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	<title>Barrett Sales Blog &#187; Sales Leadership</title>
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	<description>everybody lives by selling something.</description>
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		<title>Move Over Marketing Here Comes Sales Strategy!</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2012/1780/success/move-over-marketing-here-comes-sales-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pundits (including Barrett) are always reminding sales executives of the need to plan.  However, a major miscalculation made by many organisations is viewing their sales operations as purely tactical functions. The result &#8211; at best, sales plans become little more than operational imperatives bumping along one quarter to the next with no strategic intent. More and more, the high [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></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>Why B2B Buying Decisions Are Taking Longer Than Ever</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1467/sales-management/why-b2b-buying-decisions-are-taking-longer-than-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1467/sales-management/why-b2b-buying-decisions-are-taking-longer-than-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitudes & Behaviours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindful selling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are companies taking longer to make buying decisions or does it come down to impatience on the part of the B2B sales person, in a hurry to reach their sales targets? It seems nowadays buying decisions are taking longer to make than in previous years.  This slow purchasing process isn’t just happening at the enterprise level in large scale businesses, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning how to ride the Boom AND Bust economy</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1450/sales-attitudes/learning-how-to-ride-the-boom-and-bust-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1450/sales-attitudes/learning-how-to-ride-the-boom-and-bust-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitudes & Behaviours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Acumen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These turbulent, challenging and sometimes volatile times we find ourselves living in are making many of us rethink how we do business, how we live our lives and how we engage with the world.  Unless you are hiding under the doona,  the rest of us are witnessing and experiencing a major transition from the Industrial Revolution to a brave new [...]]]></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>The New Age Customer</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1067/customer-service/the-new-age-customer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/1067/customer-service/the-new-age-customer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a world still recovering from the GFC and grappling with the buzz of social media, we are now in the midst of a war between retail and online shopping facing daily decisions about purchasing locally or overseas, and B2B sales teams challenged with moving from selling product transactions to being business people who can sell value and ideas. It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a sales manager be an effective sales coach?</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/864/sales-management/can-a-sales-manager-be-an-effective-sales-coach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/864/sales-management/can-a-sales-manager-be-an-effective-sales-coach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Talent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coaching usually focuses on two areas of development to achieve excellence: skills and performance. Excellence in performance is knowing the right processes to apply in the right situation, coupled with the personal insight to know how to apply them wisely.  An effective sales coach is there to help people achieve excellence and realize many more benefits. However to be an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 the year of Sales leadership and Integrity</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/753/sales-management/2011-the-year-of-sales-leadership-and-integrity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/753/sales-management/2011-the-year-of-sales-leadership-and-integrity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In December 2010 we published The 12 Sales Trends of 2011 and invited readers to vote on what they thought would be the most important trends in sales for this year.  Thank you to everyone who shared their views and voted.  Every month we will explore one of the trends in more detail, starting with the trends voted as most [...]]]></description>
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