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sales management

sales process

7-Point Checklist to Grade Your Sales Management Cadence

Operating is the easiest trait to learn and most straight forward to implement. It supports sales coaching by structuring team interactions and progress.

sales management

Do You Run a Sales Team or Just a Group of People Who Report to You?

Do you run a sales team or a group of people who all report to you?

sales management

Top 10 Account Planning Mistakes to Avoid

Why do mature sales organizations still “wing it” with their Account Planning process? Here are 12 common Account Planning mistakes to avoid.

Sales Training

Sales Leaders: Assess Skills Gaps Now to Avoid Pipeline Issues Later

A mid-year assessment by sales leaders of all sellers on their team can reveal skills gaps that will affect the health of your current year pipeline.

sales management

Front-Line Sales Leadership: What Works Now

Most managers already know the importance of sales coaching. What they’re struggling with is how to do it efficiently in today's virtual operating model. 

Sales Management

sales management

Sales Leadership Excellence: A Virtual Master Class

Brevet has partnered with TCU's Sales Center to host a virtual class on modern sales management. Be part of this event and help young sales professionals.

sales coaching

Talking to Your Sales Team: Do it More Often, Starting Now

Sales teams under stress require frequent communication. This can be challenging for sales leaders. Here are ideas for regular cadence calls.

Sales Strategy

'Transforming' vs. 'Tweaking' Your Sales Force

Many sales training companies use the word “transformation” when they’re only talking about tweaking the existing organization.

Sales Leadership

sales coaching

Boosting Sales Coaching: 3 Techniques to Reinforce Selling Skills

Sales leaders have a great capacity to reinforce fundamental selling skills in their teams, but day-to-day demands get in the way.

sales process

7 Steps to Sales Force Transformation: Building for the Future

Over the next 10 years, your vision for the sales organization will be crucial.

More Effective Discovery Conversations

Sales Enablement

Now is the Time to Rediscover Your Customers

The market is shifting. Projects are moving forward. Learn how to enable your sales team to take advantage of these changes.

Sales Strategy

7 Steps to Sales Force Transformation: Building Your Case for Change

We’ve identified six core components of common customer-facing sales strategies that should be applied internally in selling a sales transformation.

Sales Strategy

7 Steps to Sales Force Transformation: Drivers of a Transformation

The drivers of a sales force transformation often vary across companies and industries, but at the highest level, they fit within several defined categories.

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Sales Enablement

How is Your Alignment Between Sales and Marketing Coming Along?

Sales people are measured by how much they sell. Marketing people are measured by how many programs they execute. So how can they work together?

Sales Enablement

Sales Enablement KPIs: Time to Step Them Up

As we approach the fourth quarter sales and sales enablement leader have to keep their foot on strategy, tactical help, day to day operations, and KPIs.

sales leader

Team Selling Approach: Death of the Account Executive (AE) Role

The account executive role needs to change. The new team selling approach & the growth in presales roles means AEs need new expertise & support structures.

Drive For Results Performance Review

Sales Enablement

Practical Field Activation & Enablement: Drive Focus to Drive Results

Don't abandon your strategic sales enablement plan. Maintain momentum with a focused field activation approach that drives results.

Sales Enablement

Build a Smart Enablement Plan That Helps Them Hit Their Number

Helping reps make their number means improving sales enablement in three areas: sales coaching enablement, sales tech stack alignment, and business acumen.

sales leader

Which Sales Reps Make the Best Managers?

How can you avoid promoting a great rep destined to fail at a sales manager? There are 5 critical factors to consider when internally sourcing this role.

Sales Enablement

Buyer Enablement: Helping Your Customers Buy from You

Despite the recent growth of sales enablement most sales teams have yet to tap into the power of buyer enablement, including the use of champion content.