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As high-tech was taking off in Silicon Valley, a friend introduced me to the CEO of one such company.  It was with great excitement that I accepted the sales job. I was the sole salesperson and was given the opportunity to drive business single-handedly.  It was a treat to be working with brilliant people. The ...

Over the past three decades I have studied dozens and dozens of SMB companies where the selling was not smooth. Patterns began to emerge as to why sales were not growing as expected. The number four reason on my “Top Twelve Reasons Why Sales are not Growing as Expected” list is: No weekly scheduled sales ...

Strong sales leadership builds, nurtures and inspires. Weak leaders are ineffective at best, and destructive and demoralizing at worst. The business world has always had its share of both—but there are few areas where it matters more than in sales. A bad sales manager can adversely affect the backbone of any organization—sales revenue, employee morale and ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sales managers and leaders can impact the quality of the sales conversation and win ratios by asking the right questions at the right time. Successful sales leaders have a solid deal review guide as part of their Sales Leadership Playbook. The questions can be used during pre-call planning, as part of 1:1 coaching or during ...