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It's Not Them...It's You!
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-10-06 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-10-06

It's Not Them...It's You!

One of the Peloton instructors I love, Jess Sims, has an expression: no ego, amigo. That applies directly to sellers. Here’s what I mean.

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There Is No Such Thing as Quiet Quitting in Sales
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-09-30 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-09-30

There Is No Such Thing as Quiet Quitting in Sales

There is no such thing as quiet quitting in sales! And as a sales manager, your job is to make sure 100% of your team is accomplishing 100% of their...

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Close More Deals With This Strategy
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-27 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-27

Close More Deals With This Strategy

If you want to close more deals faster, it’s important to make your buyer part of the solution.Confused about what this means, exactly? Let me explain.

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Delivering Service Excellence to Your Customers: 5 Steps
Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-23 Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-23

Delivering Service Excellence to Your Customers: 5 Steps

When it comes to delivering service excellence to your customers, there are five actionable steps you can take today! There are two kinds of businesses...

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How to Be Different From Your Competition
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-16 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-16

How to Be Different From Your Competition

How can you stand out and be different from your competition? Sitting in on sales team meetings is one of my favourite things to do..

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Building Organizational Confidence
Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-09 Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-09

Building Organizational Confidence

Sales leaders, how do you effectively build organizational confidence? The ability to draw regularly from a deep well of confidence is a top predictor...

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How to Be an Object of Interest
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-26 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-26

How to Be an Object of Interest

You must learn to be an object of interest. That means having something interesting to say about topics that matter to your audience.

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The Right Outside and Inside Sales Team Structure | Sales Strategies
Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-19 Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-19

The Right Outside and Inside Sales Team Structure | Sales Strategies

What’s the right outside and inside sales team structure? I recently had a conversation with an exceptional sales leader I work with. We discussed the...

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The Importance of Time Off in Sales | Sales Strategies
Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-05 Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-05

The Importance of Time Off in Sales | Sales Strategies

Don’t underestimate the power and importance of time off in sales. I was on a call the other day with a client of mine who’s a great sales manager. He...

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Positivity in Sales: A Choice, Not a Feeling
Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-07-29 Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-07-29

Positivity in Sales: A Choice, Not a Feeling

Positivity in sales is a choice, not a feeling. It doesn’t require much effort to feel worried about the state of the world these days.

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Sales Mindset: Focus on What’s in Your Control
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2022-07-15 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2022-07-15

Sales Mindset: Focus on What’s in Your Control

What’s your sales mindset during these are uncertain times? Prices are up, markets are haywire, and things we used to take for granted...

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Building Buyer Confidence in Themselves | Sales Strategies
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-07-08 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-07-08

Building Buyer Confidence in Themselves | Sales Strategies

Are you building buyer confidence …in themselves? In today’s marketplace, buyers are younger and more inexperienced than ever before. This means they lack...

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Selling to New Leaders in Uncertain Times
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-07-01 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-07-01

Selling to New Leaders in Uncertain Times

Selling to new leaders in these uncertain times? Sellers are reporting to me that they are selling to an unprecedented number of first-time managers and...

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Are You Solving the Wrong Sales Problem?
Observations from the ..., Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-28 Observations from the ..., Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-28

Are You Solving the Wrong Sales Problem?

Could you be solving the wrong sales problem? Is the culprit behind a lack of sales the real issue, or an easy "scapegoat" which is masking the real problem?

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6 Ways to Handle Price Increases Like a Sales Pro
Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-17 Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-17

6 Ways to Handle Price Increases Like a Sales Pro

Discover six ways to handle price increases like a sales pro! Price increases are a big part of life now, but most sellers can’t be like the local...

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Early Warning System: Retain More Accounts As You Grow
Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-03 Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-03

Early Warning System: Retain More Accounts As You Grow

How do you retain more accounts as you grow? Collecting and analyzing sales data indiscriminately is like endlessly tossing buckets of coins into a...

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How to Get Your Sales Team to Embrace Change
Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-05-31 Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-05-31

How to Get Your Sales Team to Embrace Change

Are you struggling to get your sales team to embrace change? Enabling your sellers with the best strategies and tactics is critical to success.

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Your Unapplied Knowledge Is a Waste of Everything!
Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-05-20 Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-05-20

Your Unapplied Knowledge Is a Waste of Everything!

Unapplied knowledge is a waste of everything. A waste of time. Of resources. Of energy and of sprit. How in the world can anyone look at the...

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The Surprising Way to Boost Your Sales Team's Morale
Observations from the ..., Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-05-06 Observations from the ..., Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-05-06

The Surprising Way to Boost Your Sales Team's Morale

Want to boost your sales team's morale? I don't blame you. Let's face it, the top sales teams have no shortage of morale on their side.

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3 Skills Development Activities You Must Embrace
Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-04-26 Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-04-26

3 Skills Development Activities You Must Embrace

You must build with the best...and grow with the rest. Here are three skills development activities you must embrace in your organization today.

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Colleen Francis works your most important deals alongside the people who own them — accelerating what should close, expanding what has room to grow, cutting what isn't worth the cycles. Leadership gets a forecast it can trust. The team keeps the discipline for every deal after.

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