Aiming for more business year-on-year is as natural to an organization’s growth as is breathing. And while your top brass is fixated on the company’s growth, the sales managers are the ones who are entrusted with fulfillment of these objectives. And so begins the planning process, breaking down of the annual target into quarterly […]
We’re not going to repeat that childhood fairytale. You obviously know how it goes. What we’re actually referring to is accessibility of context sensitive information in real-time to save your organization’s face. Let us build it up to you. Last weekend I met a college friend – Raj. He was known to be a […]
A sales manager’s major challenges are making the hard hitting numbers. And to make these numbers, they invest a lot of time behind planning their team’s meeting schedules. But what do you do when there’s an unexpected turn of events? A hot lead may spring up; a key decision maker has suddenly made time […]
Being on top of developments on every client is a critical requirement for every field force rep in order to put up an ‘i-know-everything-that’s-happening-with-you’ face in front of clients. And then there are days when your best rep has been meeting client back to back for a couple of days, and when he walks into […]
Fixing up meetings, attending to sudden change in the client’s plan, traveling all across town to meet commitments, and after a rough day coming back to office to report it all – a typical day in the life of a field force rep. Oh, and did we mention, having to go through the pain of […]
Revisiting performances of a previous quarter, devising plans to meet the next month’s mammoth target, responding to the CEO’s tough queries, meeting other HODs to align business strategy and discuss where Sales stands on it – a typical day in the life of a Sales Head (or Director Sales or VP Sales or Chief Sales […]