Sales and marketing - HBR - Harvard Business Review
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What Salespeople Need from Leaders—at Each Stage of Their Careers
Apr 24, 2025 · Leading a high-performing sales team requires a personalized talent management approach. Salespeople’s needs evolve throughout their careers, and while sales managers often …
How CEOs Make or Break Sales - Harvard Business Review
Mar 5, 2025 · A conversation with INSEAD professor Christoph Senn on what to do if your CEO is either overly involved—or not involved enough—in deals.
A Great Sales Pitch Hinges on the Right Story
May 21, 2024 · When you’re working in sales, you need to master the art of persuasion and that involves being able to tell a compelling story that explains why your product or service will meet someone’s ...
Can AI Assistants Add Value to Your Sales Team?
Sep 3, 2024 · AI assistants are transforming sales by acting as digital coaches, analysts, and advisors to salespeople. They analyze sales pitches and provide personalized feedback, helping salespeople …
Companies Are Using AI to Make Faster Decisions in Sales and Marketing
Jun 6, 2025 · In today’s dynamic business environment, decision-making in sales and marketing is shifting from reflective to reflexive, leveraging real-time data and AI to enable immediate, context …
Avoid These 3 Pitfalls When Giving a Sales Presentation
Jul 23, 2024 · A study examined the habits of almost 5,000 sales professionals whose livelihoods depend on their ability to build and deliver persuasive presentations. The findings revealed 12 …
5 Gen AI Myths Holding Sales and Marketing Teams Back
Feb 21, 2025 · New and disruptive technologies often generate both excitement and anxiety, and generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is no exception. In marketing and sales, the buzz around gen …
Sales team management - HBR
3 days ago · Sales team management Digital Article Prabhakant Sinha, Arun Shastri, Sally Lorimer, and Namita Powers Your strategic accounts are more than just big sales.
How Successful Sales Teams Are Embracing Agentic AI
Sep 15, 2025 · Agentic AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling autonomous personal agents to work alongside human sales reps, identifying, nurturing, and closing deals across channels. This …