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LEADERSHIP SALES
COACHING
W O R K B O O K
Transforming from Manager to Coach
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2012 Jason Forrest
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Strategy One
Lead, Dont Yield(Principles 1 - 4)
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Principle 1
Remember Your Purpose
Managersget lost in the details.
Coachesremember their purpose.
Reection
1. Who in your life would you credit with investing in you and believing in you?
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2. What attributes do/did they have that made you realize they truly cared about you?
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3. Who on your team do you feel most needs someone to invest in them? Or, who has the most to gain from
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4. What obstacles are in your way of fullling your purpose as a sales coach?
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5. Why is the toughest aspect for any leader getting people to exceed their own expectations?
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6.ink back on pursuits youve had (maybe sports or music) where a belief system limited what youthought was possible. Were you able to break from that? Why or why not?
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Action Items
1. Do you agree or disagree with the description for your role? Why or why not?
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2. Write three specic examples of how you can fulll that purpose this week.
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Principle 2
Be a Sales Pro First
A managersays, Because I said so.
A coachsells the idea, belief, or behavior.
Reection
1. What are some specic objections that your sales professionals have given you when it comes to you beingtheir leader?
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2. Can you think of sales pros right now that have not done something that youve asked them to do (akayou havent closed them)?
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3. Considering that youre a sales pro rst, write out a conversation/script to understand what their objectives
are, then present your solution to them. Close them on that solution.
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Principle 3
Master the Sales Process
A managerknows what to do.
A coachknows why theyre doing it.
Reection
1. Michael Phelps is a better swimmer than his coach, Bob Bowman. So does Bob Bowman add value to
Phelps? Why or why not?
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Principle 4
Be the Sherpa
A managertells team members where to go.
A coachguides the way.
Reection
1. Have you ever had a Sherpa gure?
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2. If so, how and why were they eective?
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Action Item
1. Study the Sherpas in your life and write down which qualities you can apply to your role.
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Strategy Two
Coach to Win
(Principles 5 - 9)
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Reection
1. Which aspects of your approach fall into the management side (control, constrain, check) of thespectrum?
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2. Which aspects of your approach fall into the coaching side (inspire, train) of the spectrum?
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Principle 5
Coach, Dont Manage
Managingis what you do to someone.
Coachingis what you do for them.
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1. Go through the synonyms for manageand coach and circle the words that most describe you on each side.
2. Add them up and determine what percentage of your style is like a coach and what is like a manager.
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Principle 6
Be on Offense
Managershear about the sale after it happens.
Coachesstrategize before the sale.
Reection
1. Does your management style lend itself more to a defensive posture or an oensive posture? How?
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2. What ways do you consistently move the ball forward?
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Principle 7
Be the 66%
Managersfocus on get-fixed quick solutions.
Coachesfocus on sustainability.
Reection
1. What examples do you have of times youve seen the need for follow-up in your own life (diets, breakinghabits, etc.)?
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2. What examples do you have of times youve seen the need for follow-up in your professional life (or inthe lives of your team members)?
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3. In your own words, what is the dierence between coaching and training?
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4. Where do you feel your existing/prior training approach falls (mostly coaching, mostly training, orsomewhere in between)? Why?
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5. Write down a time you and/or your team went to a one-day seminar and got the quick hit education, butwent back to old behaviors after a month or so? Why do you think that happened?
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Action Item
1. Consider the scenario from reection item 5. Write down a plan of action for how you will implementcoaching to lead sales professionals to retain their knowledge after similar situations in the future.
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Principle 8
Live by the Formula for Success
Managersfocus on changing circumstances.
Coachesfocus on increasing conversion rates.
Reection
1. Have you ever had the knee-jerk reaction of trying to combat low sales numbers by lowering prices?
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2. If so, what problems have arisen because of that approach?
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Principle 9
Prepare for the What Ifs
Managersprepare for the best.
Coachesprepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Reection
1. Write out a past failed experience that if you planned better would have created a dierent outcome.
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Action Item
1. Write scripts for the following scenarios:
Your top three producers quit.
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You end your month 25% behind quota.
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After one month of interviewing, you cant nd the right talent for your team.
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Returning prospects decrease by 30%.
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Your top producer is not being a team player but you need his or her sales to make your quota.
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A competitor enters your market and oers a lower price than you.
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