Building and Managing a High-Performing Sales Team
57mIntermediate2020-02-21
Authors

Steve Benson
Founder and CEO of Badger Maps
Course details
Join instructor Steve Benson as he walks through proven strategies to build and manage an ultra-high performing sales team, starting with hiring the right people. Steve shares the characteristics to look for in a successful salesperson, and then covers the right way to train a new team. Discover how to align sales and marketing departments to ensure everyone is working together toward the same goals, and how to increase productivity when the team is underperforming. Learn about how to monitor team health, and pivot based on different conditions. Plus, explore the importance of team building.
Topics include:
- Skills that make a great sales representative
- Smart interviewing processes
- How to train a sales team
- Investing in continuous training
- Increasing team productivity
- Having clear metrics and goals
- Team field activity analysis
- Aligning sales and marketing
- Leveraging technology
- Motivating a sales team
- Conflict management
Topics include:
- Skills that make a great sales representative
- Smart interviewing processes
- How to train a sales team
- Investing in continuous training
- Increasing team productivity
- Having clear metrics and goals
- Team field activity analysis
- Aligning sales and marketing
- Leveraging technology
- Motivating a sales team
- Conflict management
Skills covered
Sales MetricsSales ManagementSalesDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Why Do Some Hires Turn out to Be More Successful Than Others
- 01 - Why are some people successful
1. Hire Smart
- 02 - Skills that make a great sales rep
- 03 - Know what you need to hire smart
- 04 - Smart sales interviewing process
- 05 - Smart sales rep onboarding
2. How to Train Your Sales Team
- 06 - Know your team's training needs
- 07 - Divide your sales process into stages
- 08 - Turn your top performers into coaches
- 09 - Invest in continuous training
3. How to Increase Team Productivity
- 10 - Is your team underperforming
- 11 - Have clear metrics and goals
- 12 - Leverage technology for better performance
- 13 - Align sales and marketing
4. Monitoring Team Health
- 14 - Give continuous feedback
- 15 - Sales rep conflict management
- 16 - Motivating your sales team
- 17 - The importance of sales rep team building
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