Sales leadership practices that do more harm than good

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Sales Leadership Practices That do more harm than good! @icarolemahoney #SalesXperts

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Sales Leadership

Practices

That do more harm than good!

@icarolemahoney #SalesXperts

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About me

Unbound Growth Founder

www.unboundgrowth.com

linkedin.com/in/carolemahoney

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Agenda

Common harmful sales leadership practices

What impact they have on front line sales

Why & how it’s harmful & what to do about it

How changing them will improve results@icarolemahoney #SalesXperts

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Harmful Sales Practices

● Disappearing Quotas

● Mandatory Desk Duty

● One Size Fits Everything

● Discounting

● Reactive “coaching”

● Answer Machines@icarolemahoney #SalesXperts

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#mindsetmatters

Supportive

Beliefs

No Need

Approval

Emotional

Control

Supportive

Buy Cycles

Ease

Discussing

Money

No

problem

with

Rejection

Source: Objective Management Group

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Disappearing Quotas

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Mandatory Desk Duty

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One Size Fits Everything

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Discounting

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Source: Sales Executive Council

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Answer Machines

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Impact on Revenue

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● Increase average deal size by 34%

● Decrease in sales cycle by 50%

● Double overall sales

● 4 to 1 returns

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Go ahead, ask me...

Carole Mahoney

[email protected]

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www.unboundgrowth.com

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