Articles for Sales Management Professionals

Do you have professional salespeople on your team? Of course almost all sales managers would answer yes, even when it’s not really the correct answer. What’s your definition of a professional? The best definition I’ve heard of a professional is based on their consistency of performance. Describing someone as a professional is also saying there’s […]

A significant component of your sales training design is going to be based on what type of sales training structure or process you select to best communicate your new learning ideas. To best understand the positives and trade-offs of any specific training format we need to first look at the steps of adult learning. You […]

In my sales programs I describe most sales people as being like the “Hellarewe” bird. That’s a three foot bird living in four foot grass…who keeps saying “Where the hell are we?” How many of your salespeople act like “Hellarewe” birds? But selling is a lot like the game of Chess. If you think more […]

How much account planning do you lead your team through at this time of year? For the majority of sales teams the last month of a business year and the first month of a new year traditionally involve some type of territory planning and quota assignments for the year. Account and territory planning are always […]

How would you and your team answer an important customer asking “What’ve you done for me lately?” What would you talk about? How many new ideas or suggestions have you offered your better clients over the last year? Too many experienced sales professionals have this reactive, repetitive, and singular “buy my product” approach to selling, […]

  In this video Jim Pancero shows how sales managers can take the next step to becoming selling process coaches and become more effective leaders. Jim explains how changing the question is the answer to improving sales. Our thanks to our friends at ISSA for the production of this video and their permission to use […]

  You don’t have to shoot more 3-pointers to coach LeBron James. And you don’t have to be a better salesperson to lead an award-winning sales team. But you do have to understand the philosophies and process of good selling techniques. Don’t be the towel boy. Let Jim Pancero show you how to become a […]

Account planning – how to lead your sales team using a future focus of account planning. Jim Pancero reveals four key questions that will coach salespeople to be future-focused while boosting sales. Thanks to our friends at ISSA.com for the production and use of this video.

What are you doing about the aging of your sales team, your management style, and the new millennials coming on board? It’s time to face this challenge and change your management style. In this 3 minute video Jim describes the challenge and offers a few suggestions. Our thanks to ISSA for the production and use […]