August, 2015

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Sales Leaders: How Much Structure Is Too Much?

The Brooks Group

In the absence of process lives chaos. Imagine how different our experience and outcome might be without good process churning in the background of a hospital operating room or the cockpit of a 747. The same is true with high-functioning selling organizations. A good sales process and corresponding structure fuels superior results. As sales leaders we know from experience, and research confirms, that rigor and discipline around a common language and process dramatically increases the productivit

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Building an Environment of Accountability

The Brooks Group

You can hope that every member of your team feels a sense of accountability and responsibility for their work, but “Hope is Not a Strategy” and ultimately, humans will always make their own choices. Because accountability is personal and isn’t something that can be forced, building an environment of accountability in your sales team is essentially beyond your control.

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5 Things High Performing Sales Managers Should Be Doing

The Brooks Group

The sales manager plays a critical role in determining a sales organization’s success or lack thereof, and that pressure and responsibility requires a unique personality and the willingness to wear many hats. Leading a sales team to high performance levels isn’t a “one size fits all” task, as successful leadership in one company’s culture may not produce the same result in another.

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How Senior Leadership Can Support the Sales Effort

The Brooks Group

Organizations in which senior leadership publicly supports and sponsors the sales team typically have a healthy sales culture, and a healthy sales culture is what drives solid top-line results. Regardless of whether senior executives have a business development, operational or engineering bent, they need to foster a solid sales culture if they want the best sales results.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Developing a Culture of Loyalty in Your Team

The Brooks Group

The culture that exists within an organization is as unique as a thumbprint, and once it has been established, it’s difficult to change. In order to develop a culture of loyalty within your sales team, you must create an environment in which people feel a sense of commitment to help the organization achieve its mission. Ultimately, the sense of commitment is founded in trust in the leadership and trust in the company to deliver on it promises.

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Shifting the Bell Curve: Turning B-Players into A-Players

The Brooks Group

Hyper Focus on Revenue, Good or Bad? I had an interesting conversation recently with a global VP of Sales who warned me that he was about to say something shocking. “I need for my team to stop being so revenue obsessed,” he said. “Don’t get me wrong, I still care about revenue and results. But our future demands that we think differently.”. He went on to explain that in raising a generation of hunters, they have programmed a heavy focus on numbers, reports, and lagging results.

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