LSA Global

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Pressures Faced by Sales Managers Are Unique to Their Role A sales leader’s average tenure is less than two years, which is far shorter than the tenure of most other managers. In fact, a recent survey by PayScale uncovered that 73% rated the role of sales account manager as “highly stressful.”Unlike

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. 5 Steps to Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy We know from our own organizational alignment research that strategic sales clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. 5 Steps to Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy We know from our own organizational alignment research that strategic sales clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 16, 2023

What We Know Works – High Performing Sales Managers Ask any savvy sales executive what drives high revenue growth other than having “the next iPhone,” and they will most likely tell you some version of skilled sales managers who know how to lead, manage, and coach their sales teams to higher performance.

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Walk Me

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The sales ecosystem depends on interconnectedness and performance management. Sales teams are critical for a myriad of companies and play a major part in progressing customers along the sales pipeline, facilitating the end-to-end customer journey and ultimately increasing the bottom line.

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LSA Global

JULY 19, 2022

The Truth about Sales Success Most seasoned sales managers know that it’s easier to sell more to current accounts than it is to establish new ones. And how do you expand current accounts? The Fallacy of Growth Through Satisfaction First, you must not fall prey to a long-held business sales training misperception.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Impact of Great Sales Managers Companies that focus simply on the skills of their sales reps and neglect to provide targeted sales management training for sales leaders overlook a critical leverage point to increase sales performance. regardless of the business sales skills of their salespeople.

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LSA Global

MARCH 16, 2023

The Top Sales Leader Effect ? What Top Sales Leaders Do Better than their Peers Getting the right person to lead Sales matters. The impact of top sales leaders is enormous. So, what is it that top sales leaders do better? Sales leadership is about effectively leading, managing, and coaching, not doing more selling.

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LSA Global

JULY 15, 2023

3 New Sales Manager Tips for Success for Your First 90-Days We know from our sales management training that being a high performing solution seller often leads to a promotion to sales management. Unfortunately, experience as a high performing solution seller does not fully prepare sales reps to lead others.

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Help Scout Leadership

MAY 27, 2021

When considering customer success and account management, it’s valuable to consider them as complementary teams rather than interchangeable groups or, worse, competitors. There are a few things that differentiate customer success from account management. What is account management? Key components of account management.

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Asana

JUNE 21, 2022

But his personality, defined by the mantra—”Leave your comfort zone and take risks”— nudged him outside the auto world and into a rewarding career as an account executive for Asana in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). The company is headquartered in Berlin and helps advertisers and publishers partner to drive sales.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Top Sales Leaders Drive Growth If you find a sales leader who Is not up to the challenge of accelerating revenue growth, you have not found a high performing sales leader. But you need more from a sales leader than simply a desire to grow the top line. They demonstrate how sales leaders drive growth.

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LSA Global

APRIL 28, 2021

Sales Alignment Keynote Address. The Sales Enablement Soirée is the largest virtual event exclusively for sales enablement professionals to connect live and collaborate in real-time with peers and industry luminaries. Only then can you enable the sales team to perform at its peak. To watch the video, go to: [link].

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LSA Global

JULY 16, 2021

Do the Math Trying to define high performing sales territories that are balanced, and consistently high producing is the source of many a sales manager’s headaches. There are so many ways to slice and dice sales territories but, however you do it, there is one constant – it should reflect real data.

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Walk Me

JULY 19, 2022

Companies depend on the success of salespeople, which is why the public often views sales departments as one of the highest-stress environments within a company. When change leaders throw the uncertainty and discomfort of a drastic transformation strategy into this mix, it can seem like a sadistic act upon sales employees’ heads.

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Know Your Team

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are 9 practices for how to increase team accountability without squashing your team morale. If you’re a leader who wants the best outcomes, the natural question to ask is: “How to hold employees accountable without micromanaging them?”. 9 practices for how to hold employees accountable without micromanaging them.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Top 10 Key Sales Management Skills: Mastering the Art of Sales Leadership Sales leaders must routinely navigate high stakes internal and external relationships while meeting ever-increasing revenue targets and demands from their sales team. Customer Focus Top sales leaders put customers first.

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Chief Outsiders

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

By: Carol Eversen and Jeff Loeb Part 2 - Orchestration and Personalization In part 1 of our four-part ABM blog series we shared the core pillars of an ABM program, highlighted the goals and strategies you should consider, and provided guidance about selecting your target accounts and building your Ideal Customer Profile.

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LSA Global

JUNE 25, 2021

Setting More Achievable Sales Goals You have heard over and over how important it is to set sales goals, so that you have a specific target to work toward. Otherwise, your sales activities lack focus and direction. Goal Setting Let’s assume that overall sales goals are set by your sales manager.

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

An interview with Eric Youngstrom about creating thought leadership from the executive level down to the sales team. Eric shares how thought leadership is important for the sales team, helping them understand and share the organization’s goals and values right from the moment of hiring. Product, investors, marketing.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 20, 2023

A Sales Meeting with an Executive is Always High Stakes Solution sellers who get a sales meeting with a target company’s executive consistently close more complex deals than those who sell at lower levels. But the expectations and needs of C-suite buyers are higher and different from other stakeholders.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Not All Sales Leadership Scenarios Are of Equal Value Top sales leaders outperform their peers when it matters most. Knowing how to handle specific sales leadership scenarios can make the difference between sales success and failure for big deals and for sales team engagement.

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LSA Global

MAY 5, 2020

Every High Performing Sales Leader. Being a high performing sales leader is not easy. Sales leaders are responsible for building and scaling the sales team, designing meaningful compensation plans, training and onboarding new hires, and simultaneously meeting quarterly revenue and margin targets.

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LSA Global

JUNE 21, 2022

Confidence in Sales Experienced sales managers know that their sales teams need competence and confidence to succeed. Sales team confidence needs to be high. Here’s a research study from our microlearning experts that we weave into our customized business sales training workshops that answers that question.

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LSA Global

JULY 17, 2020

Meaningful Sales Training Outcomes Require Meaningful Steps. To execute their growth strategies , CEOs and sales leaders often need their sales teams to behave differently by selling differently to different buyers. A Special Note about How B2B Sales Have Changed during COVID-19.

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LSA Global

MAY 18, 2021

The Bad News No responses to your calls and no replies to your emails – your sales prospect has gone dark! This can be frustrating – especially after good initial sales calls and a seemingly interested new client. The question is, has the sun set on your deal, or can you reignite the sales opportunity with your target client ?

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2020

Is It Time to Pivot Your Sales Strategy? Are you and your sales team agile enough? You will find out just how quickly you can pivot your sales strategy and your sales team when a crisis occurs. Do you need to pivot your sales strategy or sales approach? 3 Steps to Pivot Your Sales Strategy During a Crisis.

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Growth Hacker

JULY 5, 2022

Some departments (marketing, sales) are more output-oriented, while a few others (growth) are outcome-based. The Sales and Marketing team example: The majority of sales and marketing planning activities I have ever participated in all have one characteristic in common: they are somehow predictable?

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Do you know how to design an effective sales kickoff? What would make your sales kickoff high performing? Unfortunately, not enough people know how to design an effective sales kickoff – one that you and your sales team find valuable and worth their time. Six Tips on How to Design an Effective Sales Kickoff.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Best of Blogs Winner by Kevin Eikenberry on December 16, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Blogs , Learning The polls are closed, the votes are in, and we have a winner!

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Peter Winick

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Furthermore, Robert tells us why you have to create content that is more than a sales pitch. In addition, we can help you implement marketing, research, and sales. If I get four of those great like I just not I’m not it doesn’t go on sale. So I remember when I started blogging years ago, 15 years ago.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Sales Training Design Best Practices Matter. Sales training design best practices matter a great deal. Why go through the expense, effort, and time to provide business sales training for your sales force if it is does not improve sales performance? 12 Sales Training Design Best Practices.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 19, 2021

Frustrated by Disappointing Sales Training Results? If you are frustrated by the results of your business sales training investment, you are not alone. Lots of sales leaders feel the same way. Only 1-in-5 sales training participants change their on-the-job behavior or performance from standalone sales training.

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Rhythm Systems Growth

JUNE 30, 2023

People Next, CEOs are concerned about hiring, employee engagement, accountability, leadership and performance management. Sales and Marketing Consistently delivering sales and marketing results came up frequently as a top challenge. How do you get the team to work cross-functionally?

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LSA Global

JUNE 3, 2024

Designed properly, strategy success metrics provide clear direction, motivation, and accountability. Wells Fargo: Strategy Success Metrics Gone Bad To best implement their customer growth strategy, executives identified strategy success metrics linked to cross-sales to customers to measure performance. Makes sense right?

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LSA Global

MARCH 9, 2018

Wouldn’t it be nice to know the traits of successful sales managers? Sales managers have an awesome responsibility. They must motivate their team to achieve very concrete sales targets and do so under the constant pressure of executives who are impatient with excuses and for whom failure is no option. The Job of a Sales Manager.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 11, 2019

What Is a Sales Playbook? Like a playbook in sports that plans for the most frequent and most important in-game situations, a sales playbook is a unique collection of sales scenarios, strategies, plans, tactics, and tools to help a sales team consistently win when the stakes are high. Sales Strategy. Sales Culture.

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