Not long ago it was reported that more than 12% of all U.S. jobs are full-time sales positions. That’s a lot of sales reps in need of a whole lot of training.   This demand puts a tremendous amount of pressure on B2B companies to effectively develop and enable their salespeople from the moment they first step through the door. It’s certainly not easy, as developing a high-powered, internal sales onboarding and training program requires investment, planning and, most importantly, time.   Time spent away from the phones.   Time spent out of the field.   Time spent learning instead of selling.

"The Keys to Effective Strategic Account Planning" is a best-practice model Performance Methods, Inc., has developed from our extensive client work in the strategic account management area as well as our affiliation with the Strategic Account Management Association. Chances are, if you’ve recently attended a SAMA event, you may have even been to a session bearing the same name. This model, based on 10 critical best-practice areas, establishes a SAM execution framework. In this article series, we "unpack" each key and provide insight into how global industry leaders achieve SAM excellence through effective implementation of best practices.

OK. Your company's Social Selling strategy is set and Marketing is on board to supply content. Now, what is the modern sales manager supposed to do on a daily basis to get the most out this new sales approach? Join us to learn ten tips to help sales managers maximize their team's social selling success.

Selling to Enterprise accounts requires a completely different approach and understanding of how your buyers make decisions - and research shows that very few sales organizations are getting it right.

Strategy, when executed well, is the biggest differentiator between sales and marketing organizations that succeed and those that don’t. While the CEO must drive strategy, all leaders, and particularly sales and marketing executives, must have a deep understanding of why their ideal customer would buy from them vs. their competition. They must also be able to take a broad company strategy and identify the critical issues within their functional area that must be addressed. Yet, when asked to articulate it, they cannot. As a result, they can never align their sales and marketing teams to focus on the critical issues. This condition can be remedied easily. 

We all know coaching is important. We all know it can make a huge difference. So why aren’t you seeing more results from your team, for your coaching efforts?

A significant reason managers don’t coach their people is that there’s no obvious WIIFM. Sure, the person they coach improves in engagement, productivity and impact, so the organization benefits too. But for the manager, coaching can feel like just another obligation. By understanding the Drama Triangle, managers can reach that aha! moment where they realize how being more coach-like can help them work less hard and have more impact.

You can keep taking your best guesses on how best to engage your team, your bosses and your customers ... or you could understand the science behind what really makes the difference. The science of the brain is the cutting-edge of the art of management. The Neuroscience of Engagement webinar shares insights and strategies that help us raise our game.  

As a manager, you can't fix what you can't see. How much easier would it be to help sales reps overcome what keeps them from selling more, if you only knew: What motivates their decisions and behavior? What are their hidden weaknesses in the sales process? Do they have It inside them to be successful in the job? Are they a potential flight risk?

The purpose of this paper is to explore the 17 innovations occurring to the methods of training and learning. Some are in their infancy; others are more mature. Additionally, we'll suggest some neuroscience-based practices to help you develop your organizational training.

It’s not enough to ‘set it and forget it’ when it comes to sales readiness. Learning must be agile and continuous to ensure salespeople remain equipped to succeed in an ever-evolving world.  

The hiring landscape and our entire economy changed dramatically when COVID 19 hit and we entered this new era of social distancing.  With unemployment skyrocketing and purchasing decisions being delayed or cancelled, the need for strong salespeople is greater than ever.  What can you do to position your company to come out of this economic quarantine stronger than ever so you’re ahead of your competition when the rebound starts?

In this interactive webcast, we'll explore specific referral acquisition strategies.  The key to warm referrals is to give and then to get. All too often referrals are lost because one party is looking to get and forgets to give. 

Mastering Virtual Selling Virtual selling—working a deal remotely when you can’t be there in person—is the new normal for B2B salespeople. But being a great virtual salesperson doesn’t mean simply conducting every meeting via video conference. Virtual selling means understanding a prospect’s mindset when you can’t meet in person, using all the tools and techniques available to close the deal. While the fundamentals are the same, you have new obstacles to overcome and new skills to master. Allego’s learning and enablement platform accelerates results for virtual teams. From our work with hundreds of thousands of sales professionals around the world, we’ve developed unique expertise in virtual selling techniques that can give you the edge you need to hit your targets. This guide distills that learning to help you and your team understand how to master virtual selling and stay ahead of your competition.

Corporate meetings and marketing events continue to be confined to virtual experiences. Whether you are crafting an internal event for your entire employee base or a conference to invite all your customers to network and engage with your products, we will provide you with some tangible tips and tricks to help guide your planning process.

Engaging webinars and training sessions are more important than they’ve ever been. For presenters and trainers, this raises the bar for cutting through the noise, getting attention, and creating an experience.

Workers are quitting their jobs at some of the highest rates in years. Those employees who do stay mostly still work from home, presenting little face time with managers and colleagues. Cash bonuses go toward daily bills and are soon forgotten. Recognizing and rewarding employees, channel partners and other business associates has never been more important. Our Ultimate Guide to Non-Cash Incentives features:   Dozens of non-cash recognition ideas from name brand merchandise, gift card and experience providers Valuable insights on recognition trends, including a look at travel rewards in this uncertain time Industry research to help set realistic expectations for incentive and brand loyalty campaigns

Teach your sales team how to ditch the drawn out, worn out webinar for a snappier version that commands epic engagement, off-the-charts close rates, and authentic sales without the ‘salesy’ tactics.

Where do your sales managers focus their coaching attention?  Are the "problem children" on your sales team getting too much attention?  Chances are, your sales managers are not investing enough time coaching salespeople in general.  And if they are, they may not be spending enough time coaching the high-performing and high-potential salespeople on your team.  Instead, it is often the low performers who steal all the time, energy, and attention from your sales manager.  However, the payoff from focusing high-quality coaching on high-performing and high-potential salespeople can be enormous.

We all know we need to coach sales reps. In the face of The Great Resignation, a staggering 60% of reps say that they’re more likely to leave their job if their manager is a poor coach (*The Center for Sales Strategy.) However, successful coaching is not always as easy as it seems. A sales leader’s time is spent on a multitude of tasks - accurately forecasting revenue, understanding where deals are, getting on calls with customers - and often, as a result, they don’t know where to begin a formal coaching process. Whether your goal is to improve rep performance, onboard new hires faster, speed up your sales cycle, or boost retention rates, effective sales coaching driven by data can be a game-changer for your oranization. This guide will demonstrate.

More leads won't get you more business unless you do this...  

Technology plays a vital role in companies’ go-to-market strategies. The tools in each sales team’s tech stack can be the difference between blowing past competitors or falling short of quota - again! Choosing the right technology is among the most important decisions that sales leaders make. It’s used for everything from onboarding new hires to providing veteran rainmakers with highly qualified leads and the data to create the kind of tightly tailored messages that close deals. But how to make the right decisions?   In our newest Focus Report on technology for B2B sales, we take a closer look at how businesses are using technology to reinvent their sales process to reap the rewards of more effective onboarding, enhanced targeting, improved forecasting and shorter sales cycles. The collection of stories on sales technology examines: Research from Gartner on what new software purchases are making the most impact for B2B sales Best practices in the trend of automated demos Seven technology disruptions that will impact sales through 2027 Technology’s role in one sales trainer’s push to teach lawyers how to sell Why sales leadership will never be replaced by technology

Sales reps and teams can achieve their highest level of success if they learn to sell like Rock Stars. Rock Stars succeed because they dream big, set high goals, leverage talents, promote continuously and more.  

Conflict is hard. You weren't born knowing the perfect words to say when you're angry, dealing with a difficult stakeholder, or when someone calls your game-changing idea "stupid." This practical program incorporates findings from our expansive World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration research. You'll leave with the courage, confidence, and competence to navigate even the trickiest conflict scenarios and build better, lasting collaboration.