Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Coaching Competency is the most critical part of a sales manager's responsibilities; it is also the most difficult skill set to learn and master. There are many aspects that make up an effective coach including coaching consistency, asking enough questions, the ability to stay in the moment while coaching, having a passion and supportive beliefs for coaching, not rescuing salespeople and being effective at getting commitments from salespeople.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Years ago, one of the lead execs from our client KeyBank shared an article called, “What it takes to be a Coach”. It began with: You must understand the game.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 30, 2023

To compete in the marketplace today, companies must first, identify the sales coaching needs of their managers and the strengths and weaknesses of the salespeople they coach. We know that in order to differentiate in business today, salespeople must be consultative, have great interactions with clients, provide solutions that solve their problems, and also create revenue for the company.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 21, 2023

Excerpt from Objective Management Group’s recent webinar on The Data Behind Sales Managers of Elite Teams. The second chapter of this guide addresses a fundamental question: how often should sales managers coach their teams? Through a deep analysis of sales evaluations and coaching frequencies, we uncover the impact of consistent coaching on various aspects of sales performance.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 7, 2023

When you are in an airplane, you may or may not pay much attention to what is going on in the cockpit. You may happen to glance at the massive control panel with all the switches, gauges, nobs and buttons, but it’s just a glance… before you hustle on to your seat to get settled in for the flight. But the pilot does, thankfully.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 23, 2023

There is no greater benefit than hearing from a client how they are implementing a sales development program in their bank and their culture. We recently had the benefit of 45 minutes of input from one of our valued banking clients and learned how they are building their team of successful, relationship building bankers.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 8, 2023

I am an admirer of all the brave men and women who serve in the armed forces. Their service and their sacrifice make them the best our nation has to offer. Lately, I have had the extreme honor to meet a few Navy Seals. Those meetings have propelled me to learn as much as I can about how they think and how they build the discipline that is necessary to do what they do.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 26, 2023

In this blog post, we present a question that may force you to look yourself in the mirror and ask, "What can I do better as a salesperson to increase my sales in 2023 and beyond?

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 14, 2023

Improve your sales management skills by implementing these 5 behaviors to help your sales team drive consistent results.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 31, 2023

Today's topic: March Madness, the ongoing search for bracket and sales pipeline predictability. The March Madness tournament can be somewhat predictable, but upsets are expected. In the world of sales forecasting, you have the same problem!

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 17, 2023

What your salespeople must ‘have’ to be successful at uncovering value. From a sales strategy and process perspective, positioning value not only requires a great VALUE PROPOSITION but also supporting Will to Sell, Sales DNA, and Sales Competencies. Using data from just one of our dozens of community bank clients, this is what we found out about top 25% of the team vs the bottom 25% of the team.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 10, 2023

Selling value as a strategy for selling is not effective. So, what should you do instead? Watch part 1 of our my new 3-part series, Selling Value Without Selling to find out.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Recently, I shared 5 key things that have helped us grow and serve others in the last 30 years, hoping they will be helpful to others on their journey. Now, I'm taking a deeper dive into the 5 key takeaways with a more detailed on each. Here's #3: Curveballs.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today I will cover one of the ways we at Anthony Cole Training Group, LLC coach sales managers to help them coach their salespeople to have more and better initial sales calls: Your USA! USA is the terminology we use at Anthony Cole Training Group as part of our Effective Selling System (ESS). It stands for unique sales approach.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In an economic environment that is like the one we are in heading into 2023, your growth strategy may not be so much about sales growth, but rather more about holding on to what you have!

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It has been almost a month ago, but real fans will remember. It was a game for 45 minutes and then it wasn’t. I am talking about the Michigan, Ohio State rivalry football game played November 26, 2022. Up for grabs was the Big Ten Football Championship Game and a shot at being in the NCAA football playoffs.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Has thou been answering the un-asked question? Find out why you should never, ever answer the un-asked question in the final commandment of the 10 Commandments of Sales Success.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Thou shout always tailor your message for resonance! Does your prospect have a problem that they have to fix? And are you speaking their love language? This video is a part of our new series with Mark Trinkle: The 10 Commandments of Sales Success. Watch Commandment #6 now!

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Thou shout never present without making sure your prospect is committed to making a decision. Are you certain you're getting the decision-maker to a point of clarity? This video is a part of our new series with Mark Trinkle: The 10 Commandments of Sales Success. Watch Commandment #5 now!

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It is an important distinction in sales – understanding the salesperson who can sell versus the one who will sell. A recent post by Dave Kurlan, on the Difference Between Selling Skills and Effectiveness does a great job of illustrating that difference. Think about your own business and those who consistently produce beyond the expected. There is something more than just their skills that drive their behavior and success.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 25, 2022

There is no such thing as “time management.” Here is my take on the myth. It’s a very practical analysis that leads me to my strong conviction.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 11, 2022

I know you have heard it before. You know, the line that goes like this “if you keep doing what you have always done, you will keep getting what you have always gotten.” As a coach, the most development I have seen in salespeople comes when they alone decide enough is enough which leads them to make changes. And sometimes those changes are hard to make.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 4, 2022

We work with many community banks and while the commercial side of the bank usually has some “sales chops”, we often hear from leadership that retail bankers are less comfortable with “selling.” Or they may even avoid that word altogether. We like how the book Go-Givers Sell More positions the process of selling: Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 14, 2022

Selling is a “slight edge business.” By that, we mean that the line that separates high performers from mediocre performers is usually a very small difference. There is very little you can control in selling. You can’t make prospects take your call. You can’t make prospects agree to meet with you. You can’t make them move forward in your sales process and you certainly can’t make them buy from you.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 2, 2022

Most organizations and advisors have been working long term to be more customer-focused. The challenge is for advisors to be productive and assertive without coming across to customers as sales-driven. One of the key sales challenges is to stay focused on adding value and leading with relationship selling.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 26, 2022

If you and your organization don't have a data-driven sales approach and process, you could be missing out on some key information that would help increase sales success.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 7, 2022

Remember this; “You do not decide your future. You decide your habits, and your habits decide your future” - F.M. Alexander.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

When developing a salesperson’s advanced selling skills, it's important to focus on not only what the prospect says but also what the prospect doesn’t say.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 20, 2022

To improve your outbound selling success, you must have a process that you strictly follow and regularly improve upon, be a continual learner, and focus on building relationships. If you are a sales leader or a salesperson in need of an outbound sales strategy, here are our 7 steps to improve your success.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 13, 2022

One of the biggest sales challenges to overcome is a prospect who becomes indifferent when they decide that doing nothing is the easiest thing to do. How do you challenge the decision and not the prospect to help them overcome their choice to maintain the status quo?

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 16, 2021

According to the Objective Management Group, there are four critical things that separate high-performing banks from others in the industry in terms of their sales and revenue growth.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 3, 2021

We expect every member of our team to prospect every day as one of their sales activities. But now and then, it helps to put a focus on the effort and bring the team together on a call blitz. This works for many reasons.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Every salesperson wants to win now and increase sales. But what are the chances that you will actually reach your prospect when they have a problem they want to fix?

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Whether you are just starting out in sales, or a company executive planning your sales growth for next year, wouldn’t it be important to know how to be successful in sales? And wouldn’t you like to know what attributes and skills need to be mastered in order to be successful selling?

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Goal setting and effectively motivating salespeople by identifying what's important to them is one of the primary focuses in our Sales Management training. In this blog, we discuss the several steps a sales manager can take to establish a motivating, inspiring environment for their people.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In my 40+ years in and around sales training, I have experienced many different sales training methodologies either as a participant or facilitator and now as a marketer. There are many good training programs out there, some of them free and virtual, but there are three key things that differentiate professional sales training that will "stick".

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Are you, as a sales leader, spending at least 50% of your time coaching your salespeople, helping them to develop their skills and become more productive? It’s time to inspect your own behaviors as a coach and mentor. How do you measure up? Set time on your calendar right now for specific, sales skills coaching with your salespeople.

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