Live Better. Sell Better.

Listen with Intention to Motivate Your Team with Jill Bruno

Nov 28, 2022

38:42

This episode of the Live Better Seller Better Podcast features Jill Bruno, Sales Development Manager at RocketReach.co, as well as a mentor at #GirlsClub and founding member of Tenbound.

In order to motivate, you need to be intentional with your words and actions. Listen intently to understand your team's motivations and get an understanding of their life outside of work. A change in mind is what changes behavior, so your goal should be to motivate a mindset change to see behavior change.

Sales leaders can build trust by being authentically themselves and sharing their own strengths, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities. Jill also gives tips for women in sales leadership roles to thrive in their careers and avoid fear-based decisions that hold them back.

HIGHLIGHT QUOTES

Motivation starts with intentional words and actions to learn more - Jill: "You have to be so intentional with the individual that you're speaking with. So when you are motivating, you have to know, first off, what are they motivated by. What's going on in their outside life that your reps are willing to disclose? Not saying we need to know every detail but, if there's something impacting them at work based on things outside of work, okay, that could be a lever for motivation."

Change what’s in your control to help motivate others - Jill: "This is my whole other mantra. What can you can control and what is out of your control? But paying attention to words that your reps say, that's a choice. I could choose to sit and Slack people when I'm in a one-on-one, answer emails, be filling out a report, no. The choice has to be I'm making virtual eye contact with you in Zoom. You have me right now. That is a choice. And if you don't make it, why would you ever expect to get to know your reps."

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