Categories: Front-line Managers | Sales Kickoff
We’ve been a part of making many sales kickoffs successful over the years. One early indicator of a SKO that drives the company’s core revenue objectives all year: front-line manager preparedness. Managers are a critical instrument to driving results after your sales kickoff, helping to reinforce new concepts and best practices throughout the year. Getting them onboarded early and preparing them to lead during and after your event can transform the outcome of your SKO. Here are three ways to support your front-line sales managers before the sales kickoff that will help maximize the impact of your event:
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Categories: Sales Kickoff | Sales Transformation
This blog contains content from our Ultimate Sales Kickoff Resource Guide. Check out all of our sales kickoff resources, best practices, and tools here. Sales Kickoffs are meant to get the sales team motivated toward a common goal for the upcoming year. Your upcoming SKO will be an important opportunity to instill this motivation and align your team to execute mission-critical sales activities. Ensure the right outcomes and objectives are prioritized in your SKO agenda in a way that drives that company strategy. Set clear, measurable objectives for your SKO and, ultimately, your revenue team. After all, the SKO is just one or two weeks of the fiscal year. Clear objectives for the kickoff and beyond will be imperative to drive consistent sales performance in a complex selling environment. Set your objectives now so you and your enablement team know what you have to achieve to drive revenue goals. Below are a few things to factor in when you begin to set clear objectives for your next sales kickoff.
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Categories: Adoption and Reinforcement | Sales Kickoff | Sales Leadership
Lasting SKO success takes more than a well-thought-out event. There are five actions successful sales leaders take to drive immediate and lasting results after the launch of a sales kickoff or training initiative. Actions that help sales teams start strong, finish ahead and accelerate revenue growth. Whether you're approaching your sales kickoff or you've just wrapped up your event, these five actions will help you get the greatest return on investment and ensure your efforts drive results all year.
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Categories: Economic Change | Sales Kickoff
As a new fiscal year approaches, sales leaders face a critical task: setting the right priorities for your Sales Kickoff event. The past year may have presented new challenges for your sales team, whether due to external market factors or internal changes as your organization scales to pursue greater revenue. Those challenges can be opportunities for your team to learn and strengthen your approach in the coming year.
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Categories: MEDDICC | Sales Kickoff | Sales Negotiation
It’s no secret selling in the B2B SaaS market got a little harder over the past several quarters. Now more than ever, organizations are looking for ways to gain an edge, keep pipelines healthy, and identify which prospects are most likely to land.
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Categories: Company Alignment | Sales Kickoff | Sales Productivity
As we start the new year, many of us are also launched into SKO season. We've been planning for months to create an event that brings the team together, boosts morale and aligns everyone on our organization's priorities for the upcoming year. Often the resulting strategy focuses on training up new or underperforming members of the sales team and communicating expectations to improve productivity in the new year. The sales kickoff is a prime opportunity to build momentum, right the course and chart the path towards increased sales productivity and revenue. In order to achieve desired levels of growth and productivity, leaders must ensure that their presentation addresses the needs of every member of their sales team.
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