LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The B2B Sales Hunters vs Farmers Sales Model The role of B2B sales hunter vs sales farmer has been discussed in business sales training workshops for decades. In general, the roles represent two different, and often related, approaches to selling with each having an important part to play in sales growth.

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AIHR

JUNE 19, 2023

For example, if the data shows that, based on current trends, a company’s sales division is expected to grow by 40% then HR can determine that more sales managers will be needed to keep up with growth within the business. At some point, you’ll need to recruit new employees from outside the business.

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Recruitment Succession Planning Staffing Implementation 105

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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Sales Sales ROI Revenue 36

LSA Global

AUGUST 28, 2019

Sales Training without Reinforcement Should Be Unacceptable. Based upon over 800 sales training measurement projects, we know that sales training by itself – even if it is highly customized – only changes the on-the-job behavior and performance of 1-in-5 sales reps. Sales training reinforcement.

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Sales Sales Revenue Employee Engagement 28

15Five

MARCH 29, 2023

When the training is relevant to their actual jobs, managers are able to immediately apply what they have learned and witness the positive impacts of that application of new knowledge. You could create a Learning Journey cohort for mid-level managers. Want to learn more about Transform? Schedule a demo today.

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15Five

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

At the time, I didn’t see it as being an earth-shattering event—it was just a matter of expediency. Let’s say your organization is hiring for a sales manager. Neither David Hassell or myself went by Dave or Big D , so I chose a longtime nickname that was a derivative of my last name. Call me Miz,” I said. And so it was.

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Software Sales Management Manager Energy 18

Chief Executive

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

That means your organization may want to consider the value of investing in a managed travel program. One of the reasons managed travel grew 25.6% Although the world became accustomed to attending virtual events in 2020, 2021 and even 2022, professionals are once again embracing in-person gatherings.

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Travel Manager Accounts Sales Management 52

Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It's a great opportunity for HRs to infuse fun into the mundane office work routine with games, activities, events, and themed parties. You can fuse the tasting event with fun wine-tasting activities like wine bingo, wine trivia, draw the label, and others to make it more entertaining. Breakfast together.

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Media Employee Engagement Diversity Marketing 103

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing. As alarming as those numbers are, they shouldn’t come as a surprise if you consider how sales training is usually conducted. Here are some ways to incorporate better technology into training: Before.

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Sales Sales Sales Management Insurance 14

LSA Global

MARCH 11, 2024

Examples of desired Level 4 outcomes from training include: — Increased sales revenue, margin, win rate, portfolio mix, deal size, and cycle time. That allowed the client to target the sales processes and solution selling skills that had the greatest impact to their specific situation. Achieved project cost, quality, and time targets.

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Metrics Sales Sales Retention 36

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

Sales managers have a difficult relationship with luck. As a consequence, many sales managers de-emphasize luck, instead stressing the importance of stable, measurable, and controllable factors such as motivation and specific behaviors. They love it when it’s helping their teams, but they know how unreliable it is.

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Sales Sales Sales Management Advertising 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2012

Plus our sales cycles are long, and developing cross-functional relationships at customers is a key sales task. In fact it's not mainly about cost management at all — though that's certainly important in these market conditions. Now that she's made the sale, her territory is going to be a lot quieter.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. This danger is prevalent in sales. Denver Post/Getty Images. Talent matters.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. This danger is prevalent in sales. Denver Post/Getty Images. Talent matters.

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Sales Sales Recruitment Sales Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Many firms talk about talent management, but few deal systematically with a basic fact: average annual turnover in sales is 25 to 30%. This means that the equivalent of the entire sales organization must be hired and trained every four years or so, and that’s expensive. Consider these stats.

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Sales Sales Recruitment Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

We can filter out the background noise, like marine life, and listen only to things we want”, explains Fabian Dawson, sales manager from GE Measurement and Control. These events were detected and reported by the system in real time. An audio recording of the event also helped troubleshooting work.

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Engineering Operations Software Sales Management 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

For sales and business development, this is an invaluable tool. A sales manager of a major services corporation, for example, may want to know which employees have the strongest relationships with executives at a client prior to visiting them and who best understands the subject of the meeting.

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Government Compliance Sales Sales 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2015

Deterring new providers: A professional event technology firm offers rock-bottom quotes to special events to signal its pricing power to any potential new entrants. The challenge for executives is, of course, to manage their conflicting goals, or so-called trade-offs. But the confusion runs deeper than that.

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Revenue KPI Sales Sales 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

To a person, they look astonished when I ask whether their dedication comes from anticipation of the money they could make in the event of an IPO. One sales manager, a former actor, recited Shakespeare at a customer meeting and won over skeptical executives. So much pressure, yet they don’t seem to care about the money?

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Compensation Human Resources Sales Sales 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

An innovative team needs to be both playful and pro­fessional, and it needs to be able to plan out a project carefully while also accepting that projects don’t al­ways go as planned—and being willing to improvise when unexpected events arise. But many of us have interests and experi­ences unrelated to our jobs.

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Diversity Organizational Development Sales Management Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

All organizations have rituals — from the mundane everyday routines (coffee breaks, tea time) to major, less frequent events like annual meetings and retirement parties. This sports event includes an Olympics-like opening ceremony, a "Parade of Nations", in which local residents participate, and a Grand Finale Party.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

His father is a sales manager, his mother a pediatrician. They do it by navigating the unpredictable events and conditions that both work and non-work life throw at them — and responding and adapting in the ways that make sense for them. As an example, let me introduce you to Sam. It won’t be satisfying.

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Human Resources Performance Review Sales Sales 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

She reported to the head of sales, who reported to the COO, and she and Brad rarely interacted at work. There were whispers from some of the younger women and what felt like relentless, albeit good-natured, teasing from the guys on the sales team. Claudia was the newest recruit to the sales team—young, eager, pretty.

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Sales Sales Recruitment Sales Management 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Expanding your relationships at work and increasing your interaction with senior management requires you to make concerted efforts to raise your profile. Ask your boss if you can sit in on an important meeting with higher-ups; ask the marketing team if you can tag along on a sales call with a prominent client. Be patient.

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Sales Sales Marketing Manager 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Tyson Beck, the Mercedes dealership sales manager, had been in charge of planning it, but Kenton had been breathing over his shoulder for weeks, asking for details. Not only would we be kissing sales good-bye, but I’d have to train a new person.” He implied that we need to keep a tighter rein on our staff.”

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Media Rollout Sales Sales 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2018

Once you understand what they want, speak to the rest of the team by letting them know that with an event such as a cancer diagnosis, everyone has a different way of reacting to the situation, and sharing what would make their colleague most comfortable. Develop a work plan. We often think of work plans as a bureaucratic necessity.

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Deliverables Insurance Sales Management Travel 8

Alison Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

My co-host, SHEILA, was having an affair with our Sales Manager who showed up five minutes after she did, gifted her with raunchy lingerie, and whisked her away for the rest of the evening (but only after telling me to cover them with their respective spouses, should they call). ” (And yes, that is actually what I had called it.

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Sales Management Banking Sales Sales 128

BCW Institute

MAY 2, 2022

I had great experiences, going around the world, many different cultures, got to do everything from sales to sales management to industry marketing, channel marketing, product marketing, product management, you know, dealing with multi-million-dollar budgets and big teams of people. I mean, he’s just a blessed guy.

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AIHR

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Sales job analysis example. Job title Sales Representative Classification Full-time employee Department Sales Location Mill Creek, Washington Pay grade Level I Job requirements Summary of position Ensures current customers have the products and services they need. Meets annual sales goals. Job analysis examples.

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We close out the conversation by discussing the slow decline of speaking since the early 2000s, and the rise of virtual events. In addition, we can help you implement marketing, research, and sales. Because why do we go to all these events? Contact us for more information. Transcript. Peter Winick And welcome, welcome, welcome.

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Sales Sales Scaling Marketing 130

Peter Winick

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

It’s easy to say, hey, I’ve got this great sales account, whatever. Job, by the way, was 100% commissioned sales. Rajeev Kapur You’re a new international sales manager. So think about sales. And, you know, my business, you know, half my business was face to face events. But you know what?

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Accounts Media Sales Sales 184

Chris LoCutro

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Next-Level LIVE Event 2025 (00:04:25) Discover how the Next-Level Leadership LIVE Event equips leaders to confidently step away from micromanagement while creating sustainable growthan event packed with practical tools and examples to apply immediately. The event is built on strategies that help you lead smarter, not harder.

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Operations Accounts Hospitality Implementation 52

Chris LoCutro

MARCH 4, 2025

Next-Level Leadership LIVE Event 2025 (00:18:54) If youre tired of your business running on stress and frustration, this is the event for you. Like, if it's a sales manager who's unaware that they're not coaching their team effectively because they're too focused on numbers, we see that a lot. Not at all.

Accounts 52

Accounts Operations Compliance Sales Management 52

Alison Green

DECEMBER 16, 2024

My co-host, SHEILA, was having an affair with our Sales Manager who showed up five minutes after she did, gifted her with raunchy lingerie, and whisked her away for the rest of the evening (but only after telling me to cover them with their respective spouses, should they call). ” (And yes, that is actually what I had called it.

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