Sales Management

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Sales Assessments: What They Tell You, What They Don’t, and Why Context Matters

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Sales assessments can be incredibly useful. They can help a business owner, CEO, or sales leader better understand how a salesperson communicates, what motivates them, how they respond under pressure, whether they appear to be wired for a certain type of sales role, and where they may struggle in the sales process. That is valuable […]

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The Run for the Revenue: What the Kentucky Derby Can Teach About Small Business Sales Growth

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What Small Businesses Can Learn About Sales Growth from the Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby is called “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports,” but anyone who understands the race knows the outcome is not created in those two minutes. The real work happens long before the horses enter the starting gate. There is training,

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When the Owner Is Still the Sales Process, Growth Stalls

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When the Owner Is Still the Sales Process, Growth Stalls In many small and mid sized businesses, the owner believes there is a sales process. If you ask about it, they will often say, “We have a process. I know how we sell.” And to be fair, they probably do. They know how to qualify

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Introverts vs Extroverts: Why Ambiverts in Sales Often Win

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Introverts vs Extroverts in Sales: Why Ambiverts in Sales Often Win For years, sales has been stereotyped as an extrovert’s game. Talkative. Charismatic. Always on. The kind of person who can work a room, handle rejection without blinking, and keep a conversation moving no matter what. That image has been around a long time, and

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Why Sales Process Consistency Matters More Than Sales Personality

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The Hidden Cost When You Are Lacking Sales Process Consistency A lot of business owners and CEOs think they are giving their sales team freedom when they let each salesperson handle the job in their own way. On the surface, that can feel reasonable. After all, every salesperson has a different style. One is more

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The First Quarter Is Over. Now Tell the Truth About Your Sales Team

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End of the First Quarter: What the Numbers Are Really Telling You The first quarter is over. The optimism of January is gone. The fresh-start energy has worn off. By now, the plans you made at the beginning of the year have had time to run into reality, and reality always tells the truth. This

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Groundhog Day Sales Management: How to Break the Cycle and Lead a Team That Actually Improves

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If you have ever watched Groundhog Day, you know the punchline. Wake up. Same day. Same problems. Same mistakes. Until the character stops doing the same things and starts becoming someone better. That movie is funny. In sales management, it is expensive. A lot of sales teams are living the same quarter on repeat. Same

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What Real Sales Leadership Looks Like in a Small or Midsize Business

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If sales feels unpredictable, it’s because leadership is inconsistent. That’s not intended to be an insult. It’s just the truth. Most CEOs don’t choose inconsistency. They get dragged into it because they’re running the business, and sales leadership becomes something they do when they have time. Pipeline gets reviewed when things are tight. Coaching happens

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Sales Coaching Is the Growth Lever You’re Ignoring

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If your sales team isn’t getting better over time, there’s a reason. And it’s probably not the one you’ve been blaming. It’s not the economy. It’s not the leads. It’s not even the talent. Most of the time, the reason is simple: your team isn’t being coached. Not trained. Not motivated. Not told to “make

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Your Sales Meetings Aren’t Fixing Performance Because They Aren’t Coaching

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Let’s be honest: most sales meetings are a waste of time. Not because meetings are bad, but because what happens in them is usually pointless. You gather the team, go around the room, listen to updates, glance at the pipeline, talk about what everyone is “working on,” and then you end the call feeling like

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