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	<title>Barrett Sales Blog &#187; Coaching</title>
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	<description>everybody lives by selling something.</description>
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		<title>Turning Underperformers Into Sales Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2012/1756/sales-management/turning-underperformers-into-sales-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clarity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Underperforming sales people plague sales managers and organisations in every industry sector. Over the decades business leaders have adopted an assortment of tactics to combat and address this issue, with most showing little in return. Some large businesses have a policy to let go of the bottom 10-20% of sales performers each year and replenish with new sales blood. Other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Sales Leadership + No Accountability = No Sales Results</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2012/1683/success/no-sales-leadership-no-accountability-no-sales-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clarity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies spend billions each year on sales training, organisational development, leadership training and other efforts to ultimately boost sales results. Often this is a waste of money because nothing changes for the better.  Too busy looking for a short term boost, magic bullet or quick fix, i.e. the 1-3 day motivational sales training event, many business and sales leaders miss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make 2012 The Best Year Yet &#8211; Put Yourself First!</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1644/success/make-2012-the-best-year-yet-put-yourself-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitudes & Behaviours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teamwork]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we all come sailing in from the rather stormy seas of 2011 for a brief rest in a safe harbour we can chose to look back and reflect on what has happened in 2011; the challenges, mistakes, triumphs and lessons learned.  Although reflection is very important we must not forget to take time to rest, relax and recharge before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Athletes, Top CEO&#8217;s and Pop Stars Have in Common</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1526/sales-management/what-do-elite-athletes-top-ceos-and-pop-stars-have-in-common/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1526/sales-management/what-do-elite-athletes-top-ceos-and-pop-stars-have-in-common/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elite athletes, pop stars, top selling writers, politicians, Fortune 100 CEO&#8217;s all have one thing in common…they hire coaches to help them achieve their goals faster and become or maintain their &#8216;number one&#8217; status. Elite performers see the value their coach brings to their craft. They know their coach will help them gain and create insights that transform their performance. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs you are at risk of losing your top sales performers</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1435/success/signs-you-are-at-risk-of-losing-your-top-sales-performers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1435/success/signs-you-are-at-risk-of-losing-your-top-sales-performers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitudes & Behaviours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellbeing Support Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There they are every day bringing in the deals. They’re always prospecting, meeting  clients, networking, making suggestions about how to do things even better and they never discount unnecessarily.  Best of all your clients are happy. They’re happy with your offering, happy with your service, happy with the sales support they get and your business is profitable. Top of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why leading an examined life is good for sales</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1414/support-services/why-leading-an-examined-life-is-good-for-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1414/support-services/why-leading-an-examined-life-is-good-for-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitudes & Behaviours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindful selling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neuroscience in Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellbeing Support Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[‘Leading an examined life’ was voted as the Number 10 of Sales Trends for 2011.   For many years you could lead an intuitive sales life because your product was your edge, but not anymore.  With products replicated in minutes, the spotlight is well and truly on the specific ingredients of being an effective sales person and sales leader and managing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Top Tips To Stop Yielding and Start Earning</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1360/sales-training/8-top-tips-to-stop-yielding-and-start-earning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1360/sales-training/8-top-tips-to-stop-yielding-and-start-earning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Call Reluctance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prospecting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you experience difficulties asserting yourself with others in a sales context?  Is maintaining positive relationships with clients so important to you that you are concerned these relationships may be damaged if you are perceived as pushy or intrusive? Do you hesitate to prospect, sell or self promote due to a reflexive fear of being considered too pushy, intrusive, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why we should manage &amp; measure Sales Inputs rather than Sales Results</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/965/success/why-we-should-manage-measure-sales-inputs-rather-than-sales-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/965/success/why-we-should-manage-measure-sales-inputs-rather-than-sales-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prospecting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you leave your sales results to chance?  Well you might be if you are like most businesses that are too fixated on Sales Results – the Outcomes. Managing by numbers, sales managers can get blinded by measuring the number of sales made and revenue and profit margins achieved rather than focusing on the vital activities that produce these outcomes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you miss out on growing sales because your clients’ pigeon hole you?</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/915/sales-training/do-you-miss-out-on-growing-sales-because-your-clients%e2%80%99-pigeon-hole-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/915/sales-training/do-you-miss-out-on-growing-sales-because-your-clients%e2%80%99-pigeon-hole-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 07:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitudes & Behaviours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Assessments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have trouble introducing your clients to new products and services? Does their memory seem to spring back to what you used to do or your initial offering to them?  Do they seem to pigeon hole you in a certain category, unable to see or acknowledge that you offer other products or services? This is a common problem for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How satisfied are you with your sales incentive plan?</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/902/success/how-satisfied-are-you-with-your-sales-incentive-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/902/success/how-satisfied-are-you-with-your-sales-incentive-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good sales incentive plan rests on a fundamental set of design principles that reward the right behaviours, optimise sales effectiveness, and maximise the return on incentive dollars. Specifically, a good sales incentive plan design: •    uses performance metrics that are aligned with the company’s overall strategy; •    supports and is consistent with the overall sales force strategy — its [...]]]></description>
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