Mike Kunkle

JULY 4, 2022

There’s another alignment and partnership opportunity that gets a lot less airplay yet has equal or greater potential to drive sales results: the alignment and partnership between Sales Enablement and Front-line Sales Managers (FLSMs). Sales Enablement initiatives ARE Change Management projects.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 9, 2022

That's why leaders need to leverage effective sales training techniques to set reps on the right course and facilitate their professional growth. Sandhu also stressed how managers need to commit to repetition when training their reps. Types of Sales Training Methods. Sales Manuals. And guess what?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. Clearly, if your team needs sales training, there's a lot of options out there. Tracy’s company, Brian Tracy International, offers training on a variety of subjects.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2019

Sales training is a big investment. Not only are you paying for the training itself and related expenses, but your sales team is also losing prime selling hours to attend workshops and sessions. Nonetheless, this investment can reap significant benefits and set your sales teams up for success. Of course not.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What’s the Difference Between Role-specific and General Training? Sales training typically accomplishes one of two things. . The training will either provide learning around a specific skill, or the training is focused on improving the learner’s ability to succeed in their entire role. Sales Manager.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 25, 2019

Here are some sales manager resume tips and templates to calm your nerves and help you get the job of your dreams. Sales Manager Resume Tips. I spoke with Pratik 'Tiki' Biswal , a senior sales manager at HubSpot, and he provided some resume writing tips. Sales Manager Resume Objective.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. There is no room for failure in today’s competitive sales landscape. What type of training is required for a sales manager? Start a free trial 3.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A sales training initiative can be one of the most impactful things you can do to improve your organization’s success. What is a Sales Training Reinforcement Program? Sales training is designed to teach your sales team new techniques and skills.

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RAIN Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This is what makes recurring sales training programs so valuable. Yet even after the most engaging, resonant sales training programs , sellers tend to revert back to what they’re accustomed to doing. Which puts a heavy onus on sales managers.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 5, 2021

Exemplary sales managers don't just pop up out of nowhere. And very few — if any — reps can assume a management role and thrive, based strictly on intuition. No, it takes thorough, thoughtful training to get there, and that process is rarely self-explanatory. Make training an ongoing process.

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Sales Readiness Group

MARCH 31, 2021

Last week, I surveyed 53 sales managers, asking them, among other things, what essential skills their top-performing salespeople possess. Okay, it wasn’t an actual survey.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Here are the tips for creating a winning sales culture through sales training and beyond. 4 Tips for a Winning Sales Culture. As the sales manager or leader, your strategy for getting better can’t be having your reps smile and dial. Remember, in sales, we’re graded on outcomes as well as activity.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 12, 2021

Here, we'll review some common sales coaching challenges, go over how to approach them, and identify the key qualities of reps that are flat-out uncoachable. One of the most common, contentious issues sales managers run into with sales reps is lack of motivation. How to Handle Coaching Challenges.

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Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, I sit down with Mike Weinberg for Part One of our conversation on the state of the Sales Profession, sales leadership, and getting started as a new sales manager. This shift requires not only a change in skills but also a fundamental shift in mindset.

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Brooks Group

JULY 7, 2023

Sales training can be one of the most critical investments you make for your team. Salespeople often resist training, viewing it as a hassle that takes them away from their work. In fact, according to Training Industry , more than a quarter of salespeople feel that their sales training is ineffective.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Last week, the CMI and Glassdoor published their research findings on management trends in their paper ‘Leadership and Culture at Work.’. Managing Director. MTD Sales Training. The post 5 Ways Sales Managers Can Improve Their Leadership & Culture At Work appeared first on MTD Sales Training.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

A unique tension exists in the transition from individual salesperson to sales manager that can lead to ineffective coaching. I often work with new sales managers who think, "If these tactics and scripts worked for me, they'll work for my team." The best sales coaching is individualized. But it's not enough.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

.” As a modern digital magazine, Sales POP! Our content is aimed at empowering sales leaders, sales management, sales professionals and entrepreneurs to achieve new heights of success. Because every sale starts with a connection. Sales Management Blog. Sales Gravy. Connect2Sell.

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Brooks Group

AUGUST 8, 2023

For sales teams, understanding each sales professional’s personality can help align strengths and weaknesses to create a high-performing sales force. Here are 12 recommendations for sales managers. Tailor Sales Training Tailor your sales training programs based on the DISC profiles of your team members.

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DemandFarm

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Behind every high-performing sales team is a manager who doesnt just oversee but inspires, strategizes, and drives impactful results. Sales management today demands more than ever beforeits a delicate balance of leadership, technology, and insight. What sets exceptional sales managers apart?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2021

As a sales manager, ensuring that your team's communication with prospects is tight and effective is in your best interest. That process — making sure your team's communications aren't erratic — is most commonly referred to as implementing consistent sales messaging. It can be guided by example.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Then you know the transition from sales professional to sales manager can be tough. Overnight, you’ve gone from someone who was responsible for your own performance to running an entire sales team. There are a lot of new sales manager skills to learn.

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Revenue Storm

JUNE 15, 2021

Sales leaders and their teams are the end users and beneficiaries of sales training and approaches to competency development. Those developing and delivering sales training should pause and reflect on how they are going to design and measure the critical outcomes for their audience as well.

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Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It will be interesting, though, since there is no common language or approach for methodology, little attention paid to sales process, and front-line sales managers operate more like individual fiefdoms than a unified sales management team. Where you start and how you go about things, however, will certainly vary.

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Sales Readiness Group

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Sales training is proven to help your team close more business deals, stay competitive, avoid discounting, win bigger deals, and boost productivity. A well-designed sales training program gives your team the skills, tools, and techniques they need to become top performers.

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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. Joint sales calls are an opportunity for a sales manager to observe behavior during a live-selling scenario.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 30, 2023

This applies to the enablement profession as a whole, regardless of name – Sales Enablement, Revenue Enablement, Buying Enablement, Performance Consulting, or even Sales Training and our Sales Operations and Revenue Operations partners. At the same time, a unique set of challenges complicates this mission.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

There are no one-fits-all solutions for sales training. The best programs are the ones tailored to your organization and sales force. That is where role-specific sales training comes in. For a program to be effective, it must be tailored to the needs of your sales force; otherwise, it can be counterproductive.

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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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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Most companies dont go through the process of hiring a sales training partner very often. When they do, theyre often looking to be educated about the selection process or, in a worst-case scenario, influenced toward an ineffective solution by an unscrupulous vendor.

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Sales Readiness Group

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Many organizations invest in sales training initiatives to improve the sales team’s performance, yet these efforts often fail to achieve the desired results. Why does this happen?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 10, 2020

After researching how vulnerability can impact sales, I decided to talk to CeCe Aparo , Vice President and GM of Corporate Training at Hoffman , a sales management training organization. One of those skills is vulnerability.

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Engage Selling

JULY 19, 2019

I’m currently working on a large project where I work closely with several sales managers. This is because they don’t practice coaching and exhibit leadership—skills that all of these sales managers are … Read More » Unfortunately, I have been disappointed with their managerial qualities.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 26, 2023

More than ever, sales professionals need sales training programs that can help them keep pace with the demands of the modern sales process. Sales training pays off in many ways. A recent study by Accenture found that every dollar spent on training got a $4.53 What is Sales Training?

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

One of the most effective ways to do this, is to: Document the mindsets and sales competencies that are required for success in each role. Have your sales managers assess the sellers on their teams. This allows managers and reps to sync up, and discuss where they are aligned, and where they have perceptual differences.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Even during more favorable hiring conditions, hiring sales executives is risky. Every sales manager has horror stories of hiring promising candidates who later were poor performers.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 17, 2023

What Is the Best Enterprise Sales Training? Enterprise selling is sometimes overlooked in companies’ training because the sales process focuses more on other parts of the training deemed more important. However, enterprise selling is one of the most important parts of company sales training.

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