Your Sales Management Guru S Guide To Recruiting High Performance Sales Teams

Author : Ken Thoreson
Publisher : Sales Gravy Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1935602071

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Your Sales Management Guru's Guide to . . . Recruiting High-Performance Sales Teams by Ken Thoreson Pdf

Hire the Best, Not Just the Best Available What's the number challenge for sales leaders and sales organizations? Recruiting and hiring top talent. While most sales organizations focus on creating a sales process to increase sales performance, they fail to develop an effective recruiting and interviewing process that attracts top talent. Then they wonder why their sales training and sales process didn't work! Finally there is a definitive resource designed to help individual sales leaders and entire organizations attract, recruit and hire high-performing salespeople. In Sales Management Guru's Guide to Recruiting High-Performance Sales Teams you'll get detailed interview scorecards, interviewing questions, and sample job descriptions. Plus a bonus section dedicated to the new hire on-boarding process. You'll also learn . . . How to develop your ideal salesperson profile How to create a sales candidate funnel Where to find top sales talent Why many sales managers get fired in less than 18 months How an Interview Scorecard screens out the "empty suit's" How to take emotion out of the interview process Why and how to use a sales case study to evaluate your candidates How to use sales assessments and why they are an important factor in selection How to properly conduct a telephone interview and use scoring list to assess talent How to use social media to evaluate sales candidates And much more . . . Praise for Your Sales Management Guru's Guide "If you're a crazy-busy sales manager and constantly worried about reaching your revenue goals, follow Ken Thoreson's savvy advice to create a high-performance sales organization." - Jill Konrath, Author of SNAP Selling and Selling to Big Companies "Ken Thoreson has hit it out of the park with his Your Sales Management Guru's Guide series. If you are serious about taking your sales team to the next level read these books!" - Jeb Blount, Author of People Buy You and Power Principles About The Author Ken Thoreson is a sales management thought leader who has a passion for developing and implementing creative sales management strategies designed to build high-performance sales teams. As president of Acumen Management Group he helps clients ranging from early stage to Fortune 500 develop winning sales management strategies.

Author : Ken Thoreson
Publisher : Sales Gravy Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1935602098

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Your Sales Management Guru's Guide To. . . Leading High-Performance Sales Teams by Ken Thoreson Pdf

In Your Sales Management Guru's Guide series, sales management expert Ken Thoreson teaches sales leaders the essentials for leading and developing high-performance sales teams. In this book you'll gain skills and techniques for leading and managing your sales team to the next level. There are 39 chapters literally jammed with hundreds of proven ideas that address every aspect of sales management. Plus a bonus section: The job of sales management, a prescriptive approach to building predictive revenue-a must read by every sales manager. You'll Learn: How to Build a High-performance Sales CultureHow to Make Monday Morning Sales Meetings CountWhy Leadership MattersHow to Create Your Own Sales Certification PlansHow to Develop Sales Compensation Plans that WorkHow to Lead Sales Contests that Increase Sales and Build TeamworkHow to Measure and Manage Sales ActivityHow to Uncover Leading Indicators that Predict RevenueHow to Build a Self-managed Sales TeamTime Management Techniques for Sales ManagersAnd much more . . . Praise for Your Sales Management Guru's Guide "If you're a crazy-busy sales manager and constantly worried about reaching your revenue goals, follow Ken Thoreson's savvy advice to create a high-performance sales organization." - Jill Konrath, Author of SNAP Selling and Selling to Big Companies "Ken Thoreson has hit it out of the park with his Your Sales Management Guru's Guide series. If you are serious about taking your sales team to the next level read these books!" - Jeb Blount, Author of People Buy You and Power Principles About The Author Ken Thoreson is a sales management thought leader who has a passion for developing and implementing creative sales management strategies designed to build high-performance sales teams. As president of Acumen Management Group he helps clients ranging from early stage to Fortune 500 develop winning sales management strategies.

Author : Ron Marks
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470187487

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Managing for Sales Results by Ron Marks Pdf

This book looks at various methods for recruiting salespeople, from the traditional to the radical, and shows you how to make the smartest, most profitable hiring decisions for your team. It argues that sales managers should put more emphases on coaching and recruiting, making it a priority for your sales organization. With the right recruiting and training strategies, you can find a constant stream of qualified candidates and beat your competitors to the best sales prospects.

Author : Jonathan Whistman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119286646

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The Sales Boss by Jonathan Whistman Pdf

The step-by-step guide to a winning sales team The Sales Boss reveals the secrets to great sales management, and provides direct examples of how you can start being that manager today. The not-so-secret "secret" is that a winning sales team is made up of high performers—but many fail to realize that high performance must be collective. A single star cannot carry the entire team, and it's the sales manager's responsibility to build a team with the right balance of skills, strengths, and weaknesses. This book shows you how to find the exact people you need, bring them together, and empower them to achieve more than they ever thought possible. You'll learn what drives high performance, and how to avoid the things that disrupt it. You'll discover the missing pieces in your existing training, and learn how to invest in your team to win. You'll come away with more than a better understanding of great sales management—you'll have a concrete plan and an actionable list of steps to take starting right now. Your people are the drivers, but you're the operator. As a sales manager, it's up to you to give your team the skills and tools they need to achieve their potential and beyond. This book shows you how, and provides expert guidance for making it happen. Delve into the psychology behind peak performance Hire the right people at the right time for the right role Train your team to consistently outperform competitors Build and maintain the momentum of success to reach even higher Without sales, business doesn't happen. No mortgages paid, no college funds built, no retirement saved for, until the sales team brings in the revenue. If the sales team wins, the organization wins. Build your winning team with The Sales Boss, the real-world guide to great sales management.

Author : Kevin F. Davis
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626343894

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The Sales Manager's Guide to Greatness by Kevin F. Davis Pdf

2018 Axiom Business Book Award Winner, Silver Medal Straightforward advice for taking your sales team to the next level! ​If your sales team isn’t producing the results expected, the pressure is on you to fix the situation fast. One option is to replace salespeople. A better option is for you to optimize your performance as a sales leader. In The Sales Manager’s Guide to Greatness, sales management consultant Kevin F. Davis offers 10 proven and distinctly practical strategies, skills, and tools for overcoming the most challenging obstacles sales managers face and moving your team ahead of the pack. This book will help you: Learn the 6 sales rep instincts that can cripple your management effectiveness, and replace these instincts with a more powerful leadership mindset – true sales leadership begins with improving the leader within Stop getting bogged down by distractions, become more proactive, and find more time to coach, lead, and inspire your salespeople Get every salesperson on your team to be more accountable and driven to achieve breakthrough sales results Master the 7 keys to hiring great salespeople Create a more customer-driven sales team by blending the buyer’s journey into your sales process Speed up the improvement of your team by mastering the 7 keys to achieving better coaching outcomes Excel at the most challenging coaching conversation you face – how to solve a sales performance problem that is caused by a rep’s lousy attitude Attain higher win-rates by intervening as a coach at the most critical stages of a buying cycle, quickly identify opportunities at risk, and coach more deals to the close Discover why so many salespeople fail at sales forecasting and how to impress your company’s upper management by submitting more accurate forecasts And much more… You can apply the strategies outlined in this book immediately to take control of your time and priorities as a sales manager, become more strategic, deliver high-performance coaching that grows revenues, and ultimately drive your team to greatness.

Author : Robert J. Weese
Publisher : B2B Sales Connections Inc.
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780463683583

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Super Charge Your Sales Team-A Sales Manager’s Guide to Effective Coaching by Robert J. Weese Pdf

Are sales cycles getting longer and prospects failing to buy? Is constant discounting of the price eroding your profit margin? Are your sales people busy but not effective because they are focusing on the wrong activities? Are changes needed but you are not sure what to do? Selling has been compared to sports for years. So much so, that sales people are called the elite athletes of the business world. Why? Both professions are performance based, and their incomes are tied to their ability to consistently over achieve. Just as professional athletes need advice from expert coaches to achieve peak performance, so do sales people. As a sales manager, you are your team’s coach, and the better you are at coaching, the more successful your sales team will be. Will making an investment in your coaching skills really help? Absolutely! Leslie Schumacher of Talent Bits & Bytes reports that salespeople who are coached daily outperform other salespeople by 30%! Also, salespeople receiving ineffective coaching averaged only 83% of goal attainment, where as their performance rose to 102% when they then received effective coaching. “Coaching is a powerful tool that managers have at their disposal to improve the capability of their sales teams and that it should be a priority for developing sales talent”. (Harvard Business Review). Most sales managers would agree that coaching their sales teams is key job function contributing to their success, however few know how to do it properly. In fact, according to studies, only 7% of sales managers were found to be effective at coaching without training. This ebook looks at the key coaching activities necessary to build stronger sales teams and reach revenue goals. It’s written by Robert J. Weese, a professional sales coach with a proven history of helping sales teams reach record revenue growth. Robert, a former competitive fencer, has decades of experience working with high performance athletes, and he knows the parallels between success in sports and success in sales are rooted in the same framework. This book contains the information and the tools needed to improve your coaching skills and have an immediate positive effect on your sales results. Do you want to be a better sales manager? Then you need to be a better coach. This ebook will show you how. - "I love your coaching services Bob. You are a top pro and everything I learn I love knowing it will be practical and make sense going forward." - “I increased my average sale value by 20% and almost doubled my closing success thanks to Bob’s sales coaching - "Bob, I wanted to let you know that the sales training session I had with you this morning was the most valuable one I have ever attended." - “Hey Bob, I really enjoyed your session this week. I like that it’s so customized to exactly what I’m struggling with.” - “Bob has helped our firm tremendously and is my go-to guy for sales.”

Author : Max F. Cates
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780134211213

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Seven Steps to Success for Sales Managers by Max F. Cates Pdf

Master today’s breakthrough strategy for developing and sustaining high-performance sales teams! Long-time sales team leader Max Cates shows how to go far beyond "old school," "command and control" sales management, unleashing the full power and energy of your salespeople through a participatory management approach that works. Drawing on 36+ years of sales and sales management experience, Cates presents proven tactics for: Developing your own mental toughness, emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, and promotability Becoming a true servant leader in sales: providing the right structure, challenges, respect, involvement, and support Hiring more effective and productive salespeople – including expert tips for interviewing, recruiting, reading body language, using data, and choosing amongst candidates Building winning teams that meet sales objectives and delight customers Empowering sales reps and teams in decision-making that increases sales productivity Measuring individual and team performance towards objectives Keeping people on target without micro-managing them Promoting team growth and continual improvement Leveraging Six Sigma and the Deming Cycle to sustain success, morale, and performance And much more Seven Steps to Success for Sales Managers presents proven sales management tactics in a "bulletized" format that’s easy to read – and just as easy to use. Cates combines decades of in-the-trenches experience with cutting-edge research on the latest sales trends and tactics. Whether you’re a working sales manager, VP of sales, account team leader, executive MBA program participant, or aspiring sales manager, this guide will help you build an outstanding team, empower it, and lead it to sustained success.

Author : Lee B. Salz
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1493762621

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Hire Right, Higher Profits by Lee B. Salz Pdf

"Unless your product sells itself, your sales force determines your ultimate success. Lee Salz is spot on in his assessment of the importance of viewing salespeople as a major investment in your business." - Harvey Mackay, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive "The most insightful and most complete book on hiring the RIGHT salesperson I have ever seen (or read). If you need great salespeople, this book is not an option, it's an imperative!" - Jeffrey Gitomer, author of 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling "The challenge in building a strong sales organization has always been in identifying and retaining the right talent. Hire Right, Higher Profits looks past the hype. It recognizes that success is about process, and involves more sweat than inspiration. This book offers a detailed and sound process that will deliver consistent results." – Howard Stevens, Chairman, Chally Group Worldwide ***** Hired and fired... It's the revolving door on sales teams. Executives hire what they believe to be great salespeople, but the results never come – and the salespeople are let go. This perpetual cycle eradicates profits, makes revenue targets pipe dreams, and has sales leaders pulling out their hair in frustration. Despite these issues, executives continue to try to "hire great salespeople." That three-word expression is exactly what Hire Right, Higher Profits is all about. Sales management strategist, Lee Salz begins the book by challenging readers with the $25,000 Revenue Test which most executives fail. Then, he hits readers between the eyes with the statement "there are no great salespeople" and offers proof of it! He also cautions those executives – who view the competition as their primary sales talent source – of its risks. But Salz doesn't stop there! He challenges executives to shift their perspective from hiring salespeople to investing in revenue. Each salesperson represents a revenue investment made by the company with the core objective of receiving a fast, high return on it – no different than when companies invest in sales strategies, tactics, and ideas to grow revenue. Hire Right, Higher Profits teaches executives how to determine what type of revenue investment is needed, evaluate revenue investment candidates and get a fast, high return on the investment made in their new salespeople. The book is a step-by-step, practical guide teaching you how to implement the revenue investment concept – impacting both the top and bottom lines. It's a fun, educational read and is chock-full of stories as you learn how to: * Shift your executive team's perspective from hiring salespeople to investing in revenue * Identify the factors that affect revenue investment performance – the causes of a salesperson's success or failure in the role * Assemble a Revenue Investment Evaluation Program to contrast candidates with the performance factors * Scrutinize a Revenue Investment Prospectus – a salesperson's resume – to get to the truth * Evaluate candidates so you select the right salespeople for revenue investments * Protect the revenue investment through structured sales onboarding * Design sales onboarding curriculum to get a fast, high return on the new revenue investments * Assess revenue investment performance both during and post-onboarding The methodology presented in Hire Right, Higher Profits can be implemented in any company, in any industry, of any size. The book is not based on scientific studies, but rather on real-world, field-tested sales management practices that Lee Salz has developed and used for over twenty years with both his sales teams and for clients. Whether you are a seasoned executive or new sales manager, this book has everything you need to build a world-class sales force.

Author : Butch Bellah
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119094227

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Sales Management For Dummies by Butch Bellah Pdf

Guide your sales force to its fullest potential With a proven sales management and execution process, Sales Management For Dummies aids organizations and individuals in reaching the highest levels of success. Although selling products or services is a central part of any sales job, there's much more to it. With this fun and accessible guide, you'll go beyond the basics of sales to learn how to anticipate clients' needs, develop psychologist-like insight, and so much more. Because few people go to school to earn degrees in selling, sales talent is developed in the field. Unfortunately, most training efforts fail to reach their objectives, in large part because of the absence of any kind of reinforcement or coaching. This book is your one-stop guide to managing an existing or start-up sales force to succeed in every area of sales—from prospecting to closing. Shows you how to reach your fullest potential in sales Helps you effectively inspire great performance form any sales force Demonstrates how to prospect, recruit, and increase your organization's income and success Teaches you how to manage sales teams to greatness If you're one of the millions of salespeople or sales managers worldwide looking for a fast, easy, and effective way to get the most out of your sales force, the tried-and-true guidance presented inside sets you up for success.

Author : Ken Thoreson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 193560211X

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Your Sales Management Guru's Guide To by Ken Thoreson Pdf

Author : Brian Tracy
Publisher : AMACOM
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814436301

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Sales Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library) by Brian Tracy Pdf

The pressure surrounding the sales manager is intense. Given the task of recruiting, managing, and motivating a top team of high-performing sales professions, so much of the sales manager’s success is dependent on others. Or is it?Sales expert Brian Tracy has spent decades studying the most successful sales managers and professionals in every industry. In this indispensable pocket-sized resource, he has encapsulated 6 key characteristics of a winning sales team. In Sales Management, he distills these simple but powerful strategies so that sales managers can learn how to:• Select and recruit sales champions• Establish clear objectives• Inspire singleness of purpose• Motivate people with the right incentives• Develop winners through continuous coaching and training• Conduct game-changing performance reviews• De-hire poor performers• And moreDon’t leave your success as a sales manager in the hands of others. Learn today how YOU can increase your sales team’s effectiveness, improve their bottom line, and advance your own career in the process.

Author : Richard Parkes Cordock
Publisher : Enterprise Leaders
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Sales Manager Guide To Getting The Best From Your Team by Richard Parkes Cordock Pdf

If you are a sales manager who leads a team of salespeople, you’re under constant pressure to grow your revenue numbers and deliver results. Whether you’re a B2C regional sales manager, or the international sales director of a large B2B, your job is the same… it’s to help the sales teams you lead achieve and exceed their sales targets. Being a sales manager is a tough job. It’s not all spreadsheets and forecasts… it’s about people and teams. It’s about emotions, motivation and inspiration. It’s about picking people up when they are down... and driving them to even greater heights when they have already met their targets. Being a sales manager is about coaching, developing and nurturing a team. But how do you do that effectively? How do you create a sales team which can meet and exceed its revenue targets month on month, and year on year? Enter Enterprise LEADER.. a ‘low-cost’, ready made team development program which is proven to help sales managers like you (including branch, area, regional, territory, national, international and channel sales managers) improve team performance and sales results -- i.e. more sales, more customers, more profits, more cash, better service, better quality, better results… faster, quicker, easier and with less resources. In this short guide, you’ll learn more about Enterprise LEADER Team Development Program, and discover how you can use it in your own sales team (i.e sales reps, account executives, account managers, field sales, product specialists, etc) to unlock the potential of every team member, helping drive your sales team forward to even greater heights. You’ll discover how sales managers around the world are using Enterprise LEADER to fill each salesperson with the confidence they need to reach even the most challenging of stretch goals. Whether the sales team you lead sells ball bearings, beer, books or bonds, or TVs, tractors, transistors or training (or any other product or service you can think of), the ideas in this book will work for you.

Author : Dustin W Ruge
Publisher : Thunderbird Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780990504603

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The Successful Sales Manager by Dustin W Ruge Pdf

The Successful Sales Manager: A Sales Manager’s Handbook for Building Great Sales Performance is a new book published by industry veteran Dustin W Ruge. In the book, Dustin covers the critical aspects as to why so many sales organizations fail and how to successfully move from bad sales management performance to great sales leaders and results. Website: http://www.thesuccessfulsalesmanager.com Book Endorsements From Sales Industry Leaders: “The Successful Sales Manager is a hands-on, practical and highly useful guide that any sales manager should keep as an instant go-to resource close to their desk. I wish I had a copy of this book when I started my business; it would have saved me a lot of time building a high performance team.” -- Gerhard Gschwandtner, Founder and CEO of Selling Power Magazine "Effective sales managers are difficult to find. That's because even though it could mean the difference between success and failure, sales management is one of the least taught skill sets in business today. Congratulations Dustin for capturing the keys to this otherwise mysterious discipline in your book, The Successful Sales Manager. Frankly, everyone should have a copy of this book including salespeople who are managing a territory and will someday be promoted into this role." --Thomas A. Freese, Author: Secrets of Question Based Selling “A must read for anyone who wants a successful career in sales management. The Successful Sales Manager cuts straight to the chase on what you need to do to get the most out of your sales teams.” -- Joe Girard, Worlds Greatest Retail Salesman, attested by The Guinness Book of World Records! www.joegirard.com “So many people fail to become great sales managers. Reading the tips and advice in this book can help anyone overcome that obstacle and succeed in sales.” -- Michael LeBoeuf, Author of How to Win Customers and Keep Them for Life

Author : Warren Kurzrock
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119575924

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Sales Management Success by Warren Kurzrock Pdf

The most up-to-date and proven strategies from the CEO of Porter Henry & Co., written exclusively for sales managers Sales Management Success: Optimizing Performance to Build a Powerful Sales Team contains a leading-edge training program that is filled with state-of-the-art approaches specifically designed for sales managers. Drawing on the author’s experience as the CEO of Porter Henry & Co. (the oldest sales-force training company in the world), Warren Kurzrock details the 8 most critical abilities and strategies in the sales manager's job. The Porter Henry process has proven to routinely help teams and individuals multiply their bottom-line results. While all major companies provide basic orientations for new sales managers, these sessions are usually focused on policy, procedure, product, and marketing information. Most companies spend huge amounts of money on sales training new employees but do little for sales manager development. Written for sales executives in an appealing, upbeat tone, the book is well-grounded in research and real-world experience, as well as proven ideas and tools. The 8 strategies are supported with illustrative examples and quotes from successful sales executives. This must-have book: Contains the most up-to-date strategies for sales executives Offers compelling real-world examples Includes the ideas and tools that can be put into action immediately Draws on the experience of the CEO of Porter Henry & Co. Reinforces the immediate application and learning with assessments, exercises, professional toolbox Sales Management Success: Optimizing Performance to Build a Powerful Sales Team offers a well-organized, real-world process for today's sales leader to meet the challenge of a most challenging, chaotic job.

Author : Colleen Stanley
Publisher : HarperCollins Leadership
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400217731

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Emotional Intelligence for Sales Leadership by Colleen Stanley Pdf

The best way to get ahead in sales is by developing the critical soft skills that will enable you not just survive but thrive. Chronic complainers, no accountability finger-pointers, or learning-resistant laggards—these culture-killers costs sales organizations more in productivity than being weak in the so-called hard skills of selling. Sales leadership expert Colleen Stanley shows how emotional intelligence and the development of these critical soft skills improve sales leadership effectiveness and outperforms doubling down on more sales technology tools and fads. In Emotional Intelligence for Sales Leadership, Colleen provides sales secrets that: Shows sales leaders why ‘real world’ empathy and emotion management are the key to building strong relationships with their sales team. Offers simple steps on how sales leaders create sales cultures that embrace feedback and change through the development of critical emotional intelligence skills. Provides guidance on how to identify key emotional intelligence skills needed in your hiring process to build resilient sales teams. Walks readers through the process of training sales teams on soft skills that ensure the consistent execution of the right selling behaviors. The missing link is in hiring for and developing emotional intelligence skills in sellers and sales leaders. Emotional Intelligence for Sales Leadership will connect with anyone charged with growing sales in business-to-business or business-to-consumer sales.