When trying to get quick results as a sales manager or executive in turning around a sinking ship, lots of solutions come to mind. There are training courses, hiring new people, motivational speeches, big marketing campaigns, and more. One excellent sales improvement remedy (which is all but overlooked) is to perform sales aptitude testing on … Is Aptitude Testing the Quickest Way to Sales Improvement?
Understanding Personality Types in the Workplace: Part 2, “The Motivator”
This is the second part of a four-part series on understanding the different personality types in the workplace. Knowing how each general personality type thinks and reacts to things can go a long way towards building effective rapport and uncovering needs much more easily, two vital components of any sales conversation. We have already talked … Understanding Personality Types in the Workplace: Part 2, “The Motivator”
Understanding Personality Types in the Workplace: Part 1, “The Driver”
In sales, understanding the different personality types in the workplace, and therefore of the buyers you will encounter, can help improve sales results. After all, if you can better relate to the people you are dealing with, you can probably sell them better, right? While human behavior is full of nuances and everyone is very … Understanding Personality Types in the Workplace: Part 1, “The Driver”
Build a Stellar Sales Force through Aptitude Testing
If you are a sales manager or executive seeking to totally transform your sales team and really launch your businesses “into the stratosphere,” pay attention, because I am going to tell you exactly how to do it. The first thing is to stop making or accepting excuses for why it can’t be done. It’s not … Build a Stellar Sales Force through Aptitude Testing
Put the Right People in the Right Sales Roles for Greater Success
Regular readers of this blog, as well as Asher Strategies’ clients, know that we take career assessment aptitude testing quite seriously. While training has a lot to do with sales success, it is nearly impossible to train someone who has little natural talent for the role they are in. They might make some improvement, but … Put the Right People in the Right Sales Roles for Greater Success
3 Surprising Facts about Salespeople
I consider that an education should last a lifetime, meaning you should never quit learning. Although I have been a sales trainer for a long time, I still consider myself very much a student, and relish finding new things to share with those interested in getting better results and making more money through improved sales … 3 Surprising Facts about Salespeople
Understanding the Four Personality Types
Once salespeople have been trained in the basics of a company’s formal sales process and product offerings, it might be tempting to simply let them out in the field and let them sink or swim. This, however, leads to tremendous waste due to the needless turnover of employees that might have turned into top producers … Understanding the Four Personality Types