 187

The Pipeline

Today, in many workshops, you still hear people demonizing closed ended questions. If you look at questions as tools of the trade, there is no such thing as one tool fits all; there may be tools that are appropriate to various tasks, others may be useful less often. There are very few if any absolutes in sales.

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Connecting the Dots between Sales Strategy & Execution

SBI Growth

This tool is 10 questions to give you problem clarity (50% of solving). Were they given training and tools to address the above issues? Tools and job aids for sales managers. Follow-on workshops for continued development. Seek regular feedback on the cadence and tools. You’re busy running the business.

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4 Keys to a Fatter Wallet in 2014

SBI Growth

You hear great ways to improve your skills, but have limited time to workshop. Use the Training Monetization Tool to qualify how these changes will affect your results. Use the Training Monetization Tool to record the actions that you intend to take. Next Steps: Download the Training Monetization Tool (Outlook enabled.)

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10 Ways to be an Agile HR Business Partner for Sales

SBI Growth

It’s a convenient tool to assess HR’s support for sales. Social Selling Profiles – The LinkedIn profiles of the sales team must shift from an online résumé to a powerful selling tool. Then he led a workshop to help enhance their profiles. Competitors all have similar tools. How can HR help Sales Make the Number? ”.

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