Andrew Zinger

AMA: Figma Global Director, Sales Enablement, Andrew Zinger on Sales Soft and Hard Skills

January 10 @ 9:00AM PT
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Andrew Zinger
Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement3y
Ah.. a great question and something that I have yet to see perfected, but continues to get easier as many enablement and development professionals know and argue that com...
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Andrew Zinger
Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement3y
People's definition of 'hard skills' may differ depending on where they work, what the sales organization makeup is, and what product/platform they are selling. In my exp...
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Andrew Zinger
Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement3y
In my experience it's been less of a challenge enabling the sales/account team on 'hard skills'. Over time you can see to it that people become comfortable with demo'ing ...
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Andrew Zinger
Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement3y
Another topic that is always top of mind for sales leaders, and their recruiting teams, is their employee retention scores. It is a massive expense to organizations when ...
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Andrew Zinger
Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement3y
First off, for those serious about a career change to sales, I would start off by building (or rebuilding) your network. This can be done is a number of ways including: ...
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Andrew Zinger
Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement3y
The topic of 'feedback' is a passionate one with many people. For me, feedback is fuel, but at the same time it needs to be actionable and agreed upon for it to be that '...
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Andrew Zinger
Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement3y
Great question and something I love talking to (and sometimes 'debating') our leaders about - the idea behind 'what's the characteristic (or two) of your best seller you ...
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Andrew Zinger
Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement3y
Another great question and one that will certainly differ from executive to executive. However, in my experience some of the top intangibles for the top performers I have...
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