Category Archives for "Sales Transformation"

Unleashing Growth: Overcoming 7 Common Barriers to Sales Transformation

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the role of Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) or senior-most sales leaders (by any title), has never been more critical. These architects of growth are tasked with navigating complex market dynamics, driving revenue streams, and fostering a culture of success. However, achieving the highest levels of growth remains a challenge […]

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The Flavors of Sales Enablement

I have always struggled with blanket, whitewash advice. I know that the frequency of how often I say, “It depends,” is annoying to some people. It’s equally annoying to me when people proffer out-of-context advice, presented from a position of authority, that is based on limited experience or expertise. Unfortunately, this seems to be rampant […]

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There are Limits to What Sales Enablement Can Fix

There are limits to what sales enablement can fix

Senior sales leaders and C-suite execs, this one’s for you. Pay attention. This is free consulting. Background & Context Enablement is Booming In an expanding number of vertical industries (but not yet everywhere), the concept of “enabling the sales force” has exploded. According to Paul Krajewski’s blog, where he tracks the profession, there were 15,000 […]

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How to Resize and Retool Your Sales Force

How to Resize and Retool Your Sales Force the Right Way

This is a post I never wanted to write. I originally posted it as a LinkedIn Article in August of 2020 and unfortunately, find it relevant again already in mid-2022. At the time I published it initially, I had hoped the worst of the pandemic-fueled layoffs were behind us. Unfortunately, many company executives still needed […]

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The Sliding Scale of Sales Transformation

The Sliding Scale of Sales Transformation Cover

Sales Transformation. It’s a term that means different things to different people. I’ve been involved in sales transformations that were entirely focused on getting the best-possible performance out of the sales force (ranging from a 30 to 600 percent increase in sales), independent of retooling the rest of the organization. In my experience, the potential […]

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How to Develop a Sales Enablement Plan That Delivers Results

How to Develop a Sales Enablement Plan That Delivers Results

It’s a cruel twist of fate for senior sales and revenue leaders that as the year barrels toward a close with urgency to maximize the remaining time, that strategic and tactical planning for the next year must happen at the same time. At a minimum, these leaders must tackle quota setting, territory optimization, account assignments, […]

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What’s Your Strategy for Sales Talent Development? Part 2

Whats Your Strategy for Sales Talent Development Part 2

In the first post in this series, I defined Learning, Training, Development, and Education. Learning: Learning is the act of acquiring new knowledge and skills. Training: Training is job-related learning about what, why, and how (and maybe when and where) to do something (or multiple things), to be successful in a specific role. Development: Development […]

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What’s Your Strategy for Sales Talent Development? Part 1

Strategy for Sales Talent Development

One of the things that’s been on my mind lately is the difference between education, learning, development, and training as they relate to sales talent development organizational learning strategies for Sales. Why? In the past three months, I’ve had this conversation (“this” meaning talent development and organizational learning strategy for Sales) with four different company […]

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Why I Decided to Join the SPARXiQ Team

Mike Kunkle Joins SPARXiQ

[NOTE: This post was originally published in late November of 2018. I have updated it to reflect a few changes, including the company rebranding, my title, and some cool new solutions that we offer.] The position change announcement feature on LinkedIn has become the birthday announcement on Facebook. Except for anyone with a large network, […]

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