Sales Leadership

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Taking a Breath This Thanksgiving: Why Rest Is Part Of The Work

Why Thanksgiving Self Care Matters for High Performers Thanksgiving has a way of sneaking up on us. One minute we are grinding through the quarter, juggling deals, emails, and family commitments, and the next minute we are supposed to “relax” on command. For business owners and driven professionals, that isn’t always easy. But this is […]

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Sales Team Performance in 2026: How to Coach Under-performers, Retain Over-performers, and Build a Predictable Revenue Engine

Sales Team Performance in 2026: How to Coach Under-performers, Retain Over-performers, and Build a Predictable Revenue Engine Updated for 2026 trends – originally published 2024, refreshed November 2025 As a CEO or founder of a growing company, nothing keeps you up at night quite like inconsistent sales results. One month you’re celebrating a record quarter

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Stop Setting Sales Goals. Start Building Sales Systems.

Stop Setting Sales Goals. Start Building Sales Systems. Every year around this time, I watch the same movie play out with small and mid-sized businesses. The leadership team gets in a room, looks at last year’s revenue, adds a percentage on top, and calls it a “sales plan.” “Let’s grow 15% next year.”“Let’s double new

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CEO and fractional sales manager conducting a year-end sales review of metrics on a dashboard during a strategy meeting.

B2B Sales Metrics That Matter: Your Year-End Sales Review

Introduction: Your Year-End Sales Review Is More Than a Report If you’re a CEO or owner of a B2B SMB, your year-end sales review isn’t just a report…it’s a portal. It reveals more than whether your team hit the number. It shows how disciplined your sales operation is, how effective your people are, and whether

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Fractional sales manager coaching a small B2B sales team to eliminate bad sales habits and improve growth results before the new year.

What to Stop Doing Next Year: 5 Sales Habits Killing Your Growth

Introduction Most companies enter a new year with goals, resolutions, and a long list of things they plan to start doing. But here’s the truth…growth usually begins with what you stop doing. If your sales team is missing targets, struggling to generate consistent results, or burning time on the wrong activities, the problem isn’t effort.

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Fractional sales manager leading a small B2B sales team through an accountability meeting to protect revenue during a government shutdown.

When Washington Stops, Don’t Let Your Sales Do the Same: How SMBs Stay Steady During a Government Shutdown

If you run a small or mid-sized business, the government shutdown impact on SMB sales is not a theory. It shows up in slower decisions, delayed funding, jittery customers, and a pipeline that starts slipping to “next month.” You cannot control Washington. You can control your leadership, your sales process, and how your team executes

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Fractional sales manager leading a small B2B sales team through a sales accountability meeting to review sales metrics and performance progress.

Sales Accountability: The Missing Ingredient in Most Sales Teams

When sales aren’t where you want them to be, it’s easy to blame the market, the economy, or even the team. But more often than not, the real issue isn’t skill or strategy. It’s accountability. Sales accountability is the quiet force that keeps your business running on track. Without it, even the best people and

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