The percentages in your sales funnel are lying to you. If you rely on them, you are going to get a demotivated team, turnover, and unhappy sellers. Today we'll talk about how to change that.

In today's episode, we'll discuss how to break your addiction to percentages.

What you'll learn:

• Why percentages need to ignored in your CRM.
• Why you need to do the work on defining the sales stages, and non-negotiables.
• Why checklists are better than scripts.
• Why meandering questions are detrimental to your seller's perceived competency.
• Why you will want to track how long each opportunity stays in each stage.
• Why publishing average cycle time will benefit your sellers, despite it being uncomfortable.
• What's best practice for "Zombie opportunities."
• Why tracking your time in each stage will present opportunities to improve your performance.
• What to cover in your funnel review meetings.
• Who should come to your sales funnel review meetings.
• How these steps will improve your coaching meetings.
• How to implement the three improvements.

And, if you need help implementing these steps, Give us a call.

Resources:

Change the Sandler Way - By Hamish Knox

Full Funnel Freedom Episode: Is Your Sales Year Already Over?

In TIM v TAM, TIM Wins - by Hamish Knox

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