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Sales Training that Drives Results When budgets are tight, training spend often takes the first hit. And too many enable...

Start Planning Your Best Ever Sales or Commercial Kickoff Blame it on Taylor Swift. The bar for live events is higher th...

Change in today’s sales organizations is constant. For front-line sales managers, navigating their teams through disrupt...

How Sales Managers Can Master MEDDPICC Deal Reviews Too many sales coaching conversations revolve around activity levels...

Sales Training on a Global Scale One of the statements we’ve heard a lot from our clients is: “We want to deploy a globa...

Sharpening Your Deal Champion Strategy Customer cost-cutting and market uncertainty continue. For sales teams, this mean...

Turning Your Most Valuable Asset into Your Most Valuable Player Our recent pulse survey of more than 300 sellers confirm...

Next Year’s Sales Kickoff Must Look and Feel Different In-person SKOs were declared forever dead at the start of the pan...

Welcome to 2022 – the complexity and confusion of our world continues! Confidently navigating change is table-stakes for...

This is the story of Tom, a recently fired Chief Sales Officer (CSO). Although the sting of professional failure is star...

Many argue that sales managers play the most important role in the salesforce. They can drive adoption of your sales pro...

Everyone agrees on the importance of front-line sales managers. But in practice, sales coaching continues to fall short....

Brevet Partners with TCU Sales Center Students Everyone agrees the world of selling continues to change as we navigate a...

Back in 2015 we compiled a set of mind-blowing sales statistics. Since then, hundreds of thousands have read that blog. ...

Organizational decision-making has changed significantly in the COVID era. Buyers are stressed, and anxiety has never be...

Another crazy week. Companies are reeling from the news. Continuity plans are being deployed. Sales teams are rallying a...

There’s A Science to Onboarding a New Salesperson Onboarding is likely at the top of the “to-do” list as any business in...

The concept of deal champion, advocate, or coach has been around a long time. Without question, they’re the most importa...

An Effective Cross Selling Strategy is Rooted in Early Conversations Cross Sell. Land and Expand. Enterprise Selling. Ac...

The Best Sales Reps are Tapping into the Mindset, Skillset, and Toolset of Change Management The phrase “change manageme...

Cracking The Sales Content Code The goal was right: bridge the divide between marketing and sales. Equip sellers with co...

Several weeks ago, we sat in a client meeting with the company’s sales and marketing leaders. It went something like thi...

Recession Proofing Your Sales Organization This June marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S. economic expansion that beg...

In military strategy, flanking is attacking the opponent from the side. It’s effective because the enemy’s strength is u...

Modern buying has impacted nearly all aspects of sales. And many sales organizations have stepped up to fill the gaps – ...

Virtual Activation Strategies that Drive More Results In a blink of an eye the first half of 2019 will be behind us. For...

The pace of sales organizations hasn’t let up in the first five months of 2019. Every CRO, sales ops leader, and sales e...

In every sale, there’s likely someone with the potential to be your Coach or Champion. If this individual also has the b...

Introducing More Sophisticated Sales Enablement Solutions Sales enablement teams continue to make themselves essential t...

Framing The Customer’s Problem Can Be The Hardest Part of Selling Talk to any rep and ask: “How often do your customers ...

Effective Team Selling Means Much More Than Just Adding People To The Team Paul, a rep for an alternative energy company...

Several weeks ago, on the eve of the new year, we polled several dozen senior sales leaders about sales enablement. The ...

Sales technology analyst Nancy Nardin, in a unique position to understand and clear the technical fog of sales enablemen...

Sales Enablement Planning & Budget Strategies With Guest, George Bronten 2019 is HERE. Time to at least start your p...

Congratulations - you made it to year-end! For most of us, year-end brings both stress and relief. But it's also one of ...

Sales Leaders Today Have An Expiration Date Ben was the sales leader of a billion-dollar manufacturing firm, and he was ...

Sales Enablement Technology Are we reaching the peak of the sales technology hype cycle? How can sales leaders make sens...

Rolling Out Sales Effectiveness Programs Personal confession: I hate running. The heat, humidity, and hills here in Atla...

The day after Labor Day I had a conversation with a sales enablement leader. She was heading to Dreamforce soon and had ...

There Are Three Distinct Modes of Sales Coaching Enough already, let’s get practical about the importance of sales coach...

Four Steps to Sales Enablement Maturity Many CSOs ask us to rate the effectiveness of their sales enablement functions. ...

How do I manage a Millennial? Different age groups have their own norms. Most speak their own dialogue and refer to diff...

You have an opening for a sales manager. Your rainmaker is vying for the role. He's great at personal selling and has he...

Shorten Your Sales Cycle With Four Targeted Actions My first car was a used 1979 Honda Civic. Five-speed manual. Cracked...

Internal and External Recruiting Over and over we hear the same question from our clients: “Should we be hiring internal...

Management consultants wear many hats – advisor, change agent, devil’s advocate. Sometimes we find ourselves in the role...

We've talked with many sales leaders over the last few weeks about sales training. Pressure to hit the 2018 number, comp...

Our consultants have been busy in 2018. More than 100 ride-alongs and sales call reviews. SKO sessions in eight countrie...

Picture a high-performing sales rep. What do you see? Is he a charming and charismatic? Is she aggressive? Does he chall...

For years we’ve shared our view on the flaws of a one-size-fits-all sales methodology. Our research shows that the best ...