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Why Do Deals Stall Mid-Pipeline — and How Do You Fix It?

Ask nearly any sales leader whether her company has a defined sales process, and the answer will likely be a resounding “Yes”. Some of those processes are tightly documented with clear stages and milestones. Others are loose — more of a shared understanding than an actual written map. Either way, the purpose of the sales […]

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Sales Questioning Techniques: How Better Questions Accelerate Opportunities

Questioning doesn’t just advance a sales conversation; it helps determine whether an opportunity deserves to advance at all. As sales professionals, we’ve all heard the advice: ask better questions. Simple enough, right? Yet after decades of working with sales teams across industries, I’ve observed that many salespeople still approach questioning as a checklist activity. And […]

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Five Themes Shaping the Future of Sales Learning and Performance

The future of sales learning and performance is not defined by new technology alone. It will be shaped by organizations that align learning with business strategy, equip managers to reinforce new behaviors, leverage AI where it creates meaningful value, help salespeople communicate differentiated business outcomes, and measure success through sustained performance improvement. Every year, the […]

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Using a Spear and Shield: Sales and Marketing Alignment in Life Sciences Product Launches

Consider the following: A soldier is much more effective with both Spear and Shield working in harmony than independently. There is greater success to be found in both combined. The life sciences sector is currently navigating a period of unprecedented transformation. The complexity of launching a medical device has reached an all-time high. The traditional […]

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Why Medical Device Sales Training Struggles to Drive Pipeline Growth

At the recent TT Life Sciences Sales Training & Clinical Education Conference in Dallas, Ignite Selling asked attendees four simple polling questions about sales training effectiveness, measurement, and reinforcement. The responses revealed a clear and consistent pattern: 84% of organizations cannot directly connect sales training to pipeline growth or rely only on anecdotal feedback 62% […]

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Beyond Quota: Why Measuring Sales Performance Is Harder Than It Looks

Sales leaders talk about improving performance constantly. But far too often, the conversation starts—and ends—with the numbers. Revenue. Quota attainment. Pipeline coverage. These are essential measures. But they’re also lagging indicators. By the time they tell you something is wrong, the quarter—or even the year—is already lost. In a recent webinar conversation I had with […]

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Why Do Deals Stall Mid-Pipeline — and How Do You Fix It?

Sales Questioning Techniques: How Better Questions Accelerate Opportunities

Five Themes Shaping the Future of Sales Learning and Performance

Using a Spear and Shield: Sales and Marketing Alignment in Life Sciences Product Launches

Why Medical Device Sales Training Struggles to Drive Pipeline Growth

Beyond Quota: Why Measuring Sales Performance Is Harder Than It Looks

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