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The current level of sales management is failing companies. It is failing customers, and it is failing employees. Here’s a way out. Read Post
If you’re a football fan you might recall, from 1967, that winning touchdown that Vince Lombardi scored against the Dallas Cowboys. Or if you’re a European football fan (known as soccer to us Yanks) you might remember, a few years back, all those goals scored by Sir Alex Ferguson for Manchester United. Or moving over ... Read Post
Being a sales manager is one of the hardest jobs in the sales profession. You have a million plates in the air. You need to manage up the chain, and manage your sales team to get the best possible business results. Do you have what it takes to be an effective sales leader? Most likely, ... Read Post
When we think of an effective sales manager we often think of someone who manages a sales team that consistently hits the sales goals and objectives set by their company. But success is more than a number. Here are six things that the best sales managers do differently. Things that you can implement to create ... Read Post
4 Strategies To Succeed No Matter What I was 27 years old when I got my first job in sales. I was thrilled to finally be given an opportunity to make some “real money.” After years of working in customer service, I had talked my supervisor into giving me a chance to make sales calls ... Read Post
What if you could boost the retention rates of your star performers, increase overall sales productivity, heighten levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, grow top line revenue AND improve bottom line profit margins? What if one, single thing could do all that? Would you do that one thing? Of course you would! So why aren’t ... Read Post
“In the dark of the night, every cat’s a leopard.” This old Indian saying provides keen insight into enterprise selling and understanding the sophisticated sales competition who come prepared in the enterprise arena. We must know them and account for them. But what do we see in much of the competitive analysis done today? Competitive ... Read Post
When I ask sales leaders about their strategy for growth, more often than not they tell me it is simply to hire experienced salespeople. But really that just means recruiting resources rather than taking a true strategic approach. In addition, sales leaders also tell me that sales coaching of their teams is not consistently needed ... Read Post
