{"id":12326,"date":"2020-06-01T14:33:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandler.dsstaging2.com\/case-study\/5-things-to-cover-in-your-weekly-one-on-one-meetings-with-salespeople\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T07:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T07:01:08","slug":"5-things-to-cover-in-your-weekly-one-on-one-meetings-with-salespeople","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandler.com\/blog\/5-things-to-cover-in-your-weekly-one-on-one-meetings-with-salespeople\/","title":{"rendered":"Empower Your Sales Team with Effective Coaching Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandler.com\/blog\/10-questions-you-should-be-asking-your-salespeople\/\">Effective sales coaching questions<\/a> are essential to guiding productive one-on-one meetings with your sales team. Every one-on-one meeting with someone who reports to you is unique. Each will have its own priorities and its own dynamic, based on the personalities, experiences, and professional roles of the participants. That said, there are some important topics for sales leaders to cover during each coaching session with any salesperson.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Here are the five critical topic points that we share with our clients.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>1. \u201cWhere are we in relation to goal?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><em> \u00a0<\/em>Here, we are trying to get an update on what the status is regarding progression toward a given, mutually understood, mutually accepted goal. This question might connect to a behavioral goal, such as how many voice-to-voice discussions with new contacts took place since the last time we met; or it could connect to a goal to bring a certain number of qualified leads into the pipeline; or it could connect to a goal to close a certain amount of business by a certain point in time. But the end result is still the same: we\u2019re trying to get a snapshot of where we are now compared to where we were at our last one-on-one meeting. We also are gauging the confidence we hear when the salesperson speaks about progress toward the agreed-upon goal \u2013 does tonality and body language match with what they are telling us? Do they really believe what they&#8217;re saying? Do they have good, actionable, next steps in place? Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandler.com\/blog\/how-use-different-kinds-questions-improve-your-selling\/\">open-ended questions<\/a> can help gathering more insightful information from the sales person during this discussion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>2. \u201cWhere do you need help?\u201d<\/em><\/strong> A one-on-one meeting is the perfect opportunity to ask a salesperson where they need help. This is extremely important. They may need tactical help; they may need organizational resources you can send their way or help them track down; they may just need someone to talk to about what\u2019s going on in their lives. Whatever the case may be, take a look at what&#8217;s going on between their ears \u2013 not just what\u2019s going on in terms of revenue since your last discussion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>3. \u201c<em>Let&#8217;s look at the behavior plan.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0 <\/em>It&#8217;s important that, during one-on-one meetings, we look closely at the leading indicators \u2013 the measurable behavioral targets that support business development \u2013 and not just the lagging indicators, like closed sales and total revenue. Setting performance targets for the leading indicators should be the focus of the salesperson\u2019s behavioral plan, or cookbook, as we call it here at Sandler. We should be inspecting the cookbook at every single meeting. It will reveal whether we\u2019ll be looking at a well-rounded book of business down the line \u2026 and also tell us from a sales strategy perspective where the person may be having problems. If the salesperson is doing the behaviors but still struggling, it may be a sign that there is a coaching or training issue.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>4. \u201c<em>Let\u2019s look at the coaching plan.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Discussing the salesperson\u2019s ongoing coaching plan is another vitally important part of the one-on-one meeting. Salespeople want to improve over time, and, as managers, we need to provide coaching (and training) to support their goals. Of course, we want to coach them to help them hit their income goals. In addition to supporting those immediate targets, though, we should also be coaching (and training) them to support their long-term professional development. This should include identifying the next professional role they may want to move into, determining how realistic that is and, if possible, helping them to prepare to move into that role. Focusing on the long term in this way helps us to improve the relationship with the individual salesperson and it also strengthens our bench.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>5. <em>\u201cWhat are the most important calls you have coming up?\u201d<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0We should review pre-call planning during the weekly one-on-one meeting. Let the salesperson tell you about their big upcoming discussions \u2026 and then decide which ones you want to plan for together. During your weekly meetings, get into the habit of planning at least one joint call. That will help you assist your sales team take their game to the next level \u2013 a win-win for everyone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Cover these five topics during your weekly one-on-one meetings with salespeople, and you will both stay focused and on track.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Learn more about coaching your sales team in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandler.com\/blog\/the-difference-between-managing-and-coaching-your-salespeople\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>this blog post<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That said, there are some important topics for sales leaders to cover during each weekly one-on-one meeting with any salesperson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":12327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1120],"tags":[1033,1035,1049,1317,1176],"class_list":["post-12326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-leadership","tag-management","tag-sales-management","tag-sales-management-techniques","tag-sales-meeting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ask the Right Questions: Mastering Effective Sales Coaching<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unlock your sales team&#039;s potential with effective coaching questions for one-on-one meetings. 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