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People & Problems: The core of strategic account planning

Strategic Account Management Association

But as a provider of a robust set of sales management and methodology capabilities , our teams work with some of the biggest sales organizations in the world. Our revenue teams are physically distributed through time zones and countries, as well spread across 25-plus product lines that serve industries from healthcare to tech.

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Thoughts From The Top: ?Sales Management and The Supply Chain Struggle

Brooks Group

In this day of supply chain issues and extended delivery times, their sales teams are struggling to stay motivated. What’s a sales manager to do? We’ve heard from a few salespeople where the manager has pushed back and “shouted down” the concern, fueling a new job search by their team.

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How to Motivate Your Sales Team to Prospect in a Down Economy

Sales Readiness Group

It’s easy for sales professionals to get frustrated and lose motivation when selling into a slowing economy. There are many headwinds facing client organizations these days – including recovery from COVID , ongoing recessionary pressures, inflation, budget cuts, supply chain issues, and continued employee turnover.

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Are Your Sales Targets Too High?

Brooks Group

Macro events like the pandemic, war in Ukraine, and record inflation have disrupted not only the supply chain, but also the way salespeople conduct their day-to-day business. As we pass the half-way point of the year, sales managers may start to hear a few grumblings that quotas are too high.

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Best Practices of High-Performance Sales Teams in 2024

Brooks Group

Supply chain bottlenecks, shortages, and inflation are easing and interest rates, although still high, will drop. This is good news for B2B sales teams that have faced economic headwinds, shrinking customer budgets, and delayed or canceled purchasing decisions. Sales Strategy 6: “Building a dream team?

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Dear Sales Management: You’re Setting Quota Wrong

SalesGlobe

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. Contact Us.

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How Jaclyn D’Arcy at GHX Drives Sales Readiness | Building Modern Sellers Blog Series

Showpad

What’s one of the biggest shifts sales management needs to be thinking about now that we’re in this hybrid world of selling? We’re supposed to be able to build supply chain health assessments and help them figure this out; but now it’s happening over an hour-long Zoom call.