Transform Your Sales Results with a Systems Approach – Part 3: Sales Support
In Part 1 of this series, I shared that the solution to our current sales problems and the vehicle for transforming your sales results is a Systems Approach to Sales. The four systems I cited are: In Part 2 of the series, I highlighted the Sales Selection System. In this Part 3 post, I […]
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It Ain’t Easy, Making Green With apologies to Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog for that header, and apologies to you for the poor attempt at humor, I think we can agree that the road to sales performance improvement is a noble yet challenging path. If you work in sales leadership or a sales performance […]
Continue readingSales Enablers: For Best Results, Focus on Sales Force Performance (not Sales Reps)
Have you reviewed sales enablement job descriptions lately? As members of the burgeoning Sales Enablement Society or the Sales Enablement Community of ATD (and almost anyone close to the Sales Enablement market) will tell you, “sales enablement” means different things to different people, and is being executed differently in different organizations. This certainly is apparent in […]
Continue readingCraft a Practical & Powerful Sales Value Proposition
Reality Check Stop and think for a moment about the difference between the average high school theater production and an Oscar-winning movie. Got that in your head? Now, do the same with the average high school orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (the “other” CSO). Clear? Now, do the same comparison for the average telemarketing […]
Continue readingHow Sales Training & Sales Managers Can Partner to Drive Results
There’s a lot of talk these days in the sales enablement community about the need for sales and marketing alignment. I wish I saw more of it actually happening, but I’ve written about it, too, and see the need, so you certainly won’t hear me disagreeing. When it happens, the results can be impressive: less […]
Continue readingThe Simple Truths About Selling
It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. ~ Winston Churchill. Complex B2B selling is not easy, but it is a lot simpler than some want you to believe. I think it makes sense to step back sometimes, and take a look at things through […]
Continue readingThe Untapped Power of Sales Discovery Skills
Some in the sales profession consider the act of discovering what is important to prospects or clients and understanding their challenges, opportunities, needs, and requirements to be the most basic skill in selling. After all, this is taught in every Sales 101-type course on the planet, right? By contrast, to true top producers, Sales Discovery […]
Continue readingFor Better Sales Coaching Results: RAM Your Reps!
Here is quick-hit post on sales coaching. Some Background There are multiple forms of coaching. I’ve often categorized them this way… directive coaching developmental coaching behavioral coaching personal effectiveness coaching (life coaching/executive coaching) … but I also don’t believe these distinctions are cut and dried. There is overlap and a great coach pulls out the […]
Continue readingStop Wasting Money on Sales Training
If I hear, “Sales training doesn’t work” one more time, I think I’ll scream. If done well, sales training works fine, for what it’s designed to do. This may spark a semantics debate, especially with my friends in the sales consulting space and others with a performance-orientation, but to me, training – in and of itself […]
Continue readingJudgment – The Superpower of Selling Skills
It sometimes surprises people to learn what separates the top 4% of sales producers from the rest. Judgment is one of those surprising skills. In fact, it’s such a differentiator, that I consider judgment to be one of the superpowers of selling. Part of the 22nd Century Selling Skills In my presentation on 22nd Century Selling […]
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