A client asked me why do organizations really need their managers to become salkes coaches. It got me thinking we need to at times to go back to the basics so here they are:

I received three emails today from clients sharing successes with coaching. All three really were not great coaches when we began; therefore, I wanted to share that coaching takes time to develop the confidence and skill to become a great. Coaching will open a manager's mind to not only what is possible with their employees but themselves as well!

It doesn’t hurt when you hit your bottom line or increase your revenue as a result of sales, but how do you get your employees to that level? How do you manage to increase their sales and the company’s overall profit? It only takes seven highly effective steps.

As a child, I have two distinct memories. The first involved my mom picking me up from soccer practice as I sat on the side of the field crying. My coach had yelled at me for playing poorly (I wasn’t exactly the next David Beckham), and I just wanted to go home. The second revolved around my first few days of t-ball. I was new to the team, had never played before and was the only girl. I was..

    After a long weekend, most people find it a struggle to get back into the work grind. The same can be said about training. Weeks after a seminar or workshop, employees find it difficult to change their day-to-day work. So, managers need to put training reinforcement and coaching into place.  The two methods are different, but both employ the same types of techniques.

I am working with a group of reps now at a client site, and I try and inspire them everyday but to do so we need to be creative. Check out this audio of ideas:

Sales management is not always easy. We expect a lot out of salespeople because we want to succeed, and we always want to see better performance and increased profitability. Coaching is tough. Most of the time, sales managers delegate instructions and expect to see their employee’s automatically hit their goals and make their bottom line, but what we really need to be doing is coach. Business..

Nobody wants to sit through training sessions and listen to someone dragging out a lesson. They want the session to be short and engaging. While coaching should be continuous, the actual training sessions should be given in short bursts. Research shows that adults learn best independently and when the material comes in quick segments that do not take up much of their time. Not only should..

Its critical to coach everyday and inspire people to open their minds to getting better tomorrow. Invest in others and they will ultimately invest in themselves.

The old method of using cold calling to prospect is well on its way out, and you don’t want to be left behind. While your inside sales team had to have excellent communication skills to engage with someone over the phone, they need to be even more refined online. They need to be able to connect with friends and clients and post blogs and whitepapers to get their company in front of potential..