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There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandler.com\/blog\/building-a-high-performance-sales-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">key differences among a sales team and organization<\/a> that are important to understand. Our findings help answer why only 20% of sales professionals are able to perform at or above quota, while the majority struggle with driving sales success.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Critical Element for Sales Leaders #1: Start Off on the Right Foot<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Our findings showed that overachieving sales professionals were 1.5x more likely than underachieving sales professionals to have a manager skilled in sales training. 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