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Changing the Culture of the Sales Organization

by Eliot Burdett | Published on - November 17, 2010

We met with several customers and prospects last week, all of which are mature companies in mature markets. ย  A common theme we noticed was the desire to change the mindset of their associated sales organization. Changing the sales culture is no easy task and I admire organizations with big ambitions and serious commitment. Sometimes

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How to Hire Hunters

by Eliot Burdett | Published on - November 16, 2010

Our clients rely on us to find all sorts of sales professionals from sales support to reps and managers, to executives and sales VPโ€™s, and a significant portion of the positions we work on are the hard to find top producing and reliable hunters. Reps who are able to develop territories will make or break

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Building a Culture of Success in Your Sales Team

by Eliot Burdett | Published on - November 3, 2010

This article adapted from the book Sales Recruiting 2.0 โ€“ How to Hire Top Performing Sales People, Fast Is there any better icon of a winning culture than the New York Yankees? Each year they field a team expected to win it all and if they donโ€™t get to the World Series, their fans are

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Do you ask these tough questions when interviewing sales reps?

by Eliot Burdett | Published on - October 28, 2010

There is the old saying that sales reps perform their best selling during job interviews and much like peeling an onion, you donโ€™t know quite know who you are interviewing until you have peeled away a few layers. Here are some of the best kinds of questions to ask during a sales interview to find

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Three Signs Your Sales Management is Failing

by Eliot Burdett | Published on - October 26, 2010

Picture the perfect sales manager. Happy customers, happy staff, all the sales reps are at target, zero turnover, all their hiring decisions are great and sales are growing. I know a few sales managers that live in this kind of a picture, but this is the exception rather than the rule in most companies. If