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LinkedIn Learning

Become a Sales Manager

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Sales managers lead professional teams to success by utilizing a variety of skills, from directing team focus and analyzing data to mentoring and developing a sales plan. Build the solid foundation you need to hit the ground running as a new sales manager.
  • Learn how to recruit, train, retain, and manage a high-performing sales team.
  • Motivate individual salespeople and teams with compensation and quotas.
  • Understand how to create and manage sales territories.

Syllabus

  • Course 1: Sales Management Foundations (2019)
    • Get the skills you need to become an outstanding sales manager. Learn how to recruit, select, retain, and manage salespeople and meet your organization's sales revenue goals.
  • Course 2: Transitioning to Management for Salespeople
    • Learn how to coach others, effectively communicate your expectations, and anticipate market changes so you can set up your salespeople for success.
  • Course 3: Identify Sales Growth Opportunities
    • Learn how to increase sales by identifying growth opportunities inside and outside your current sales category.
  • Course 4: Salesforce for Sales Managers
    • Start leveraging Salesforce like a power user. Learn how to manage teams inside of Salesforce and learn how to work with pricing, products, leads, and reports.
  • Course 5: Measure Salesforce Effectiveness
    • Don't miss opportunities to improve your sales team's performance and increase revenue. Learn what you need to measure to determine if your salesforce is effective.
  • Course 6: Sales Channel Management
    • Effectively manage your sales channels. Explore the sales channel landscape and the variables that impact success, and discover how to map out a profitable and effective plan.
  • Course 7: Sales Performance Measurement and Reporting
    • Learn to effectively measure and manage the performance of individual salespeople and entire sales teams.
  • Course 8: Sales Coaching
    • From when to coach, how to coach, and even whom to coach, this course helps you harness the power of sales coaching to drive differentiation, engagement, and ultimately revenue.
  • Course 9: Sales Forecasting
    • Discover how to create and manage effective sales forecasts. Learn why forecasting is critical, and how to use qualitative and quantitative methods to project sales.

Taught by

Drew Boyd, Lisa Earle McLeod, Drew Boyd, Christine Volden, Drew Boyd, Dean Karrel, Dean Karrel, Lisa Earle McLeod and Drew Boyd

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