Sales Management. Simplified

Packed with case studies, Sales Management. Simplified. offers a proven formula for prospecting, developing, and closing deals-in your time, on your terms.Why do sales organizations fall short? Every day, expert consultants like Mike Weinberg are called on by companies 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 can unknowingly undermine performance.Weinberg tells it straight by calling out the problems plaguing sales forces and the costly mistakes made by even the best-intentioned sales managers. The good news is that with the right guidance, results can be transformed.In Sales Management. Simplified., Weinberg teaches managers how to: Implement a simple framework for sales leadership Foster a healthy, high-performance sales culture Conduct productive meetings Put the right people in the right roles Retain top producers and remediate underperformers Point salespeople at the proper targets Blending blunt, practical advice with funny stories and examples from the field, Sales Management. Simplified. delivers the tools every sales manager needs to succeed.Managing sales doesn't have to be complicated, and the solution starts with you!

'Mike's book does exactly what it needs to for executives: Part One unsettles you by holding a mirror uncomfortably close while Part Two delivers a SIMPLE, straightforward plan to improve your sales team.' --Bill Hinderer, President, Tacony Corporation

Autorentext

Mike Weinberg loves sales! He is a consultant, coach, speaker, and bestselling author. His specialties are new business development and sales management, and he's on a mission to simplify sales and create high-performance salespeople and sales teams. Mike is known for his practical approach and for calling it like he sees it. He works with companies in all industries, ranging in size from a few million to many billions of dollars, and has spoken and consulted on five continents.

Klappentext

Packed with case studies, Sales Management. Simplified. offers a proven formula for prospecting, developing, and closing deals--in your time, on your terms.

Why do sales organizations fall short? Every day, expert consultants like Mike Weinberg are called on by companies 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 can unknowingly undermine performance.

Weinberg tells it straight by calling out the problems plaguing sales forces and the costly mistakes made by even the best-intentioned sales managers. The good news is that with the right guidance, results can be transformed.

In Sales Management. Simplified., Weinberg teaches managers how to:

• Implement a simple framework for sales leadership
• Foster a healthy, high-performance sales culture
• Conduct productive meetings
• Put the right people in the right roles
• Retain top producers and remediate underperformers
• Point salespeople at the proper targets Blending blunt, practical advice with funny stories and examples from the field, Sales Management. Simplified. delivers the tools every sales manager needs to succeed.

Managing sales doesn't have to be complicated, and the solution starts with you!

Zusammenfassung
Before blaming your sales team, take a look within. What costly mistakes is management making?

Inhalt

Contents

Foreword by Jeb Blout

Introduction

Part OneBlunt Truth from the Front Lines: Why So Many Sales

Organizations Fail to Produce the Desired Results

Chapter 1As Goes the Leader, So Goes the Organization

Chapter 2A Sales Culture Without Goals is a Sales Culture Without Results

Chapter 3You Can't Effectively Run a Sales Team When You're Buried in Crap

Chapter 4Playing CRM Desk Jockey Does Not Equate to Sales Leadership

Chapter 5You Can Manage, You Can Sell, But You Can't Do Both at Once

Chapter 6A Sales Manager Either Wants to Make Heroes or be the Hero

Chapter 7Sales Suffer When the Manager Wears the Fire Chief's Helmet

Chapter 8The Trouble with One Size Fits All Sales Talent Deployment is that One Size

Does Not Fit All

Chapter 9Turning a Blind Eye to the Perennial Underperformer Does More Damage

Than You Realize

Chapter 10 COMPensation and COMPlacency Start with the Same Four Letters

Chapter 11 An Anti-Sales Culture Disengages the Heart of the Sales Team

Chapter 12 The Big Ego Senior Executive "Sales Expert” Often Does More Harm than

Good

Chapter 13 Entrepreneurial, Visionary Leaders Forget that Their People Can't Do What They Can Do

Chapter 14 The Lack of Coaching and Mentoring Produces Ineffective Salespeople

Chapter 15 Amateurish Salespeople Are Perceived Simply as Vendors, Pitchmen and

Commodity Sellers

Chapter 16 Sales Leaders Chase Shiny New Toys Searching for the Magic Bullet

Part TwoPractical Help and a Simple Framework to Get Exceptional Results from

Your Sales Team

Chapter 17 A Simple Framework Provides Clarity to the Sales Manager

Chapter 18 A Healthy Sales Culture Changes Everything

Chapter 19 Sales Managers Must Radically Reallocate Their Time to Create a Winning

Sales Culture

Chapter 20 Regular 1:1 Results-focused Meetings Between Sales Manager and Each

Salesperson Will Transform Your Sales Culture

Chapter 21 Productive Sales Meetings Align, Equip, and Energize the Team

Chapter 22 Sales Managers Must Get Out in the Field with Salespeople

Chapter 23 Talent Management Can Make or Break the Sales Leader

Chapter 24 Strategic Targeting: Point Your Team in the Right Direction

Chapter 25 The Sales Manager Must Ensure the Team is Armed for Battle

Chapter 26 Sales Managers Must Monitor the Battle and be Ruthless with Their Time

Index