SMM 9 | The REAL Secret To Motivating Salespeople

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whisperIn this episode of Sales Management Mastery, we learn how to motivate salespeople by first uncovering, then harnessing thier talents. This is a far easier way to get the best form your sales reps, but so few sales managers do it this way!

We teach you how Joan and Tom are two sales reps with different styles and how the top sales manager motivates each one to get even MORE out of them than they are producing through “talent-harnessing”.

We’ve taught you alot of techniques to motivating sales teams and this one is one you may have thought of before but neve implemented…so now is the time.  In this episode we teach you exactlyhow.

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Build Your Salespeople’s Strengths And Use Them As Launch Pads For Better Sales Success

a-salesperson-holding-a-rocketI used to work for a company that tried to change me into someone I just was not. In an interview, the HR manager said, “This company will help you overcome your weaknesses by thrusting you into different kinds of situations. We will help you grow to become a completely different person.”

Here is the thing. There’s nothing wrong with “overcoming your weaknesses“. But to turn me into a “completely different person,” that’s something else.

Back then I didn’t realize the repercussions of that statement. Now that I’ve got years of experience as a sales manager, I know better than to try and change my sales reps into something they’re not.

My sales reps are themselves. They are not their colleagues. They are not their friends. They are not me. Continue reading

Sales Motivation By Observation

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The best, high-performing sales managers observe their salespeople.

They notice that there are certain core talents each individual has. They make mental notes of their salespeople’s strengths as well as their weaknesses. They know that they can leverage their talents as a launching point to coax even greater performance out of their salespeople.

For example, lets compare two top performing salespeople, both having achieved the highest sales awards in their companies with great track records of success. Continue reading