how to effectively coach sales reps into top performers
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HOW TO
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minimizes data entry and automatically logs
call and email information, letting you keep
an eye on your entire pipeline. Get your sales
team organized on the HubSpot CRM.
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data, get to the core issues affecting your sales, and fix
them with easy, actionable advice. Time is money. They’
ll quickly get your sales back on track.
LEARN MORE ABOUT A SALES GUY
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OUR EXPERTS
JIM KEENAN MARK ROBERGE
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When it comes to building a world class sales team,
two things come to mind:
Hiring Coaching
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Hiring the best sales reps may be the biggest multiplier for
your sales team and your company.
But what’s the most important thing to look for?
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Few reps will be perfect performers, but many can be great
with some improvement. Fortunately, you can engineer that
improvement through effective coaching.
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There are three steps to great coaching:
DESCRIBEOBSERVE PRESCRIBE
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The sales coach must observe the behaviors,
techniques, and approaches their players are
engaged in. Great observation starts with knowing
what you’re looking for.
OBSERVATION
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After observing, the sales coach must be able to
communicate their observations to the rep in a useful
and constructive manner. The best way to do this is
to focus on what the sales rep did,
not what they didn’t do.
DESCRIBE
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Instead of asking questions that may imply the rep
did something wrong, make objective statements
explaining what you saw.
DESCRIBE
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Then, by framing your observations as cause and a
effect, (you did this, so that happened), sales reps
will understand what they need to change and why.
DESCRIBE
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The coach should prescribe a new approach, tactic,
or strategy that will improve performance. If done
well, the sales rep should have a clear understanding
of what they’re doing, the result of that behavior, and
how they need to change to get the desired result.
PRESCRIBE
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Regardless of coaching styles or tactics, the sales leader
must be able to:
Observe the rep
Objectively describe what they see
Prescribe a better source of action
ESSENTIALS
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Effective coaching is useless if a sales rep
isn’t coachable. Coachability is the ability to
absorb and apply coaching.
LOOK FOR COACHABILITY
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Here are 3 steps to evaluate a
rep’s coachability during the
interview process.
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Set up a role-playing exercise that models your buyer context.
STEP 1
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Evaluate the candidate’s ability to self-diagnose.
STEP 2
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A candidate with a high degree of coachability is
able to reflect, analyze, and propose improvements
to her own weak areas. Look for specifics about
what she thought she did well and what she
thought she could have improved.
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Evaluate the candidate’s ability to absorb and apply coaching.
STEP 3
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Now, you’ll proactively coach the candidate. Provide one area
of positive feedback and one area of improvement.
This way, you avoid making the candidate think she
bombed the interview.
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Observe the candidate as you coach. Is she
glassy-eyed or is she taking notes and asking good
follow-up questions? See how well she will absorb and
apply the feedback.
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Afterward, request that she redo the role-play,
this time attempting to apply some of the coaching.
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In this situation, look for effort, not perfection.
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If the candidate gave a greatly improved or a perfect
second pass, hire that candidate at all costs!
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Apply these hiring and coaching methods, you’ll
be on your way to building a
world-class sales team.
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THAT’S IT!
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Brought to you by
Built to make the life of a sales rep easier. Minimal data entry and automatically logs calls and emails so you can focus on selling. Get your sales team organized on the HubSpot CRM.
A Sales Guy Consulting knows how to sift through the data, get to the core issues affecting your sales, and fix them with easy, actionable advice. Time is money. They’ll quickly get your sales back on track.
GET THE HUBSPOT CRMLEARN MORE ABOUT A SALES GUY