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Where are your people spending their time in Q4?
It’s the fourth quarter of 2023. Time for total accountability from each salesperson. What are the “MUST ACHIEVE” Sales Goals in Q4? Once the goals for Q4 are in place, accountability for time and Sales activity (behaviors) is the next critical … Continue reading
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Sales Manager’s Corner: Start Off Right – The First 90 Days
You’ve just hired a new salesperson. Now what? How do you get them productive…quickly? It starts with you the sales manager. New hires look for leadership. Their initial results will be potentially meager, so lead by example. Success is what … Continue reading
Coaching For Results
PRE-WORK: 1. Set clear goals/expectations (identify the experience skill level and how you need to help. Does the person need more training or support?). 2. Do your homework and review current performances. 3. Provide regular performance feedback. Recognize and reward … Continue reading
How NOT to Recruit for Top Sales Talent!
It’s a fact: Most companies really “Struggle” to hire good salespeople! There are definite reasons, and we’ll share what they are doing wrong (which results in high turnover) and huge time and financial drains. Here are the major problems: Sales … Continue reading
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Growing Sales using Science and Reality in Q1 2021
The pandemic has been with us for almost a year! It’s time to really look at Salespeople, and Sales Management with Science, Data, and Objectivity in 2021. Experience tells us that many CEO’s, Presidents and Owners have gotten more involved … Continue reading
Successful Sales Leadership & Sales Management in 2020: A Retrospective
We have had the good fortune of working with some excellent companies and teams in 2020 before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We’d like to share some Sales leadership & Sales Management Practices, Observations, and Insights that the strong leaders … Continue reading
Are you Managing Forward, or are you looking in the rearview mirror?
We know that generally the Sales Manager is often the weakest link in a Sales Organization. We also know that the best Sales Managers spend at least 50% of their time coaching their sales people (even the top-producers and veterans). … Continue reading
Owners & Presidents: The difficult survival issue to address
The issue? Your business viability and survival are at risk. Today’s Jobless claims five-week total is roughly 26.5 million and it is a greater stretch of job losses than the Recession of 2008-09. This is the recession on steroids. As … Continue reading
Kash Sales Brief: The “AS WE AGREED TO LETTER”
Problem: good intentions, incomplete communications and missed expectations typically create delays, misunderstandings, misinterpretations and missed closing opportunities. So, what do we do to be better in our communication to get agreements & commitments? We must adopt a clearly written letter/email … Continue reading
Sales Champions Top 10 Characteristics
Sales Champions Top 10 Characteristics In today’s fast paced, time sensitive competitive sales world, key sales performers keep focused on what is important & what they can control-PERIOD. In our study of “Sales Champions” which we define as the TOP … Continue reading
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