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10 Things to Start & 3 Things to Stop When Hiring Better Salespeople

Anthony Cole Training

Recruiting new sales talent and hiring better salespeople are complicated and time-consuming processes. Especially, when you're not prepared to fill a vacancy, don't have a pipeline of candidates, or have an idea of what "better" means for your business.

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Develop Your Sales Pipeline to Increase Sales

Anthony Cole Training

Sales pipelines are similar to the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This one is too fat, this one is too skinny, and the rarest one of all; this one's just right.

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Pipeline Movement – [Shitty Sales Management]

A Sales Guy

Shitty sales management can kill pipeline movement. This is especially true with first line managers. The place I see sales management fail the most (just behind hiring “A” players) is pipeline management. They lack pipeline innovation in terms of pipeline movement.

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Key appointments: Langham, La Vie, Rydges

Hotel Management

La Vie hires ex Spicers Retreats GM to drive boutique La Vie Hotels and Resorts has appointed experienced boutique hotel manager, Sam Giles, as General Manager at 202 Elizabeth. McGufficke, who also assumes the position of Area General Manager Hunter Region, described the role as a “dream job”. “I

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What is the Most Powerful Management Question Ever?

Anthony Cole Training

What do you have to do this year to demonstrate to the Michigan community that you are on the path to achieving what they hired you to achieve?”. I immediately thought about all the sales managers we’ve worked with over the last 25 years and the challenges they faced getting their salespeople to perform as expected.

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Sales Habits, Sales Managers and Changing Habits

Anthony Cole Training

As I continue to think about habits of sales people and the role of the sales manager in identifying, assessing and “correcting” habits, I keep looking for additional information that might be additive to this string of articles. Ike sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors.

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"Old Tools" Work Really Well in Sales Management

Anthony Cole Training

Tony," you might be asking, "what does this have to do sales management and sales management tools?" Well, reader," I''m thinking, "it has a lot to do with sales management and sales tools, and it also gives me a chance to reflect on my dad and my youth spent on the farm." As a sales manager, you need a tool box.

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