221 (Lead) Cloning Your Top Reps by Identifying What Good Looks Like (Kevin "KD" Dorsey)
May 30, 2024
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Sales expert Kevin Dorsey discusses strategies for lead cloning, coaching reps to 'What Good Looks Like', and using the 'Four Ds' to implement new tactics. He shares insights on defining 'good' in sales, documenting leadership approaches, and improving sales conversations and performance.
Identify top performer behaviors and replicate across team for sales success.
Document 'what good looks like' to empower teams and drive continuous improvement.
Deep dives
The Importance of Documenting 'What Good Looks Like'
Being obsessed with documenting 'what good looks like', known as the wiggle, ensures clarity and alignment within a sales organization. Kevin Dorsey emphasizes the significance of defining and documenting 'greatness' to elevate sales teams. Scaling success involves the four Ds: define, document, demonstrate, and deliberately practice, enabling consistent performance standards.
Enhancing Sales Performance Through Studying Greatness
Studying top performers to identify unique strengths and behaviors is key to improving sales performance. Kevin Dorsey highlights the importance of diagnosing what sets high performers apart and replicating successful tactics. By focusing on performance and behaviors that drive results, sales leaders can effectively elevate team performance.
The Shift from Reactive to Proactive Leadership
Effective sales leadership entails moving from reactive to proactive approaches. Kevin Dorsey suggests using tools like scorecards for proactive coaching and preparation rather than post-call reviews. By shifting focus towards pre-call preparation and forward-looking coaching, leaders can drive continuous improvement.
Breaking the Bottleneck: Documentation and Empowerment
Sales leaders often become bottlenecks by keeping performance standards solely in their minds. Kevin Dorsey advocates for documenting 'what good looks like' to empower teams and promote independence. By sharing and scaling documented standards, leaders can foster a culture of clarity, ownership, and execution across the organization.
When working with reps and trying to help them improve, work backwards from what you want to the prospect to say then build what they need to do to get them to say that
Coach forward vs. backwards, coach to prepare so that future performance will be better and they feel more prepared for actual scenarios approaching
Have each one "What Great Looks Like" exercise per manager per quarter, pick one metric, find the rep who is the best at that, then diagnose the different behaviours they exhibit to adopt across the rest of your team
Use the "Four Ds" to roll out WGLL across your team - define what good looks like, document it, demonstrate it with training, and deliberately practice it by scoring reps performing the new tactics on calls
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