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How You Need to Improve Your B2B Sales Force Now

Anthony Iannarino

If you want better sales results, you need to prepare your sales force to succeed in an environment that has evolved in ways that leave most salespeople unprepared. B2B sales training and B2B sales development are not the same things. From Training to Development.

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3 Things Sales Leaders Must do to Stay in Sync with Their Sales Team

A Sales Guy

You’ve redesigned the territories that sales requested and sales are still down. You launched a new commission structure and sales isn’t happy, but you think they are. All b2b sales leaders have been guilty of at least one of these if not all of them and they are guilty of others not mentioned.

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Sunday Morning Blog – Townsend Wardlaw

A Sales Guy

He knows his s**t when it comes to sales, selling and sales leadership. Townsend Wardlaw – Sales Transformation Architect is a must read for sales leaders and sales people. Townsend leverages his personal and consulting sales experiences to produce great posts. Check him out. Linkedin: [link].

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What Almost Every Sales Leader Screws Up in Hiring

A Sales Guy

In this case it’s sales or sales leadership. Leaders who have their own clear, discernable, approach and criteria to identifying sales and sales leadership talent are in high demand and their talent assessing skills are part of their brand. Be a talent evaluator, not just a resume reader.

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How Long Are You Gonna Give em? [How to Get Rid of Bad Hires?]

A Sales Guy

In most b2b sales cases, it’s unrealistic to expect the new SVP of Sales to move the revenue needle in the first 6 months. Hiring/Firing Sales Leadership b2b sales hiring b2b sales leadership hiring sales leaders hiring sales people sales hiring process what to do with a bad hire'

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Do You have Sales Deal DEBT? [Message to Sales Leaders]

A Sales Guy

Just like real debt, there is a cost to debt and in sales it’s no different. It’s a Leadership Problem. Listen carefully, deal debt is a sales leadership problem, period! Deal debt is the symptom of a poor culture and poor sales management. doesn’t ensure there are solid deal strategies in place.

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Manager or Leader?

A Sales Guy

Leadership b2b sales leadership managers vs leaders Sales Leadership Sales Team Development the difference between a manager and a leader' No do we need people who accept the status quo, everyone needs to be constantly challenging the status quo, managers too. What do you think?