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Sales Team Transformation thru Coaching

Written by: Michael Heah

Article Overview: When the performance of the sales team takes a sharp dip, what is the Sales Manager supposed to do? Shall he try coaching or some other intervention methods, before things worsen? Find out from this article!

Sales Team Transformation thru Coaching

Question to the Coach:

"I am running short of ideas and methods to motivate and develop my sales team. Performance has been flat for quite a while and with the current economic condition, it is dipping very quickly. I wonder whether coaching could be the new method that I should invest in to know more about it and how to use it to transform my team. What would be a compelling reason for taking the coaching route? The Coach says..

Coaching is indeed the way to go in today's fast-paced and competitive world. It is about staying on top of the game. It is the "glue" that keeps a team together because everyone is involved when they are being coached; thinking, challenging themselves and finding their own solutions to sales issues that impact on their performance. Coaching empowers people to seek continuous i

The Bottom Line..

Get into a coaching programme that teaches you coaching skills with a clear process to coach. Then create a sales coaching system in your sales department and enroll your sales people to be part of it.

Powerful Questions...

• What skill gaps do your sales people have today?
• How can you make them self aware that these gaps will prevent them from being better performers?
• What can you do to engage them to co-create solutions together?
• What will make you continually be on the coaching route to make coaching a part of your organizational culture?

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Article Tags: coach, coaching, sales coaching system, sales team, self aware, team transformation



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