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	<title>Barrett Sales Blog &#187; Sales Training</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>
		<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>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>
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		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></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>Like exercise, prospect a little each day and stay sales fit</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/943/sales/like-exercise-prospect-a-little-each-day-and-stay-sales-fit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/943/sales/like-exercise-prospect-a-little-each-day-and-stay-sales-fit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 01:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Call Reluctance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prospecting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prospecting is considered one of the most daunting jobs in selling.  Many people in sales or other roles charged with developing new business, especially with new prospects, find the task of prospecting anxiety provoking and tend to put off the prospecting task in favour of more desirable or less frightening tasks.  Yet in their desire to escape prospecting they inadvertently [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></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>Should ‘Selling’ be studied at University?</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/832/success/should-%e2%80%98selling%e2%80%99-be-studied-at-university/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/832/success/should-%e2%80%98selling%e2%80%99-be-studied-at-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barrett Research invites you to express your opinion about whether ‘Selling’ should be an applied academic degree.  Please complete our Graduate Degree for the Sales Profession’ survey and voice your views. With the profession of Selling becoming increasingly more complex involving many more variables and the shift from product being at the heart of selling to strategic relationships, collaboration, true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the 3 Sales Essentials that make for effective selling?</title>
		<link>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/821/sales/what-are-the-3-sales-essentials-that-make-for-effective-selling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barrett.com.au/blogs/SalesBlog/2011/821/sales/what-are-the-3-sales-essentials-that-make-for-effective-selling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prospecting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When we meet with leaders to discuss their sales challenges in achieving sales effectiveness we find that the source of their problems often stem from three key areas: sales planning, sales prospecting and effective sales communication with clients. Whatever our vocation, we all need to make contact with and communicate effectively to secure the ongoing custom of members, supporters, sponsors [...]]]></description>
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