Jeb Blout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Embrace Data In The Face of Modern Sales Leadership Challenges. This hard-hitting and thought provoking episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast features a deep conversation on the state of sales leadership. Find out how to hire your next sales rockstar with our Ultimate Sales Interview Guide.

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Jeb Blout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Embrace Data In The Face of Modern Sales Leadership Challenges. This hard-hitting and thought provoking episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast features a deep conversation on the state of sales leadership. Listen to more episodes of the Sales Gravy Podcast

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The jump from salesperson to sales manager is extremely challenging. Salespeople tend to act like entrepreneurs, running their own businesses and maintaining a book of clients. A manager has an entirely different job: Leading, inspiring, coaching, and training a team. Leadership Interview Questions.

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Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount (People Follow You) sits down with Helen Fanucci author of the brand new book, Love Your Team, to discuss what sales leaders must do to retain talent build and stronger teams through human connection. Hiring the right salespeople is a huge challenge for sales leaders.

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Brooks Group

JULY 13, 2023

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of blog posts about the most important sales manager skills. Still more provide readers with tips and tricks for getting sales teams to take action toward desired outcomes. As any good sales manager will tell you, a skill is an ability that can be learned and improved through practice.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 29, 2019

So you’ve just been promoted to sales manager -- congratulations! In your first three months as a manager, you’ll have to learn an entirely new set of processes -- some related to sales, some not. Assess your strengths as a manager. The book focuses on knowing yourself. What is your management style?

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 30, 2023

Enablement professionals don’t market, they don’t sell, and we don’t directly manage front-line sellers nor sales managers. At least in those organizations, the enablement team was not seen as critical in difficult times or able to support the sales force in getting better results in a crunch.

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Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Review of Sales Management. by Mike Weinberg Speaker and sales consultant, Mike Weinberg, is your lifesaver when it comes to rescuing your sales team by implementing a simple framework for sales leadership and establishing a high p Simplified.

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Revenue Storm

MARCH 15, 2022

People understand leadership – and they value working for someone that has their best interest at heart. The book, “One Minute Manager” emphasized “always catch your people doing something right.” This helps establish a sustainable culture that will retain your people and attract others to work under your leadership.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Only 40% of sales professionals report a well-established coaching culture at their organization. Just 42% say sales managers at their organization are actually held accountable for providing good coaching. Share responsibility for meeting leadership. Today, a joint call can be in-person or virtual.

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Mike Kunkle

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Recent lay-offs have shown that the oft-coveted “seat at the table” with executive leadership can’t be taken for granted. Access to a Growing Library of 4+ Hours of Video Content , teaching the Building Blocks of Sales Enablement framework. Once you arrive, then you can lead and manage your practice.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

Barrier 4: Resistance to Change (And Lack of Change Management) It’s human nature to resist change, and this resistance can be a formidable barrier to growth. So can the absence of purposeful change leadership and management. Change leadership is a key tent for growth and organizational success.

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SalesPop

APRIL 2, 2021

In this Expert Insight Interview, Beverly Kaye discusses her book, Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Getting Good People to Stay, which reached its 6th edition. As a sales manager, your job is to adapt to everyone and to get valuable insights into their personality so that you can help them. Thus, everyone needs a different approach.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This is understandable when you consider that data shared in the Harvard Business Review suggests that 90% of decision makers won’t respond to cold calls, according to Sales Leadership Forum. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales.

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Jeb Blout

JUNE 21, 2016

I believe that sales management is the hardest job in sales.Salespeople scoff when they hear me say this and from time to time respond negatively.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 3, 2011

Order Your Copy Of The Little Book Of Leadership Today! Tweet Share The Little Book of Leadership is now available! Filed Under: Attitude , Customer Loyalty , Leadership , My Books Tagged With: book on attitude , business social media , corporate sales training , Jeffrey gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , selling skills.

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Upland

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We recently interviewed real sellers from some of the most successful sales teams in the world on how it is that they use account planning software, methodology and best practices to stay ahead in a constantly changing world as part of our book, Not Just Another Vendor. No one in company leadership tracked adoption.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2017

How Do I Get Promoted to Sales Manager? But sales is a labor-intensive job. Instead, do a few little things every day to flex your leadership muscles and still meet goal. 5 Ways to Get Promoted to Sales Manager. The “work” of a sales leader is helping people -- so that’s a good place to start.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Sales management is one of the most difficult jobs out there. Your responsibilities span the organization -- along with the VP or director of sales, you're working with people in Product, Marketing, HR, and so on. Most importantly, managers are responsible for the individual and collective success of their salespeople.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 17, 2011

FREE E-Book: The Little Book of Listening. I’d like to help you get better at listening by giving away one of my free e-books: The Little Book of Listening. Note: By submitting your information, you also agree to receive Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Caffeine. Get Sales Blog Updates. Leadership.

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Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Sales managers are responsible for growing revenue. That means 1) providing sales reps with the guidance they need to continuously improve, 2) building a sales process that gives reps the best chance at closing each lead, and 3) understanding which efforts are moving the needle and which are a waste of energy.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

Barrier 4: Resistance to Change (And Lack of Change Management) It’s human nature to resist change, and this resistance can be a formidable barrier to growth. So can the absence of purposeful change leadership and management. Change leadership is a key tenet for growth and organizational success.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

So, you think you want to be a sales manager? If you’re an individual top-performing contributor in your sales organization and you’re thinking of applying for a sales manager role, let me give you a bit of a reality check first. Check out my book on running a human-centric sales process that'll win more customers.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 15, 2011

Filed Under: Attitude , Sales , Success Tagged With: attitude training , book on attitude , building trust , business social media , corporate sales training , customer service , customer service training , gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , sales blog , selling skills. Leadership. Sales Management.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 30, 2013

Tweet It occurred to me that most people who write about leadership are no longer leaders. To me, leadership is multifaceted. ” Just empty leadership-created words and phrases. So, if you’re a boss, manager, or leader of some kind, listen up. But there are degrees of leadership effectiveness.

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Account Manager Tips

AUGUST 14, 2022

Key account manager attributes 10 essential skills for key account managers and where to learn them for free 1. Leadership 7. Sales Find the course that's right for you How to identify your skill gaps Define success What goals do you need to achieve? Leadership To be a leader, you don't need to have a title.

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SalesGlobe

DECEMBER 5, 2021

For sales management what we tend to see are a less than effective methods that drive the quotas with less than effective results. Sales management must expand their approach by assessing market opportunity, evaluating revenue sources, gauging sales capacity, and gaining a bottom-up view.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 30, 2023

Enablement professionals don’t market, they don’t sell, and we don’t directly manage front-line sellers nor sales managers. At least in those organizations, the enablement team was not seen as critical in difficult times or able to support the sales force in getting better results in a crunch.

Leadership 130

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 27, 2011

The Lost Secret of Leadership. The lost secret of leadership is found in one word: Encouragement. Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Reviving Work Ethic is a book that is direly needed by both employers and employees alike. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! The Sales Bible.

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 30, 2023

Be as cunning as the serpent yet as gentle as the dove.” ~ Adapted from Matthew 10:16 (in the Bible) An example: If you don’t have top-down support to hold front-line sales managers accountable to reinforce the qualification methodology you’ve implemented, and you don’t see a performance lift from the effort, you know why.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 31, 2011

Book Release Event Photos. Tweet Share Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the book release event for Social BOOM! Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Reviving Work Ethic is a book that is direly needed by both employers and employees alike. Dont let your next sales meeting suck!

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Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Once you arrive, then you can lead and manage your practice. Then, when possible (based on top-down support and leadership appetite), you can evolve to the Adaptive Maturity Level (which crosses the border into Performance Consulting and delivers the most value and ROI).

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Jeffrey Gitomer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Filed Under: Attitude , Overcoming Objections , Sales , Sales Management Tagged With: corporate sales training , customer loyalty training , customer service training , gitomer , Jeffrey gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , professional sales training , selling with social media. Leadership. Sales Management.

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Mike Kunkle

JULY 2, 2022

Many have worked to codify and influence what sales enablement is and does. There are maturity models, enablement models, frameworks, blueprints, and playbooks, with at least six books that I’ve read (and I published my own, The Building Blocks of Sales Enablement ). How I Define Sales Enablement.

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Revenue Storm

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The list that pops into your team’s minds if they are in a conversation about the best leaders they have ever known or when reading an article about leadership. We all aspire to be seen by our team as outstanding in our craft, but why don’t we spend more time thinking about our leadership legacy? He instantly said: “That’s easy.

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Mike Kunkle

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

[Click the image to see a larger version] A successful sales enablement program can help sales reps improve their sales skills, close more deals, and achieve their goals, and can engage, enable, and empower front-line sales managers to support them. And in each, we’ll segment Expenses and Outcomes.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Starbucks | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Reviving Work Ethic is a book that is direly needed by both employers and employees alike. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! Jeffrey Gitomer’s Books.

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