3 Sales Management Articles Crowdsourced from Experts

We've been privileged to get custom insight, motivation and analysis from dozens of sales leaders over the last 18 months. Here are 3 of our favorite expert-sourced articles on the Ambition Blog.  The following articles spotlight 16 sales leaders that we truly revere at Ambition. Alongside the Sales Influencer Series, these 3 posts contain the best expert content on the Ambition Blog.

Each post contains unique content from top sales experts. The focus of the posts: Inside sales management, sales coaching and motivation and sales force productivity.  If you're an inside sales leader, these 3 articles are for you. Enjoy!

1. Management Pet Peeves of 5 Inside Sales Leaders

For this post, we polled 5 well-known inside sales leaders for their #1 pet peeves. The answers are truly illuminating.

If you want to know the top pet peeves of ToutApp's Daniel Barber, SalesLoft's Sean Kester, Wrike's W. Alex Turner, Yesware's Joel Felcher and Datanyze's Rossi Khoung, check out this post.  Chances are, you'll share 1, if not more, of their frustrations. 

2. 5 Halftime Speeches from Top Sales Coaches

At the start of July 2015, we asked 5 top sales coaches to offer their own "motivational speech" to get sales teams through the 2nd half of 2015. 

Mixing insights, directives and impassioned locker room motivation, these 5 speeches are all excellent in their own right.

Read epic speeches from The Bridge Club's Cindy Littlefield, Outreach's Mark Kosoglow, CloserIQ's Jordan Wan, RedHawk Consulting's Matt Hottle, and Inside Sales by Design's Dionne Mischler and feel the inspiration and insight.

3. Sales Productivity Advice from 6 Experts

Maximizing sales productivity is the ideal for every sales force leader. We asked 6 subject matter experts to share their top piece of advice on sales productivity, and they delivered in spades.

Featuring the insanely bright Mike Kunkle, Jim Obermayer, Laurie Page, Brandon Bruce, Ron LaVine and Chris Young, this post is one of our most popular to date for good reason. Check it out.

More Expert Articles on Inside Sales 

For more expert insights shared on the Ambition Blog, check out our Sales Performance Index.

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