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Is your ego getting in the way of your success as a sales leader?

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A great way to strengthen your effectiveness as the leader of your team is to take an inventory of your ego. Most salespeople are successful because they have a strong ego. A strong ego allows a sales pro to successfully deal with all the rejections of selling.

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Could testing the presentation skills of sales candidates help you make better hiring decisions?

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What are you doing to make sure your reps are doing more than just servicing their accounts and being their friends? Are they bringing new solutions and ideas? Are they suggesting new products or services that can truly help their customer lower their risk, make their life easier and/or increase their profitability?

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Are you getting maximum impact from the manufacturing reps selling for you?

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Do you have any independent manufacturing reps selling for you and your company? A lot of sales organizations, especially distributors and equipment manufacturers, use independent sales reps as part of their territory coverage in areas they don’t have as stronger a presence as they’d like or where they can’t afford a full-time sales rep to be covering.

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How does new business prospecting fit into your team’s weekly selling plans?

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One of the best ways to grow sales is by prospecting. But in too many companies, prospecting is more of an after-thought whenever reps have any extra time to go after any new accounts. Prospecting is rarely an ongoing and consistent component of most sales rep’s weekly selling plans.

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