How To Enjoy The End Of The Quarter
By Peter Gracey, President and COO, AG Salesworks
When there are only a few days left in the quarter, what’s the atmosphere like in your sales office? Are your team members ripping their trade show stress balls to pieces? Are your sales reps snapping at each other like tired and cranky children? How many arguments over who actually “owns the deal” that just closed did you mediate this week?
Maybe a few of your reps are gently sobbing in their cubicles as their last and best chances at breaking quota just called to push out their orders until Q4.
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