The Qualified Sales Leader by John McMahon

The Qualified Sales Leader

Proven Lessons From a Five Time CRO

John McMahon, Dev Ittycheria

BookBaby · Print & ebook · June 18, 2021

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Who it’s for
A conversational guide to coaching enterprise software teams toward value-led selling.
Genres
Sales Management, Leadership, Mentoring & Coaching
Published
BookBaby, June 18, 2021

About this book

The Qualified Sales Leader is written by a five time Chief Revenue Officer in an easy to read conversational and narrative style. The book provides enterprise software sales leaders and their sales reps proven methods to sell more by quantifying business value for the customer and selling major company solutions to C level executives. No tricks, no shortcuts, just simple ways in which sales leaders can help their sales reps sell more software by closing more deals.

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Almost monthly someone asks me, "When are you going to write a book". When I ask, "Why?", people tell me, "Because no one has written a sales leadership book with practical, solutions to real life issues in enterprise SaaS sales forces", Why: 62% of sales reps fail, not because they couldn't sell but because they were assigned the wrong accounts. Sales leaders don't align skillsets to account complexity. Sales rep attrition at most SaaS companies is over 20% Sales leaders can't recruit A players Sales Leaders don't coach their reps on deal advancement issues Most sales leaders are "glorified scorekeepers" Most sales leader don't motivate their sales team They're focused on deals, not rep competency Many salesforces only win 50% of their proof of concepts They can't frame a winning POC Criteria 8 of 10 executive buyers say the sales meetings they take are a waste of time. Sales reps lack the ability to sell business value. 42% of reps in enterprise sales say one of the top 3 biggest challenges is to establish urgency. Reps don't quantify critical business pain to create a buying influence. Reps can't find high-level business champions, only low-level coaches They can't find pain above the noise. Many reps find pain but can't attract a champion They're selfishly focused on closing a sale instead of earning trust. Most reps say they feel out of control during the sales process. Reps can't find a champion to help them control the process. 50% of reps say they can't overcome price objections while companies struggle to increase the average deal size. Most sales reps are vending, not selling. Top sales leaders will find the answers to these issues and more in The Qualified Sales Leader

Beyond the Scoreboard

A conversational guide to coaching enterprise software teams toward value-led selling.

Come here for

  • Practical guidance on account fit, deal advancement, and executive conversations
  • A leadership lens that puts rep capability ahead of scorekeeping

Expect

  • Direct, narrative advice from a five-time chief revenue officer
  • A focus on earning trust and making customer value clear

Where it sits

Sales Management83%
Leadership60%
Mentoring & Coaching42%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Sales & Selling
Authors
John McMahon, Dev Ittycheria
Publisher
BookBaby
Published
June 18, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Sales & Selling