LSA Global

JULY 17, 2020

Meaningful Sales Training Outcomes Require Meaningful Steps. To execute their growth strategies , CEOs and sales leaders often need their sales teams to behave differently by selling differently to different buyers. A Special Note about How B2B Sales Have Changed during COVID-19.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Why B2B Sales Skill Sets Matter The overall commoditization of products combined with the added pressure of shrinking margins and increased customer demands are heightening the need for the right B2B sales skill sets to meet grow targets. This is both a B2B sales skill and a sales mindset.

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LSA Global

JULY 15, 2023

3 New Sales Manager Tips for Success for Your First 90-Days We know from our sales management training that being a high performing solution seller often leads to a promotion to sales management. Unfortunately, experience as a high performing solution seller does not fully prepare sales reps to lead others.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 19, 2021

Frustrated by Disappointing Sales Training Results? If you are frustrated by the results of your business sales training investment, you are not alone. Lots of sales leaders feel the same way. Only 1-in-5 sales training participants change their on-the-job behavior or performance from standalone sales training.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Sales Training Design Best Practices Matter. Sales training design best practices matter a great deal. Why go through the expense, effort, and time to provide business sales training for your sales force if it is does not improve sales performance? 12 Sales Training Design Best Practices.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The B2B Sales Hunters vs Farmers Sales Model The role of B2B sales hunter vs sales farmer has been discussed in business sales training workshops for decades. In general, the roles represent two different, and often related, approaches to selling with each having an important part to play in sales growth.

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LSA Global

MAY 21, 2018

Product Training Versus Sales Training – Which Matters Most? Many of our clients who are moving from selling products to selling more complex solutions struggle with the concept of product training versus sales training. Product training versus Sales Training?

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

When is the last time you read a helpful blog article that gave you actionable advice to improve your consulting business? Did you know that there are consultant-specific blogs that host such advice? Although books are a fantastic way for consultants to learn how to run a more profitable business — blogs can be just as helpful.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 6, 2023

He had four jobs over seven years at Disney, including parking event sales, selling the Braves spring training, handling international wholesale, and being the Sales Director for the Disney Institute. Betsy is the host of the weekly Enough Already podcast, blog, and YouTube channel, with over 300 episodes.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 6, 2023

He had four jobs over seven years at Disney, including parking event sales, selling the Braves spring training, handling international wholesale, and being the Sales Director for the Disney Institute. Betsy is the host of the weekly Enough Already podcast, blog, and YouTube channel, with over 300 episodes.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 28, 2019

Sales Training without Reinforcement Should Be Unacceptable. Based upon over 800 sales training measurement projects, we know that sales training by itself – even if it is highly customized – only changes the on-the-job behavior and performance of 1-in-5 sales reps. Sales training reinforcement.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Top 10 Key Sales Management Skills: Mastering the Art of Sales Leadership Sales leaders must routinely navigate high stakes internal and external relationships while meeting ever-increasing revenue targets and demands from their sales team. Customer Focus Top sales leaders put customers first.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Stalled Sales Prospects Can Be So Frustrating Stalled sales prospects — it’s one of the most perplexing and frustrating challenges salespeople face. Your sales prospect initially showed a lot of interest, they claim to be authorized to make the final decision, and they have the budget to buy from you. What Gives? What gives?

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Top Sales Leaders Drive Growth If you find a sales leader who Is not up to the challenge of accelerating revenue growth, you have not found a high performing sales leader. But you need more from a sales leader than simply a desire to grow the top line. They demonstrate how sales leaders drive growth.

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LSA Global

JULY 17, 2017

Based upon over 800 sales training measurement projects, we have come to believe that solution selling training on its own is often an exercise in futility…and we say this as a business consulting and training company. Credibility. Credibility. And they must have attained a degree of competence that can inspire others.

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LSA Global

MARCH 16, 2023

The Top Sales Leader Effect ? What Top Sales Leaders Do Better than their Peers Getting the right person to lead Sales matters. The impact of top sales leaders is enormous. So, what is it that top sales leaders do better? Sales leadership is about effectively leading, managing, and coaching, not doing more selling.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Today, I am talking to Vern Schellenger, president of the premier networking training and coaching company Contacts Count. He is a passionate advocate for training and coaching individuals and teams to become more effective when they are networking and building relationships. If so, don't worry; you are not alone!

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LSA Global

JUNE 16, 2023

It’s All About Differentiation to Not Get Commoditized During the Sales Process Unless you are selling something that people can’t get enough of or you have no competition, your sales team needs to find effective ways to differentiate your product and services if you do not want to get commoditized during the sales process.

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Rick Conlow

MARCH 9, 2023

Resources to Accelerate Your Career Also, see our RealTime Learning & Training leadership and personal development website -over 250 resources. Finally, check out our newest self-directed leadership training: 21 Servant Leadership Training Lessons. We offer over 400 posts on our blog.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Impact of Great Sales Managers Companies that focus simply on the skills of their sales reps and neglect to provide targeted sales management training for sales leaders overlook a critical leverage point to increase sales performance. regardless of the business sales skills of their salespeople.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 19, 2022

And she does this by assisting them to not just believe in their heads in the value but embody that value, especially when it comes to sales conversations. We also differentiate between simply agreeing that we have worth and truly embodying that worth and the impact of that difference in our sales abilities. Lesley Lyons [link].

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Corporate Training Impact Why would any organization invest in professional development unless it believed that their training investment would pay off for their people and the business? And yet far too many businesses invest in corporate training without meaningful or agreed-upon success metrics.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 20, 2023

A Sales Meeting with an Executive is Always High Stakes Solution sellers who get a sales meeting with a target company’s executive consistently close more complex deals than those who sell at lower levels. But the expectations and needs of C-suite buyers are higher and different from other stakeholders.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Product-Oriented versus Customer-Oriented Experienced sales managers know that their team’s sales presentations should orient their messages toward the customer rather than the product. Yet research shows that salespeople regularly stumble headlong into a product-oriented approach when making sales presentations.

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LSA Global

APRIL 1, 2020

Why Social Selling Training Programs Fail to Grow the Sales Pipeline. When done right, curated online relationships should turn into more meaningful and more qualified sales conversations. Top 3 Reasons Social Selling Training Programs Fail. Lack of Sales Coaching. Learning How to Sell Socially Matters.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Value vs. Price Business sales training studies of both buyers and sellers report a recurrent theme — the importance of value. They know when to discuss price on a sales call. Money-Priming Experiment There’s another purely psychological reason to steer clear of monetary considerations in your sales process.

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LSA Global

JUNE 25, 2021

Setting More Achievable Sales Goals You have heard over and over how important it is to set sales goals, so that you have a specific target to work toward. Otherwise, your sales activities lack focus and direction. Goal Setting Let’s assume that overall sales goals are set by your sales manager.

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LSA Global

MAY 19, 2022

Almost every business sales training program teaches how to ask effective sales questions. You need to know how sales questions build rapport with customers. A Realistic Sales Scenario Edward, a consulting firm executive, is in his first meeting with Chelsea, who sells enterprise software. But be careful.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 15, 2017

Solution sales training experts agree that sales performance pressure never stops. But solution sales training experience tells us there are ways to make your job easier and keep your pipeline filled with real opportunities even while you spend less time prospecting. Where to Focus to Grow Your Pipeline.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Two Starkly Different Calls – Which Has the Mindset for a Better Sales Call? Here are two very different sales calls from our sales management workshop. Top sales leaders understand both perspectives. But lately, your sales prospect has gone dark. Call Number One: You are the seller. What’s the Point?

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LSA Global

MAY 24, 2023

When a Sales Prospect Says No Most sales managers teach their salespeople to be persistent. However, salespeople are human, and when a sales prospect says no — to a sales meeting , to a demo, or to the sale itself — they may be tempted to think that “no means no” and stop or delay pursuing their ideal target client.

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LSA Global

JUNE 21, 2022

Confidence in Sales Experienced sales managers know that their sales teams need competence and confidence to succeed. Sales team confidence needs to be high. Here’s a research study from our microlearning experts that we weave into our customized business sales training workshops that answers that question.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Lee is not just a great leader; he also turned his leadership success into a highly profitable leadership and management training business, so he's got some best practices on how he stands out in the market and wins clients. Betsy is the host of the weekly Enough Already podcast, blog, and YouTube channel, with over 300 episodes.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 2, 2021

Shorten Your Sales Cycle In sales, time is money. The more quickly you can close the right deals with the right clients – or kick unqualified leads out of your pipeline – the more successful you and your sales team will become. For more sales in less time, don’t be shy. Don’t view referrals as an afterthought.

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LSA Global

JUNE 12, 2021

Some Surprising Research Related to High Stakes Sales When we ask sales pros to share what matters most with high stakes sales, most get it wrong. When we ask participants in our business sales training workshops, the majority believe that sales prospects want the best option and focus on that aspect of their value proposition.

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LSA Global

JULY 16, 2021

Do the Math Trying to define high performing sales territories that are balanced, and consistently high producing is the source of many a sales manager’s headaches. There are so many ways to slice and dice sales territories but, however you do it, there is one constant – it should reflect real data.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Top Sellers Gracefully Overcome Sales Objections. Though it is surely discouraging to hear a buyer say “No” when you spent time and energy on a potential sale, it is not the end. Unfortunately, too many business sales training courses underestimate the importance of these four steps to “yes.”. The Four Steps to a “Yes”.

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