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Why Delivering a Tailored Insight is Essential to Sales Success
The 2011 research that inspired “The Challenger Sale” revealed a surprising foundational fact: the sales experience is the single biggest driver of…
How Prospect Theory Drives Sales Experiences
Buyers don’t fail to act because they’re indecisive or uninformed — they fail to act because they’re human. Understanding why buyers don’t change…
Tactics for Dialing Up Constructive Tension
Let’s start with a familiar scenario. You’re choosing an operating system for your enterprise company. Your two options are both great companies with…
Challenger Sales in Europe: Why the Challenger Methodology Works Beyond the US
Can Challenger Sales Work in Europe? Many European sales leaders ask, “Is the Challenger Sales Model too American?” The truth is, Challenger works…
How Sales Leaders Can Unlock Seller Performance in an Uncertain Economy
How bad is the economy right now? Well, it depends on who you ask.
Growing B2B Buying Groups Are Driving Purchasing Gridlock
Since we began tracking B2B buying behavior more than ten years ago, the market, technology, and buying cycles all ballooned in complexity. Yes,…
Sales Forecast Accuracy: Why You’re Getting Sales Projections Wrong — and How to Get Them Right
Sales forecast accuracy is something everyone wants, and, it seems, no one can truly get. Forrester rated the forecast accuracy of organizations…
How to Select the Right LMS For Your Revenue Teams
True learning is not a one-and-done endeavor. Gartner found that without reinforcement, learners lose 87% of what they learned after 30 days, and in…
Balancing the Art and Science of Selling
What do color theory and sales have in common? They are both a combination of art and science designed to achieve a specific result and enact a sense…
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