Sales leaders: advance your coaching to empower your team

The role of a leader is to create an environment where coaching can happen, to get authority from above, and to facilitate their team to get on with the work.

In this episode, Anna and her guests explore how to take sales coaching to the next level to empower collective leadership within sales teams.

Guests

David Clutterbuck is a leading coaching author and mentor, who combines purpose, robust research, and infectious enthusiasm.

Emmet Florish is the CEO Ctrl.io, and is on a mission to help sales managers tackle their biggest challenges.

Key takeawaysTwo things only the actual leader can doGreat coaches exhibit compassion (for others and for themselves), curiosity, courage, and connectednessWhy having “the data” can get in the way of coachingWhat does your team really need you for?How can you get out of your team’s way?How coaching expands from coaching the individual to coaching the systemA coaching culture can’t simply be handed down – it has to be agreed upon and supported across the whole teamA sales meeting doesn’t always have to be led by the sales team leaderHow to celebrate our mistakes for the learning they create
LinksConnect with David on LinkedInConnect with Emmet on LinkedInRevenue Riser episode 4: Spread a little happiness and grow your salesRevenue Riser episode 5: CRM: actionable insight that drives sales