Resources

The most crucial connection in an organization seeking to grow is between sales and strategy. US companies, for example, spend more than 3x on sales efforts than they spend on all media advertising and 20x more than the total spent on digital marketing. Yet, research indicates that, on average, companies...Read more

Sales organizations thrive in competitive environments, but how should sales leadership respond when competitors take unfair advantage? This webcast reviews several common competitive scenarios faced by sales management, explains their legal context, and suggests proactive management approaches for avoiding outcomes disadvantageous to your firm. Presented by Elarbee Thompson attorneys Richard...Read more

Automating sales process holds great promise for improving sales force productivity. In this webcast we review findings from our recent research initiative on sales process automation, focused on how, why, and to what extent sales organizations are automating core sales processes. Research focus areas include: Which core processes are most...Read more

Our recently concluded study on inside sales trends surfaces emerging issues, management priorities, and best practices associated with inside sales channels in large sales organizations. Join us for this first look at research results and expert commentary from SAP Global Vice President Shawn Robertson. Research topics include: Current approaches in...Read more

Nearly every sales force maintains a sales pipeline - an inventory of opportunities in various stages of realization. Most firms use their pipeline for forecasting, or for other less-impactful purposes. A few sales organizations; however, manage sales pipelines with strategic intent. Recent research conducted by the Sales Management Association and...Read more

Sales performance reporting guides leadership’s decision making, and represents an important information management priority for many firms. This research investigates the use of performance reporting in business-to-business sales organizations, and identifies management priorities and best practices. Specific areas of focus for this research include: identifying current approaches for provisioning sales...Read more

  Learn how trends in the complex business to business landscape are evolving with the latest findings from the 2014 Miller Heiman Sales Best Practices Study. In this webcast, Joe Galvin shares for the first time the collection of behaviors that lead to World Class Sales Performance in the current...Read more

  Organizations implementing new sales methodologies often face a stark realization: despite huge investments in training, new approaches simply don’t work. Sales coaching can dramatically remedy these expensive failures. This webcast explores five “must have” qualities of effective coaching programs, and provides tactical suggestions for sales coaches. Topics include: Focusing...Read more