Steve Gielda is co-founder of Ignite Selling and author of Ignite Your Sales Strategies: A field guide to accelerating the pipeline - an Amazon Top 10 Sales Book! the book helps sales teams be able to think and act strategically, construct a seamless sales pipeline process, understand your customers’ buying factors for each unique sale, proactively manage the key influencers, navigate the competitive landscape and quantify the true value of your solution. Steve's company has trained over 25,000 salespeople and sales leaders worldwide.

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In this podcast for managers, Audrey, Lee and Steve discuss: 

-Five assumptions that cause new products to fail

-Steve’s latest sales pipeline management strategies

-How to better understand customers’ buying factors

"The #1 mistake managers and leaders make is NOT challenging the critical thinking and common assumptions of salespeople. Let's face it, managers have a lot on their plate and they are running hard every day. Thus, they fall into the trap of asking questions about the facts of what's happening in one of their reps accounts, instead of challenging them to think more critically. ”– Steve Gielda

Build Credibility and Effective Leadership with the Manage Smarter Podcast

Join hosts Audrey Strong and C. Lee Smith every week as they dive into the aspects and concepts of good business management. From debunking sales myths to learning how to manage with and without measurements, you'll learn something new with every episode and will be able to implement positive change far beyond sales. 

Connect with Steve Gielda

www.igniteselling.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sgielda/

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·         Website: ManageSmarter.com 

·         LinkedIn: Audrey Strong                                                                   

·         LinkedIn: C. Lee Smith  

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·         Website: http://salesfuel.com/ 

·         Twitter: @SalesFuel 

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