Just as in basketball, the top players on your sales team wouldn’t be able to perform their best without support players backing them up. And, according to research by consulting company McKinsey, about half of the people in top-performing sales teams are in support roles. McKinsey analyzed sales data...
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Hiring the right people for your sales team is critical to your ability to keep your company growing. That’s why sales managers are constantly trying to groom their current team — or hire replacements for underperformers — by analyzing what it takes to be a top-performing sales rep. It appears...
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It’s not surprising. As with most industries, the sales industry has changed significantly over the past few years — requiring managers to take a hard look at what it takes to be successful in today’s digitally-driven business environment. Harvard Business Review pointed to this shift a couple of years...
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It’s simple mathematics. If your sales reps can accomplish more in less time, you’ve significantly increased their potential to hit or exceed their sales goals. With advances in technology, it’s becoming increasingly possible to make that a reality. With sales enablement tools gaining popularity as one of the ways...
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You’ve heard about the high costs of replacing a valuable employee. When it comes to a core sales rep, the average cost is even higher — $1 million in lost opportunity, productivity, and replacement expenses, according to Salesforce. To make matters worse, it can take another 6 to 12...
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As the old saying goes, time is money. In sales, that means making the most of the 9-, 10- 0r 11-hour workdays your team is putting in every day to hit sales quotas. Rather than putting in an extra hour or two, top-performing teams are investing in strategies to...
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