sales assessments
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12 Differences Between Your Salespeople and Sales Candidates
- September 28, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Salespeople that already work for you are TWICE AS LIKELY to LACK Commitment than candidates applying for sales positions at your company.
What are some of the possible reasons for this discrepancy? Here are 12:
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Does Your Sales Force Have Asthma?
- September 23, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Both of my parents had Asthma so wouldn’t you think that when I described the sensations to them – my inability to breathe, the burning sensation, and huge fear, they would have recognized the symptoms? They didn’t want me to have Asthma, they didnt’ think I could have Asthma, they didn’t connect the dots to conclude it was Asthma and they didn’t send me to a doctor. They were in denial.
The same thing happens with your sales force.
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Top 11 Reasons Why Salespeople Fail to Close Sales
- September 19, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
The reason I’m bringing this up is that in most companies, when certain stages of the sales process are not being exectued as they should, executives often don’t know why. That’s one of the many reasons why we evaluate Sales Forces – to identify root causes of the known (and unknown) problems.
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How Many Salespeople Should Report to a Sales Manager?
- September 12, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
How many salespeople should report to a sales manager?
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What Does Sales Longevity Really Mean?
- September 9, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Objective Management Group has included the Sales Longevity Finding for about a year and clients still ask, “What does it really mean?”
It’s really 3 things:
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What’s the Difference Between Sales Commitment and Motivation?
- September 8, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
“Which is more important in sales – commitment or motivation?”
Let’s discuss the difference first.
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Most Salespeople Suck at Selling – Is it Worse Than Ever?
- August 26, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
What is your approach to get people to call you back after you have left 2 or 3 messages?”
In the past month, there have been 47 comments, one of the most popular topics I’ve seen there. Some of the replies have been on target but most are embarrassing to read. These are sales management executives and this is a “what salespeople must learn to do in their 1st week in sales” topic. Most salespeople do not have the skills to consistently get new prospects to the phone!
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You Lost the Sale – What Should Your Salespeople Do Next?
- August 25, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I get tremendous satisfaction from helping companies evaluate their sales forces, develop and optimize their processes, improve efficiencies, train and coach their teams, select great salespeople and increase revenue and profit. But I LOVE to sell. Agassi hated tennis yet still mastered the sport to become #1 in the world! You can learn a lot from an example like that!
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Top 10 Reasons for Roller Coaster Sales Performance
- August 11, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
We know why the market goes up and down – in hindsight – but we can never predict when. Do we know why sales performance bounces up and down? Here are my ten reasons for inconsistent sales performance:
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Top 6 Keys to Closing Big, Difficult to Close Sales
- August 3, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
If I think back on most of the big deals I have closed, helped others to close, or trained and coached others to close, there are several common themes we can discuss that you can incorporate into your sales and sales management world. For the purpose of this article, we will assume that the opportunities are actually closable, that your salespeople teed these deals up in an appropriate way, and that they didn’t have happy ears: