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Building a Motivated Sales Team

Learn how to build a sales team that’s motivated, engaged, and ready to succeed
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Course: On-Demand
Advanced Provider Erik Dominguez  5 Lessons ·  15m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese 

Course Description

When most people think of building a motivated sales team, it’s likely that they picture images of passionate speeches and flashy rewards. But the truth is, this accounts for only a small portion of sales team motivation, and sales leaders can’t rely solely on these methods to motivate their sales team in a sustainable way. There are multiple methods you can use to motivate your sales teams, such as implementing successful interview structures and setting team goals. By having a firm understanding of these concepts, you will have the knowledge you need to keep your team motivated and productive.

In this course on Building a Motivated Sales Team, we will discuss how to interview, onboard, and train salespeople effectively to create a motivated, driven, and productive sales team. You will learn how to identify key traits and competencies in potential hires and develop an effective onboarding process that sets new employees up for success. We’ll also discuss the importance of continuous training and team goal-setting and how you can use them as tools to motivate your team.

What You'll Learn

  • Identify how to hire top-performing salespeople by implementing proper interview processes and best practices
  • Develop an effective onboarding process that sets new employees up for success
  • Recognize areas of growth on your team and provide appropriate continuous training
  • Set effective goals for your sales team members
  • Identify key traits and competencies in potential hires
  • Use continuous training and team goal-setting as tools to motivate your team

Key Takeaways

  • Passionate speeches and flashy rewards account for only a small portion of sales team motivation and cannot sustain it on their own.
  • Multiple methods can motivate sales teams, including successful interview structures and team goal-setting.
  • Interviewing, onboarding, and training salespeople effectively helps create a motivated, driven, and productive sales team.
  • An effective onboarding process sets new employees up for success.
  • Continuous training and team goal-setting can be used as tools to keep a team motivated and productive.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this course for?

It is designed for sales leaders who want to motivate their sales team in a sustainable way by interviewing, onboarding, and training salespeople effectively.

What does this course cover?

It covers how to interview and onboard salespeople, identify key traits and competencies in potential hires, provide continuous training, and set effective sales team goals. Lessons include Introduction, Interviewing and Onboarding, Continuous Training, Sales Team Goals, and a Test Your Knowledge assessment.

What skills will I gain?

You will build skills in team building, team and employee motivation, employee onboarding, sales management, and sales training.

How is motivation approached in this course?

The course explains that beyond passionate speeches and flashy rewards, you can motivate teams through methods such as successful interview structures, continuous training, and team goal-setting.