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Revenue leadership for growing sales teams.

Straight, practical plays on sales management, coaching, forecasting and revenue operations. How to run a sales team that hits target every month.

A business owner stands in a busy office with a phone to his ear while two of his salespeople look up from their desks, waiting for him to take the deal
Sales Management

You Still Close Every Big Deal. That's the Problem.

If every big deal needs you on the call, you are the ceiling on your own sales. How to move the close off your plate and onto your team, deal by deal.

6 October 20264 min read
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Sales Management

Your Sales Team Has No Manager, and It Shows

Your reps sell, but nobody runs them. The weekly rhythm that catches slipping deals, fixes the same mistakes and makes next month predictable.

3 October 20263 min read
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Sales Management

The 90-Day Plan for a Sales Team That Keeps Missing Target

When a team misses target month after month, a pep talk won't fix it. Here is a 90-day plan that works: find where you lose sales, fix how the team sells, then run it.

29 September 20263 min read
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Sales Management

Should You Hire a Full-Time Sales Leader Yet?

Hiring a full-time sales leader is a big, slow, expensive decision. Here is how to tell whether your team is ready for one, and what to do if it isn't.

22 September 20263 min read
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A sales leader and a young salesperson, each with one earbud in, sit at a laptop reviewing a recorded call while she pauses it to make a point
Sales Management

Your Reps Make the Same Mistake Every Week

If nobody listens to your reps' calls, nobody fixes their mistakes. Here is the simple weekly coaching loop that changes how a rep sells.

15 September 20263 min read
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A grey-haired business owner stands at a whiteboard with a simple hand-drawn bar chart, talking his sales team through their numbers around a meeting table
Sales Management

A Sales Scorecard Your Reps Will Actually Use

Most sales scorecards track too much and change nothing. Here is how to build one with a few numbers your reps can move every week.

8 September 20263 min read
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A sales leader sits across a table from one of his reps, pointing at a list in a notebook while she talks him through her open deals beside a laptop
Sales Management

The Weekly Deal Review That Catches Deals Before They Slip

Most deals die quietly in the gaps between calls. A weekly deal review with four questions per deal catches them while you can still save them.

1 September 20263 min read
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A business owner at her desk studies a printed page of figures with a pen at her chin while one of her salespeople stands beside her explaining his deals
Sales Management

Why You Can't Predict Next Month's Sales

Ask your team what's closing this month and the answer changes every week. Here is how to turn a hopeful pipeline into a forecast you can plan around.

25 August 20263 min read
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