chapter 31

Maximising performance through coaching

What is sales coaching?

Sales coaching is what brilliant sales managers do to develop ­individuals and teams to improve performance and achieve goals. It is the most important job a sales manager has.

The basis of our approach in this chapter and in our training and consultancy is that you cannot have a successful sales team without a manager capable of bringing his or her own personal coaching approach to the party.

Coaching has been defined in several ways that include:

  • ‘the art of guiding a person towards the development of their own skills and behaviour’
  • ‘a process that enables learning ...

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