A Sales Guy

JANUARY 9, 2014

Did they operate in the appropriate fashion, etc? Performance reviews look back over 6 months or a year and tell the sales person if they’re doing a good job or not. They are designed to evaluate if someone has achieved their goals and objectives. Their purpose is to evaluate how someone has done over a particular period of time.

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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The best thing to do to keep this from happening is to break your sales team into manageable sections; strategy, structure, people, process. Each of these pillars represents the critical parts of sales and are the only focused areas sales leadership controls that can move the number.

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A Sales Guy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The value in this book to sales leaders and sales people is its ability in teaching how to deliver. Sales is a complex profession. Sales leadership is even more complex. Every time I read it, I’m reminded of how good the book is.

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A Sales Guy

MAY 13, 2016

In addition to these killer keynote speakers, there are four tactical tracts (Sales Strategy, Sales Operations, Sales Development, and Sales Leadership) designed to provide robust, actionable, insight and advice on how to increase sales. This is going to be a savage event.

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A Sales Guy

MARCH 25, 2015

I promise you, it was irritating getting an email for a sales enablement person when I’m not. Have your sales leadership list. Have your sales enablement list, sales operation list, have your sale people list, etc.

Sales Enablement

A Sales Guy

JUNE 29, 2014

Vice President People Operations Google. There was a time in my career that a company was extremely interested in hiring me to head up the their sales organization and after they found out I didn’t have my degree (I’ve since gone back and finished my BA), they quickly told me I was no longer a candidate.

Hiring

A Sales Guy

JANUARY 27, 2014

So in my view, none of the “rhetorical” power comes from expertise in how the surface details of written language operate. Aristotle was concerned about the art of speaking—the core arts of a sales person. Guest Posts Uncategorized Personal Development Sales Advice Sales Leadership Sales People'

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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Owner-operator MCR has appointed Sameer Mehra as chief revenue officer. The 25-year hospitality veteran leads the company’s revenue and sales team. Sam brings a wealth of experience in revenue and distribution management, e-commerce, strategic partnerships and sales leadership,” said Tyler Morse, chairman/CEO, MCR. “He

Revenue

Hotel Business

JUNE 22, 2023

In her new role, she is responsible for day-to-day operations of all InnSpire solutions and services within North and South America, as well as ensuring the successful delivery of InnSpire’s digital guest journey solutions to hotels and resorts across the region. InnSpire has named Anne Frye to the role of president, the Americas.

Sales Leadership

A Sales Guy

JUNE 21, 2012

hire a two new sales reps. redo the sales process. change the sales strategy. promote a new sales manager. create a sales operations function. establish and inside sales team. build an outside sales team. ” or “Let’s just create and inside sales team.”

Sales Process

Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). sales development (55). sales excuses (15). Sales Force (5). sales goals (29). sales improvement (22). Sales Jobs (5). sales leadership development (4). sales management (49). sales people (8).

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). sales development (55). sales excuses (15). Sales Force (5). sales goals (29). sales improvement (22). Sales Jobs (5). sales leadership development (4). sales management (49). sales people (8).

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 26, 2011

If you’re operating from an old school view of the sales cycle, you’re leaving money on the table. Sales will take longer. Sales cycles aren’t linear. Sales people don’t get stuck, they just keep working, putting in a lot of effort (moving up) and wasting time not getting any closer to the sale.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 18, 2019

Allowing Sales Reps to Become Operators : There are always going to be people within an organization who will ask for help from the sales team. Reps do operational work when there are issues where a salesperson’s competency with customers can make the difference.

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Hotel Business

MARCH 27, 2023

Preferred Travel Group —a family-owned company that operates global travel and hospitality brands Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Beyond Green, Historic Hotels of America, Historic Hotels Worldwide, PTG Consulting and Beyond Green Travel—has made three strategic appointments within its global and regional leadership, as well as a promotion.

Travel

A Sales Guy

JULY 10, 2012

@keenan quotas set up negative reinforcement, the best commissioned sales people never pay attention to quotas, they just “go for the gold!” Quota is a KPI, can’t see how any functional unit can operate without targets. ” From: @keenan (me). laurencsheil what’s “the gold?” From @laurencsheil.

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Establish new sales processess and procedures (Tighten the ship). Implement sales operations function. Restructure sales team. Implement an insides sales team. Retool the sales team. Establish an inbound lead function (Content Marketing). Realign territories. Incorporate predicative analytics.

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 17, 2015

This, my friends, is the unspoken element to leadership, management, and organization coaching we just don’t address enough. We operate from the premise that everyone is coachable and that all we need to do is just coach them. Not everyone is coachable. This isn’t true.

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 21, 2015

I don’t see the individual as separate from the system from within which they’re operating. McDonald’s may have to adapt in order to survive because the operational environment has changed, but you can’t deny that for 50 years they’ve been tremendously successful.

Closing

A Sales Guy

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

We suck at planning. It’s the end of 2012 and most of us are spending countless hours planning for 2013 and we suck at it. Maybe this is why, in spite of best efforts, most planning efforts are a waste of time, producing very few results. Most plans end up on a dusty shelf. I’m not making this s**t up.

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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 17, 2012

But nearly half also say their IT systems do not adapt well to changes in strategy, operations, and/or scale. About two-thirds say their IT approaches ensure information security and facilitate compliance and reporting, and half are positive about having the information they need. About the Survey.

Sales

Anthony Iannarino

JANUARY 15, 2020

The number one reason sales organizations struggle to reach their goals is a lack of accountability. Too many sales organizations lack an operating cadence for managing their sales, something that indicates both poor engagement and a lack of accountability.

B2B

Anthony Iannarino

JULY 29, 2020

Real consequences include lost clients, missed deadlines, increased operating costs, and a loss of profits. The threat of a price increase or the loss of a discount doesn’t rise to the level of real consequences, mainly because your client isn’t buying what you sell because they are trying to find discounts.

Forecasting

Anthony Iannarino

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Lack of Cadence : One of the reasons you might produce results that are less than what you need is because you lack an operating cadence for sales. Many leaders offer their people suggestions, allowing them the option to decide for themselves what they do and how they do it. There is no territory or account planning.

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 21, 2015

I don’t see the individual as separate from the system from within which they’re operating. McDonald’s may have to adapt in order to survive because the operational environment has changed, but you can’t deny that for 50 years they’ve been tremendously successful.

Closing

A Sales Guy

JUNE 18, 2013

However, most of us operate from one of these leadership styles most of the time and we operate from that. I’ve seen “Ah, You Can Do It’s” jump into fix it mode and I’ve seen Fixer’s play the Supporter role. The key is to commit to a style and own it. Which style is yours?

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A Sales Guy

JANUARY 21, 2013

They operate from a, it worked for me last year, it’ll work for me this year mentality. (B) Those with a rough idea: Those who have a rough idea think about what they need to do, but don’t write it down and don’t spend adequate time evaluating why what they think they need to do is accurate.

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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

has appointed hospitality software veteran Dan Bell as VP, North America sales East hotels, resorts and cruises (HRC), a newly created sales leadership role focused on PMS and POS growth in North America. Prior to his position at Toast, Bell led sales, business development, deployment and support in the U.S.,

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