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For a group of salespeople to remain consciously competent at optimum performance levels, they require frequent injections of stimulation, motivational guidance, prompting, coaching and directing, otherwise they lapse into becoming unconsciously competent or worse, unconsciously incompetent. The primary objective of a Sales Leader has to be: “To achieve consistently superior results through the performance of every key individual” but recent research suggests that less than 10% are properly equipped for their role. However, this location is not just for the 90% who need to improve but also for that 10% who can become even better.

Here, you will find all the resources you could possibly desire to assist you in becoming the best Sales Leader you can be.

Top Sales Magazine October Edition Out on Now

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The Salesperson’s Survival Kit: 236 Sales Attributes, Traits, Competencies, and Behaviors to Crush Quotas

Dave Kurlan - 24 October 2025
I was thinking of all the different selling traits I’ve written about in the past 20 years and I’ve probably...[ read more ]Tweet

How This Manager Transformed an Underperformer Into a Sales Champion in 30 Days

Keith Rosen - 22 October 2025
Every manager has been here. That one rep you believe in but can’t seem to turn around. You’ve coached. You’ve...[ read more ]Tweet

How to Differentiate with 4 Response Options and 10 Must-Have Traits for Sales Success

Dave Kurlan - 17 October 2025
It happened again. The last time was in early September when a sales leadership candidate imploded because I challenged him...[ read more ]Tweet

The Missing Metrics In Sales Management

Colleen Stanley - 16 October 2025
Great sales managers are masters at holding their teams accountable to activity metrics and results. They track dials, demos, discovery...[ read more ]Tweet

How Half-Measures in Your Sales Process Can Kill Your Win Rate

Dave Kurlan - 15 October 2025
I was scrolling satellite radio stations and something caused me to pause when I heard Dr. Charles Stanley talking about...[ read more ]Tweet

Sales Grit: Why Only 20% of Salespeople Have It (And How to Fix the Rest)

Dave Kurlan - 12 October 2025
We start the article with a quick baseball lesson/analogy.  If that’s not what you feel like reading right off the...[ read more ]Tweet

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This Month’s Featured Books

The Long-Distance Team: Designing Your Team for Everyone’s Success

Kevin Eikenberry & Wayne Turmel
The Long-Distance Team: Designing Your Team for Everyone’s Success by Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel From the experts who brought you The Long-Distance Leader and The Long-Distance Teammate comes the proven and practical guide for leaders to consciously design teams, define and create their desired culture, and encourage and nurture employee engagement-all from a distance. [ More Here ]

Stop Killing Deals: How to avoid deadly assumptions and achieve sales excellence

George Brontén
Stop Killing Deals: How to avoid deadly assumptions and achieve sales excellence by George Brontén Companies spend billions of dollars each year on sales training and technology, yet sales effectiveness keeps declining. Why? It's because too many sales organizations operate on deadly assumptions that deny the essential human nature of their sales teams and their [ More Here ]

The 60 Second Sales Coach

Keith Rosen
The 60 Second Sales Coach by Keith Rosen Coaching is simply the language you use in every conversation. The language of your organization, of leadership and how every exemplary leader communicates. Some coaching conversations can even be facilitated using just one simple question. The fact is: If you [ More Here ]
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Meet the Sales Leadership Team

Bill Bartlett

Bill BartlettSenior Vice President, Sandler Training

Frank Cespedes

Frank CespedesSenior Lecturer, Harvard Business School

Kevin Eikenberry

Kevin EikenberryChief Potential Officer, The Kevin Eikenberry Group

Mike Esterday

Mike EsterdayCEO And Partner, Integrity Solutions

Jonathan Farrington

Jonathan FarringtonCEO, JF Initiatives

Gretchen Gordon

Gretchen GordonCEO, Boost Profits

Dave Kurlan

Dave KurlanCEO, Kurlan & Associates, Inc.

Lisa Leitch

Lisa LeitchPresident & Chief Sales Officer, Teneo Results

Linda Richardson

Linda RichardsonFounder of Richardson, Author, Consultant, Faculty Wharton Graduate School

Keith Rosen

Keith RosenFounder And CEO, Profit Builders

Steven Rosen

Steven RosenCEO And Executive Coach, STAR

Colleen Stanley

Colleen StanleyPresident, SalesLeadership

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