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Managing The Sales Team

How can you effectively develop and motivate your sales team to achieve great results? What are the attributes and key drivers of top sales performers?
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Four Reasons Your Salespeople Stop Selling

by Trevor O'Sullivan

It's something that happens to most managers at some time. A problem that's likely to keep us awake nights, tossing and turning and seeing the business going down the drain.

Increase Profitability By Understanding Your Sales Team

by Chuck Mache

Have you ever closely examined why some people are wildly successful at selling, meeting and exceeding every goal placed in front of them, while others lack either the self motivation or certain key skill sets to get them to their next level of growth and performance?

Wanted! Real Sales Leaders (Fake Leaders Need Not Apply)

by David Penglase

How to be a real sales leader, and not just a sales manager.

Motivating Your Sales Team

by Richard Wentworth-Ping

Money is not necessarily the only, or best, way to motivate your sales force.

Incentives And Rewards For Sales Support Staff

by Carolyn Hughes

Support people frequently see - and hear about - the large gifts or rewards given to the sales people in their business. And these gifts or rewards - such as the annual sales dinner, the ‘conferences’ away and, of course, the money - seem even larger when compared with their own salary.

Action-Oriented Sales Leadership

by Sherry Borchelt

Executive sales leaders are chartered with delivering sustainable results. Getting results is, in turn, about effectively removing barriers to success. And removing barriers to success includes keeping a sales team "laser-focused" on solving problems that help clients achieve their business goals. While this all sounds reasonable - why is it so difficult to execute?

Sales Effectiveness: Shortening The Sales Cycle

by Steve Krause

Reducing the time to close a deal is certainly top of mind for any sales executive and has a huge impact not only on the success of the business, but also on the organisation's ability to develop what is commonly described as a high performance sales culture: one of winning, confidence and efficiency. Here are five ways to affect the sales culture in a positive way by reducing the time it takes to sell a product or a service.

Sales Talent: Shifting The Performance Curve

by Steve Krause

Achieving tangible business results through the performance and productivity of people (especially salespeople) can be very difficult. There are challenges and opportunities in maximising the value of one of the most valuable assets in your company: your salespeople. Shifting the performance curve of your sales people can drive greater business results quickly and upgrade your overall talent.

Performance Pay: The Case Against

by Justin Roff—Marsh

Few suggestions inflame passions faster than the suggestion that performance pay be abolished.

Is Your Marketing Manager Redundant?

by Justin Roff—Marsh

You know, I’d hate to be a marketing manager in a typical service—based firm. The problem is, in such a firm, there’s precious little for a marketing manager to manage!

Sales Effectiveness... Why A Sales 'Culture' Is Critical For Success

by Steve Krause

Many companies still adhere to the 'pay myth' that holds that pay is the cornerstone for managing sales performance. The belief is that, if you set sales compensation right, you'll get better sales results.

Sales People Shouldn’t Have To Get Out To Get On!

by John Lees

Years ago as a state and then national sales manager, I used to hear many sales people say ‘I don’t want to stay being a rep all my life.’ This is a terrible sentiment for people in selling to possess and express, and the consequences of such an attitude will have a negative impact on customers, the organisation and the reps themselves. Where did such a belief spring from, what could make sales people operate with such a low self—esteem about their work? If we trace all problems back to ourselves in management we will see the answer.

If You Need To Reduce Profits...Do Some 'Sales Training'!

by John Lees

Take the sales team off the road, pay big money to feed them nonsense, send them back to market worse than ever ... and watch results plummet!

How To Help Your People Sell Better To Different Types Of Buyers

by Wayne Berry

As a Sales Manager with over 20 years of sales experience I have learned intuitively how to 'read' people in a sales situation. I know whether I am 'getting through' or not with a prospect. I sense if I am 'on the same wave length' or not. It just feels right when I am, and it's obvious when I'm not. So why don't our sales people always understand this?

How To Find Good Sales People

by Wayne Berry

One of the most challenging and least understood aspects of sales management is recruiting.

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