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15 essential sales skills you need to master
The sales profession has undergone some pretty radical changes in the past few years, which has created a need for salespeople to improve their sales representative skills. Take a look at the 15 selling skills you need to be a successful salesperson.
Topics:
- Sales
3 ways to coach your sales team to success
When reps receive 3+ hours of coaching per month, they exceed targets by more than 7%. If you're a sales manager, you should get out of unnecessary meetings and spend more time coaching your team. Check out 3 ways you can start!
Topics:
- Sales
A Visual Approach to Grammar Instruction and Sentence Diagramming
Find out how to use a simple, drag-and-drop template that makes it easy to practice categorizing parts of speech and sentence diagramming.
Webinar recap: Critical elements for better decision-making
You make hundreds of decisions about your business—it's time to develop a framework to make better ones. We hosted a webinar with business analyst Steven Hodnett to cover critical elements for better decision-making. Read the recap!
Topics:
- Process improvement
How to win the sales role the same way you close a deal
As a manager trying to build a world-class sales team, Andrea Johnson has learned what separates the candidates that she hires from the ones that she doesn’t—it all comes back to making your candidates sell themselves before you let them sell your business. Check out her tips for acing the interview.
Topics:
- Sales
Lucidchart Connect Recap: Leaving Austin Users in Awe
We completed the first stop on our tour—see what you missed at Lucidchart Connect Austin and what you can expect from our other user conferences.
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- Lucidchart tips
Account mapping: A win-win for sales leaders and sales reps
Learn why account mapping is a win for everyone—leadership knows reps are executing, and reps are confident because they are. Our VP of Inside Sales, Peter Chun, shares the benefits of account mapping and the impact this practice has had on our sales org.
Topics:
- Sales
Re-thinking communication barriers in the workplace
How do we overcome communication barriers in the workplace, especially as we work to bring together teams with diverse perspectives and create an inclusive environment? The Economist Intelligence Unit partnered with Lucid to find some answers. Learn how to identify communication barriers and find new ways to communicate more effectively.
Topics:
- Leadership
- Teamwork and collaboration
Introducing Lucidchart for Quip
We're partnered with Salesforce to deliver Lucidchart for Quip, which allows you to embed diagrams directly into this collaborative platform. Check it out!
Topics:
- Lucidchart tips
7 fundamental change management models
Change management generally refers to how teams and companies implement organizational change. Learn 7 tried-and-true change management models that organizations return to again and again.
Topics:
- Leadership
Powerful performance feedback models and how they can help your company
Learn how you can give more consistent, effective feedback through these performance feedback models.
Topics:
- HR
- Leadership
How playing to the strengths of your sales team can help you close faster
Many sales leaders look for a silver bullet, a single metric to drive success. But the real key to closing more deals is to find your sales reps' strengths and match those strengths to the needs of your prospects. Learn more!
Topics:
- Sales