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    Tim Hagen

    Tim Hagen

    Tim Hagen founded Progress Coaching, a Training Reinforcement Partner Company, in 1997. His entrepreneurial career began in college leading to positions in sales, sales management, and sales training for small and large corporations, and eventually ownership of several training companies. Tim is often a keynote speaker at companies teaching the value of coaching and conversations in the workplace. He possesses a unique combination of hands-on experience, academics, and innovative insight to solve the industry’s most common challenges specific to workplace performance. Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in Adult Education and Training from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
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    3 Great Coaching Stories

    Tue,Mar 15,2011 @ 07:59 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Coaching is tough and rewarding. Hopefully these 3 stories will inspire you to coach and develop your employees

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    30 Second Coaching WORKS!

    Sun,Feb 13,2011 @ 12:23 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Listen to this audio and tell me how it worked successfully (tim@salesprogress.com):

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    Use Self-Actualized Questions to Guide Sales Staff

    Sun,Feb 13,2011 @ 12:12 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Here is an audio overview to help you understand the use of this type of question to drive sales staff performance:

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    Successful Sales Coaching Language

    Thu,Feb 10,2011 @ 06:15 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    We must as sales leaders coach sales people to frame their mind to do whatever it takes to be successful. The following audio will address the four main coaching language techniques:

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    Coaching People with Bad Attitudes

    Fri,Feb 04,2011 @ 10:18 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    The following link is an audio overview that will help you to coach those employees that have a bad attitude:

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    What Make a Sales Person Great???

    Thu,Jan 27,2011 @ 06:18 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    This was a question presented to me by a client. I really had to take a step back and think about it for a minute.

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    New Podcast Series: Always Stay Positive

    Wed,Jan 26,2011 @ 05:54 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    We have launched a new podcast called Always Stay Positive. I believe an attitude impacts our ability to learn, work well with others, help customers, etc. this podcast is dedicated 100% to providing various techniques and strategies to adopting a really powerful and positive attitude:

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    Selling Pencils Is Not Easy

    Thu,Jan 20,2011 @ 07:12 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Okay, I hope I have your attention with this weird title but selling still needs to get to the basics. Recently I encountered a really interesting interaction with a client's sales person. I asked the rep "Why do you feel you lost the deal?". He started to tell his product was perfect for the client and he seemed almost at a loss to why. I asked him a great coaching question "what problem or..

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    Why We Need To Coach

    Wed,Jan 19,2011 @ 09:16 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Listen to our audio blog on why organizations need to coach their employees:

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    Training is Tough ... We Need Help!

    Wed,Jan 19,2011 @ 08:04 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    I was talking to a client the other day and she and I had a great conversation about training. We discussed how to prepare properly, how to make the content relevant to learners, how to make sure managers coach back in their departments, etc. We talked out loud how much work goes into making training relevant and impactful. Getting in front of people and delivering is one element. Designing and..

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