Sales Management Foundations

This course is a part of Become a Sales Manager, a 9-course Learning Path series from LinkedIn Learning.

When sales forces are managed well, companies drive more revenue. In this course, marketing professor Drew Boyd explains what sales management is, why it is important, and how you can get the skills you need to become an outstanding sales manager and recruit, train, retain, and manage a high-performing sales team. He reveals how to motivate individual salespeople and teams with compensation and quotas. Last, he provides an overview of creating and managing sales territories, including sales forecasting and evaluation of territories' performance.

Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. Understanding Sales Management
• 2. Acquiring Sales Talent
• 3. Creating a Sales Structure
• 4. Managing Sales Teams
• Conclusion