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Most sales managers say that one of their greatest challenges is their ability to motivate and set goals for their salespeople. If a sales manager can figure out what makes their people “tick,” they can better help them hit their goal numbers. Sales motivation seems like hard work because salespeople often value different things. There are, however, several steps a sales manager can take to establish a motivating environment.
There’s a myth that certain times of the year are sales graveyards. Guess what? They’re actually huge opportunities… For more strategies like this, check out my sales tip video library … The post Speed Up When Others Slow Down first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.
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Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy
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Working with community banks across the country, we understand that now is an important time to have the right people in the right place, asking the right questions, to address the flow of deposits. In this high interest rate environment, consumers are moving excess amounts from checking accounts to higher yielding CDs and alternative products. This presents problems and opportunities for every bank.
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