Our annual State of the Industry on the sales training market provides an overview of current training and sourcing practices in companies providing training to their sales professionals, sales support staff and sales managers.
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Training Industry, Inc. and Sales Performance International, Inc. have released a new research report investigating learner perceptions of sales training.
This study, exploring data from 367 sales professionals across a range of industries, provides insights about what sales professionals find effective (or ineffective) in the structure of a sales academy.
This report provides insights into the opinions of business-to-business buyers about vendor companies and their salespeople.
Organizations rely on employees to display courage when completing job tasks and interacting with customers, team members and subordinates.
While close to 90% of organizations provide some form of coaching to their sales representatives, these programs' effectiveness varies considerably.
Organizations invest substantially in sales training and development. With estimates of the global sales training market exceeding $2 billion annually, the importance of sustaining the impact of that investment cannot be overstated.
Corporations rely on their sales organizations to not only drive revenue, but to create valuable relationships with decision-makers within their industry.
Coaching provides vital opportunities for training follow-up and on-the-job learning, helping to close the gap between L&D and in-role performance. How are organizations leveraging such programs to support sales operations?
Although e-learning is an established, effective cost-saving way to upskill employees on a range of content areas, many questions linger about what constitutes effective e-learning in sales organizations.