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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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    How to Customize Your Sales Training Handbook

    Fri,Apr 13,2012 @ 09:00 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    How to Customize Your Sales Training Handbook

    We often speak about utilizing group discussions and best practices as a part of your employee coaching program, to help improve your sales team.  Now we propose you to take it one step further, and actually document these best practices, to create the greatest sales handbook your team could ask for.You can read hundreds of books and articles about..

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    Is Multitasking Hurting Your Sales?

    Thu,Apr 12,2012 @ 04:30 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Is Multitasking Hurting Your Sales?

    Listening is a part of everyday life; amazingly few of us do a good job at it. The average person speaks between 160-200 words per minute, however our mind is capable of processing 4-5 times more information than that in the same length of time, making it very easy for us to begin thinking about other things. We live in a fast paced world where often we are..
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    3 Steps to Successful Sales Training

    Thu,Apr 12,2012 @ 02:00 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    3 Steps to Successful Sales Training 

    Sales training takes more than a one or two day workshop to be successful and effective. Training needs to be a process not an event.  The below 3 parts must be included to ensure that your training programs are effective and that the learning becomes sustainable.

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    Lessons Sustainable For Easy Training Reinforcement

    Thu,Apr 12,2012 @ 11:58 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Lessons Sustainable For Easy Training Reinforcement 

    Here is another easy and inexpensive training reinforcement method that we use for our clients. Remember there are many reasons training reinforcement programs are important, including increased returns on investment, increased retention of knowledge, increased sales from better-trained teams, etc. 

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    The Coaching Diet

    Wed,Apr 11,2012 @ 06:00 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    The Coaching Diet

    How many times have you heard that you should eat 4-6 small meals a day in order to get better results in weight loss and energy?  Yes many times, but what does this have to do with training employees?

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    Are You Cultured?

    Wed,Apr 11,2012 @ 04:30 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Are You Cultured?

    Defining a sales coaching culture at any organization can be nebulous as well as ambiguous. A coaching culture can take on the appearance of many different faces. There are however, specific attributes that will illustrate if an organization has truly created a coaching culture.

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    The Power of Positivity

    Wed,Apr 11,2012 @ 03:09 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

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    6 Ways To Boost The Effectiveness Of Training

    Wed,Apr 11,2012 @ 10:54 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    6 Ways To Boost The Effectiveness Of Training

    Training our staff can be expensinve, and time consuming.  Protect your investment by reinforcing the training.  Below are 6 easy ways to provide training reinforcment for your staff.

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    3 Things NOT To Do When Coaching

    Tue,Apr 10,2012 @ 12:09 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    3 Things NOT To Do When Coaching

    We constantly talk about what to do when coaching but what about what NOT to do when coaching an employee? Whether you are coaching one or one hundred employees the process of coaching can become overwhelming and often, without realizing, you may veer off your intended path. Below are 3 things to avoid to keep your coaching on track. 
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    Top 5 Reasons to Coach Within Your Organization

    Tue,Apr 10,2012 @ 11:41 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Top 5 Reasons to Coach Within Your Organization

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