Sales Management. Simplified: The Straight Truth About Getting Exceptional Results from Your Sales Team
- 3h 35m
- Mike Weinberg
- AMACOM
- 2016
Why do sales organizations fall short? Every day, expert consultants like Mike Weinberg are called on by companies large and small to find the answer--and it's one that may surprise you. Typically, the issue lies not with the sales team--but with how it is being led. Through their attitude and actions, senior executives and sales managers unknowingly undermine performance. In Sales Management. Simplified. Weinberg tells it straight, calling out the problems plaguing sales forces and the costly mistakes made by even the best-intentioned sales managers. The good news: with the right guidance, results can be transformed. Blending blunt, practical advice with funny stories from the field, this book helps you: Implement a simple framework for sales leadership - Foster a healthy, high-performance sales culture - Conduct productive meetings - Create a killer compensation plan - Put the right people in the right roles - Coach for success - Retain top producers and remediate underperformers - Point salespeople at the proper targets - Sharpen your sales story - Regain control of your calendar - And more Long on solutions and short on platitudes, Sales Management. Simplified. delivers the tools you need to succeed.
About the Author
MIKE WEINBERG is founder and president of The New Sales Coach, a consultancy specializing in sales management and new business development. He is the author of the popular book New Sales. Simplified.
In this Book
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As Goes the Leader, So Goes the Organization
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A Sales Culture Without Goals is a Sales Culture Without Results
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You Can't Effectively Run a Sales Team When You're Buried in Crap
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Playing CRM Desk Jockey Does Not Equate to Sales Leadership
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You Can Manage, You Can Sell, But You Can't Do Both at Once
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A Sales Manager Either Wants to Make Heroes or Be the Hero
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Sales Suffer When the Manager Wears the Fire Chief's Helmet
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The Trouble with One-Size-Fits-All Sales Talent Deployment is That One Size Does Not Fit All
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Turning a Blind Eye to the Perennial Underperformer Does More Damage Than You Realize
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COMPensation and COMPlacency Start With the Same Four Letters
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An Anti-Sales Culture Disengages the Heart of the Sales Team
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The Big Ego Senior Executive "Sales Expert" Often Does More Harm Than Good
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Entrepreneurial, Visionary Leaders Forget That Their People Can't Do What They Can Do
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The Lack of Coaching and Mentoring Produces Ineffective Salespeople
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Amateurish Salespeople are Perceived Simply as Vendors, Pitchmen, and Commodity Sellers
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Sales Leaders Chase Shiny New Toys Searching for the Magic Bullet
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A Simple Framework Provides Clarity to the Sales Manager
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A Healthy Sales Culture Changes Everything
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Sales Managers Must Radically Reallocate Their Time to Create a Winning Sales Culture
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Regular 1:1 Results-Focused Meetings Between the Sales Manager and Each Salesperson Will Transform Your Sales Culture
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Productive Sales Meetings Align, Equip, and Energize the Team
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Sales Managers Must Get Out in the Field with Salespeople
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Talent Management Can Make or Break the Sales Leader
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Strategic Targeting: Point Your Team in the Right Direction
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The Sales Manager Must Ensure That the Team is Armed for Battle
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Sales Managers Must Monitor the Battle and Be Ruthless with Their Time
