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Top-performing sales organizations understand that closing is much more than a single event. Rather, it’s a process of successful decision-making that happens long before the contract is ever signed. Winning or losing the sale often is a direct reflection of how much insight and help sellers add to buyers’ decision-making...Read more

Onboarding programs attempt to accelerate new salesperson productivity and new hire success rates. Our recent research examines sales onboarding programs in business-to-business firms. Join us for this webcast, in which we’ll provide preliminary  findings from the research, addressing issues such as: Onboarding program best practices Supporting tools and platforms used...Read more

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The Sales Management Association’s recent research identified “lack of field input on prioritized meeting content” as a frequently cited shortcoming of annual sales meetings. This document provides a survey tool for use in soliciting field input on their content priorities, and how best these might be presented at an annual...Read more

The annual sales meeting is an important event to set the tone for the year with your sales teams. It is the perfect time to communicate strategy, set priorities, and generate excitement for the year. We have organized a toolkit to help you get started.

Sales can't be automated. There are too many variables in complex selling interactions that require sales professionals to be able to adapt in the moment. Instead, an effective enablement strategy must consider how to harness the best practices of your team and ensure these practices permeate the organization. Supporting the...Read more

Though most firms acknowledge first-line sales managers’ critical role, few organizations react quickly enough in responding to sales manager turnover. Vacant manager positions have an outsized impact on sales performance, since an entire sales team may be adversely affected. By developing sales manager “bench strength,” firms can more quickly react...Read more

Sales organizations must do more than simply grow the top line – they must grow revenue profitably. And most firms empower salespeople with enough decision-making authority to impact profitability. Decisions that involve pricing, product mix, solution development, and customer expense management can all profoundly affect profits as well as sales....Read more