Sales management is the coordination of people and resources to increase sales, profit and growth. Responsibilities can include forecasting, setting objectives, budgeting, recruitment, training, remuneration and performance. The the most important function of sales management it to manage the people who make the sales.
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6 Types Of Sales Managers Companies Should Stop Hiring
There are different types of sales managers you run into during your time in sales. You can learn something from most of them, but leadership being as tricky as it is, it’s often easier to point to how you get things wrong than it is to elucidate what makes one effective. These are the seven types of sales leaders you find on the sales floor, six of which you should avoid.
How Are High-Impact Sales Leaders Hardwired?
"No matter how much training you give to a donkey… it’ll never win the Melbourne Cup". How should your next sales leader be naturally hardwired in order to improve the odds of them being the ‘race horse’ you want and need?
Leadership Q&A – Jeremy Mead
Jeremy Mead is the National Sales & Marketing Manager for Hyne Timber, accountable for forecasting and managing demand within both domestic and global export markets. Jeremy is a leader of transformational change.
Leadership Q&A – Jo Schonheim
Jo Schonheim is a straight talking, values led, results driven leader, Head of Sales and Marketing at True; an award-winning advertising agency based in Sydney.
An Expert Guide To Sales Leadership (Part 4) – Protecting Culture...
Part 4 covers 8 a leader's legacy. Great leaders know that they are building a leadership factory. They build leaders who in turn work to build new leaders.
Leadership Q&A – Dino Soepono
Dino Soepono has had his finger on the IT pulse for more than 27 years, having held numerous technical management, sales leadership, and senior management roles.
An Expert Guide To Sales Leadership (Part 3) – Managing People
Part 3 (of 4) covers Managing People. As a leader it is your responsibility to understand what people really want, and what they don’t want.
12 Reasons Why You Should Be Fired
If you’re a sales manager or CEO, send this to the entire sales team and put them on notice - stop screwing around with your success; be the professional you’re paid to be.
Leadership Q&A – Danya Reinsfield
Danya Reinsfield is the APAC Sales Director at Wolters Kluwer for Accounting, Legal, Corporate and Academic to deliver software, research and learning solutions that...
An Expert Guide To Sales Leadership (Part 2) – Non-negotiables &...
Part 2 (of 4) covers Non-negotiables & Accountability. Being a leader means you are the one who stands up and enforces what is non-negotiable.