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SALES PERFORMANCE AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSIGHTS FROM AMY FRANKO
Mastering Strategic Speed: Sales Growth Metrics for M&A and Investment Events
I’ve had several clients in the past year experience major ownership changes. A merger of like-sized companies. A full acquisition. Partial ownership changes with private equity investment. I’m an angel investor myself. In any of these scenarios, there are new...
Sales Strategy: How to Get Trusted Introductions and Maximize Your Sales Growth
The Value of Trusted Introductions When I consider what has helped me to create success in my career, within my sales consulting practice and within the various leadership roles I’ve had, the value of trusted introductions is near the top of the list. This has taken...
How Sales Planning Immediately Impacts Results Through Roles
Your Sales Growth Might Be on Idle If… Sales leaders or CEOs will often ask me to work with their teams on sales training, and then we uncover other ways to improve their sales organization. It involves sales consulting on the underlying structures that support the...
Elite Sellers Have Presence: How to Build your EP and EQ
Executive Presence Helps Sales Leaders Build Trust and Credibility with Their Clients and Prospects Got gravitas? There’s a popular saying about executive presence. It’s hard to describe, “but you know it when you see it.” There’s also a widely held belief that you...
Podcast: How to Help Clients Achieve Their Vision
Amy Franko on the Selling From the Heart Podcast "Selling from the heart" is centered on sincerity and substance. In this episode of the Selling from Heart Podcast, I joined hosts Darrell Amy and Larry Levine and shared how salespeople be genuinely consultative to...
Are You Making These Sales Leadership Mistakes?
I often advise sales leaders and growth officers in their strategic, people, and operational efforts. There are some common sales leadership mistakes and pitfalls I observe, and in this article I’m sharing those, along with some ideas to help you build awareness of...
Sales Culture is the Key to Growing Next-Generation Leaders
Has your organization filled its leadership pipeline?
For success into the future, you’ll need more professionals selling as part of your succession planning practices. When your professionals are equipped to sell, you’ll create more client opportunities, you’ll generate stronger revenues and profits, and you’ll be in a better position to diversify your services.
In this week’s post, I share four strategies for growing your sales culture and developing next-generation leaders with the experience and know-how to generate revenue.
Today’s Sales Leaders Need to Both Manage and Coach
So will managers go away to be replaced by coaches? I don’t see this as an “either / or” proposition. There will always be projects and issues to manage. But as someone in a leadership role, you must make a conscious decision to devote time to coaching your team and make it a priority. These five strategies will help you unlock your team’s potential.
Podcast: Creating a Sales Enablement Center of Excellence
The Sales & Marketing Management Podcast Featuring Amy Franko Sales enablement is defined as the strategic, ongoing process of equipping sales teams with the content, guidance and training they need to effectively engage buyers. On this episode of The Sales &...
Why We Need More Women on Boards and How You Can Prepare Yourself for a Board Role
As the oldest of five daughters, women’s leadership is more than a topic for me. It’s more like something in my DNA. It’s something I’ve made an intentional point to weave into my work and life. For four years, I’ve served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for...
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