Over the past several years, Qvidian has surveyed hundreds of executives and sales leaders around the world from various industries, markets, and company sizes to create a comprehensive ongoing study of the changing objectives and challenges facing sales leaders.   This Sales Execution Trends Report investigates new obstacles sales organizations face to meet these objectives, as well as explores current conditions and investment areas needed to improve sales execution; providing further market insight into the state of sales today. 

Sales enablement, while useful, is ad hoc in practice, thereby neglecting to provide structure to any sales process. Without proper guidance to put your initiatives into practice, your efforts will inevitably fall short and will inadvertently lead to the opposite of structure: chaos. Similarly, many sales processes today are stuck in the why - or in the chaos of poorly defined processes, ad hoc efforts, and unrecognized returns. In other words, sales leaders continue to work overtime on enabling their salesforce with repetitive maintenance strategies, while not spending nearly enough time on executing effectively to grow and scale their sales initiatives.

Annual performance reviews are a given in business. What is not a given is timely and meaningful feedback throughout the year. Yet research shows that providing ongoing feedback in smaller chunks, while situations and circumstances are still fresh in the employee's mind, is more effective than a one hour meeting once per year.

The toughest thing for sales people is to ask questions and REALLY stay silent. They just talk too much and sabotage a sales person’s success. Sadly, most sales people are not aware of this as prospects and client typically don t share this. This webinar will teach creative ways to build great sales people who ask consistently open-ended questions, actively listen, and DO NOT TALK TOO MUCH!

There is little question that many sales hiring authorities are taking a new look at this misunderstood, but critical function. They have learned, all too painfully, that their hiring methods of the past don't apply any longer.

Buyers avoid sellers. They work 2/3 of the way through their buying process and then meet with sellers to negotiate price, commoditizing even the most unique products and making it difficult for sellers to truly understand and deliver value.  

Why Your ROI Story Is Stronger Than You Think If you’re in charge of training a sales team, you know how hard it is to ensure they properly receive and retain training while in the field. But since organizations often treat sales training as an unavoidable cost of doing business, you may find it even harder to justify investing in technology that would improve your learning program. Sales, sales enablement, and sales training leaders often don’t realize how much investing in sales training technology contributes to a stronger ROI. That’s because most companies haven’t instituted best practices for identifying the business impact of better sales learning. Most limit their tracking to activity metrics like usage and adoption, or they capture anecdotes about how a recent training contributed to closing a specific deal. Quantifying the full return on your sales training investments helps you more effectively champion your initiatives and win more resources. That way, you can improve your team’s performance and create a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement. Here are four sources of ROI you’re already delivering that you should capture to demonstrate how sales training contributes to the bottom line of your organization. Click below to download this eBook.

A New Look at Sales Onboarding Sales organizations onboard new employees differently now than they did just five years ago. This transition to modern learning practices reflects exciting new opportunities for today’s professionals in Sales Enablement and Training as well as Learning and Development to transform onboarding into an organizational capability that drives growth. We’ve helped over a hundred organizations build out successful modern onboarding programs and gained perspective on themes that consistently emerge among top performers. We’ll illustrate these throughout this guide while giving you tactical recommendations for driving better and faster onboarding today Click below to download this White paper.

You are about to embark on a journey that is going to help you to book, sell, and retain like never before.  This book reveals: What has changed in our B2B industry/profession, how to cope with the change, and what skills should one acquire to thrive? What should you change/improve to book, close, and retain more than ever? What resources are valuable to keep on your road to success? "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." ― Alvin Toffler Click below to download this eBook.

This session, based on the presenter’s book Care Like a Mouse, will show attendees how Disney harnesses human capital through Purpose, Priorities and People. At each step, we will share strategies and tactics participants can apply to their organization.

Companies around the globe have canceled sales meetings and training sessions and are enacting work from home policies to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Yet sales enablement professionals must get new hires up to speed and keep teams on track in a world where face-to-face meetings are impossible. Traditional training and sales enablement approaches won’t solve this challenge. But building a virtual training program when you’ve relied on in-person sessions can feel like an overwhelming task. Fortunately, there are proven tactics that organizations can employ to train across geographies and time zones. Use this guide to learn how the right strategy and technology can help you manage high-performing virtual teams.

Want to find more leads with less competition? Your happy clients have the key - their referrals! Create a referral program for your business then get your whole company using it. Referrals are one of the quickest ways to fill your pipeline and close faster than any other lead but how do you reward people who refer you?  

Great sales content drives conversations—and results. To keep sellers ahead of the competition and hitting their targets in 2021, they need access to the most timely, relevant, and impactful materials.

The pandemic year has businesses focusing on reaching the right prospects with the right message through the right medium. This Focus Report takes a closer look at companies’ digital marketing transformation. Learn why experts we spoke with say it’s more than just buying digital tools, it’s rethinking the way you’re working. The report includes: Forrester’s survey on what marketing technology companies are investing in Marketing’s expanding role in the sales process Why TikTok is a viable channel for B2B marketing Selling directly without ruining channel partner relationships Breathing new life into virtual events Download this Focus Report to learn more.

The global pandemic, caused by Covid-19, has forced many people to work from home. In fact, of all U.S. workers, 56 percent could do all or some of their work from home. According to Global Workplace Analytics (GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com), it is estimated that:

Companies today spend billions hiring and developing sales teams—yet many of them struggle to onboard reps effectively, especially in remote and hybrid environments.   

Survey results from the Workforce Institute indicate that 87% of employees report a high level of inclusion at their company when there’s a strong culture of recognition.1 Of those surveyed, nearly one-quarter said that they’re not recognized frequently enough. A Gallup report found that, when recognized, employees are five times more likely to feel connected to their company’s culture and four times as likely to be engaged. A recent Achievers survey revealed that 48% of leaders said their culture has deteriorated since the start of the pandemic because of lack of employee input and their failure to connect with remote employees.

Most businesses understand the power of video. They want to use more video in their communications, but get stuck on how to operationalize it. While video is essential for engaging today’s stakeholders, scaling video creation across the organization is hard, time-consuming, and expensive. In this session, Vyond’s Head of Product Marketing, Enrique Olives, will discuss how intelligent video creation utilizing AI-driven features can improve audience engagement and drive business results.  

Attendees will learn the importance of training managers in these times, including best practices in selecting and training the best people to manage people.   

The statement "Our people are our greatest asset" is so overused it mostly causes eyes to roll. Aside from those who don’t like people being called assets, the statement is mostly met with disgust because it’s a reliable red flag that a company is all platitudes and no gratitude. If the global pandemic increased managers’ awareness of the importance of making it clear to employees how much they are valued, the statistics don’t show it. According to a 2022 Gallup Poll, 54% of Gen Z employees, slightly higher than any other generation, are ambivalent or not engaged at work. Only 32% of workers overall say they are engaged with their work. A livable wage and meaningful work are two key factors for workplace engagement. After that, recognition is vital, and currently, only 23% of employees strongly agree they get the right amount of recognition for the work they do. Think about that! Nearly three-quarters of employees are missing the steady reinforcement and appreciation they need to help them be their best. And employers are missing out on benefits of fielding a work force that feels appreciated. Our annual Ultimate Guide to Non-Cash Incentives explores the benefits of workplace recognition beyond a paycheck and offers ideas about how companies can improve in this area. It also features key suppliers in four non-cash incentive categories - merchandise, gift cards, travel and experiences, and incentive solution providers. Even if you’re in the minority of companies that get recognition right, it can’t hurt to have more insight into this key component of staying competitive.

Do you sell virtually? Do you have challenges? Do you want to sell 20% more?

During every journey, there are pivotal moments where you remember the person, place, and time when you learned something that changes the course of your journey. There are seven pivotal moments from Steve’s journey shared in this workshop that will help you in your leadership practice. 

Extraordinary Sales Results with Training that Really Works

Successful AI adoption hinges on strategic people integration.