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. They coach their sales team through barriers and roadblocks.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 8, 2011

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LSA Global

JUNE 17, 2024

Create the Right Sales Culture The next step is to ensure that your sales culture is healthy enough, accountable enough, and aligned enough with the sales strategy to help, and not hinder sales performance. Do not underestimate the impact of sales culture.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 19, 2023

This program has the benefit of creating a sense of social accountability for team members. Presales When selling enterprise software, incentives should be based on achieving smaller goals rather than finalizing sales. There are several ideas to incentivize your sales team. Only the top 5 have been mentioned in this blog.

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LSA Global

MARCH 16, 2023

According to research by the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, almost 70% of salespeople who exceeded their yearly quota graded their sales leader as excellent or above average. So, what is it that top sales leaders do better? Are you fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement ?

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LSA Global

JUNE 25, 2021

The key is to identify sales goals that matter to you, your boss, and your sales team that are also achievable with reasonable but sustained effort. Goal Setting Let’s assume that overall sales goals are set by your sales manager. The Bottom Line Do not take goals and accountabilities for granted.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

They demonstrate how sales leaders drive growth. 8 Levers to Pull for Sales Growth Here is a list of how top sales leaders drive growth: Create Strategic Sales Clarity Our organizational alignment research found that strategic sales clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams.

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Walk Me

JULY 19, 2022

Communication and relationships are key to sales employees understanding the benefits of change management processes within their organization, leading them to buy in to change. Sales managers can easily express the advantages of change management when these elements are in place. Stage One: Planning For Change.

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LSA Global

MARCH 18, 2022

Savvy sales managers and leaders invest heavily in growing current strategic accounts. 3 Sales Context Tips to Increase Revenue from Existing Customers Outperforming B2B sales organizations ensure that their sales strategy and sales culture are defined and aligned to grow existing strategic accounts.

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LSA Global

JULY 16, 2021

Because often the biggest difference between the highest and lowest sales performers is not based solely on what they do and how they do it, but also to whom they were selling. Clarifying sales territories and forecasting their anticipated revenue give your sales reps meaningful and attainable sales targets to achieve.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Typically, B2B sales hunters focus on new customer acquisition while B2B sales farmers are responsible for nurturing and growing current accounts. What Makes a Good B2B Sales Hunter? Effective B2B sales hunters love going after and winning new business. Are very likeable.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Here are three suggestions that can help managers combat a lack of resources: Prioritize Clients and Stakeholders Similar to projects, not all clients or stakeholders are of equal importance. Then ensure that sales managers focus most efforts on your most strategic accounts.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Our organizational alignment research found that workplace culture accounts for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies. For example, one recent client had the abstract cultural goal of increasing sales team collaboration to win bigger deals faster while playing to people’s strengths.

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LSA Global

APRIL 24, 2017

They are able to prioritize opportunities and manage accounts to the benefit of both parties. Managing the Team for Success. To have a truly effective sales team, you need a truly effective sales manager. This should be someone with both sales and management skills.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 28, 2019

Secondly, underperforming sales teams do not invest enough upfront time or money researching prospects or asking insightful questions – two necessary ingredients to build rapport and set yourself apart from the competition. Leaders who play favorites lose trust and decrease accountability. Not Knowing How and When to Coach.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 19, 2021

The content of your sales training may be fine; it’s when and how you deliver it that’s the problem. We believe that for sales training to work you need to begin with Relevance, ensure Practice, and then be accountable for the Impact through measurement and reinforcement. Are sales managers involved, supportive, and reinforcing?

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LSA Global

JULY 15, 2024

The good news is that when a sales force puts the customer first , adds meaningful value, and builds trusted advisor relationships , they grow revenues, margins, deal sizes, and relationships. That means making sure that the sales culture is healthy enough to fully engage, motivate, and retain top sales reps.

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LSA Global

MARCH 18, 2024

Nor is there much evidence that buyers across the board look for body language “tells” or take them into account during the solution selling process. But research does show there are behaviors and gestures that play a role in whether a new prospect considers you to be a trustworthy solution seller or sales presenter.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 20, 2023

A sales meeting with an executive is always high stakes; your odds of winning go up when your sellers are prepared to meet them at the right altitude and pace. A sales meeting with an executive can give you that inside track on the sales opportunity or at least help build an important relationship on a major sales account.

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AIHR

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Sample answer: “In my first sales management role, I trusted that my team of sales reps would accurately update their pipeline metrics – data which I needed to prepare my own management sales forecasting reports. .” Describe the best and worst management styles you have encountered and explain why.

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LSA Global

APRIL 11, 2018

It is not a “sales at all costs” effort but, instead, a sales where it makes the most long-term sense effort. Managing Sales Performance. And then there is the responsibility of the sales manager to set clear expectations, establish agreed-upon sales goals , manage sales team performance and hold sales reps accountable.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Sales Leadership Techniques To Tell if You Have Realistic Sales Targets. Sales strategy accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams. Setting realistic sales targets that drive higher performance is no easy task. Track Sales Rep Engagement and Turnover.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Follow these four sales training design best practices to set the stage for sustainable behavior and performance change before sales training. Ensure Your Sales Strategy is Clear, Believable, and Implementable Enough. Strategic sales clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams.

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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. If you want to increase the confidence of your sales team, ensure that they understand and believe in your sales plan to win.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Helping on a Sales Call with a Key Client Sales leaders are often asked to step into a previously scheduled sales call with a potential new client or to help with a major sales account.

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LSA Global

MARCH 11, 2024

But measuring training adoption and impact levels to reinforce coaching and accountability for change can provide a major boost. That allowed the client to target the sales processes and solution selling skills that had the greatest impact to their specific situation.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 28, 2019

Capture and transfer sales best practices unique to their industry, unique value proposition , and target market from “A” players to the rest of the team. Train their sales managers in how to effectively manage and coach their reps. Designate resources to support sales reps when certain subject matter expertise is needed.

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Chris LoCutro

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Chris AI turns evaluations into opportunities for growth: Prompt: “Chris, help me outline a performance review framework for my team, focusing on growth opportunities and accountability.” Result: Chris AI generates a detailed framework, including self-assessment questions, performance metrics, and coaching prompts to guide your conversations.

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