Sarah Mercedes (Osborne)

AMA: HubSpot Head of Corporate Sales, West Coast, Sarah Mercedes (Osborne) on Developing Your Sales Career

March 12 @ 10:00AM PT
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Sarah Mercedes (Osborne)
HubSpot Director of Sales1y
There are a number of critical skills required to be successful in sales leadership, but these four are most critical in my opinion.Time ManagementWhen leading a team of ...
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Sarah Mercedes (Osborne)
HubSpot Director of Sales1y
The most important thing you can do when assessing new opportunities is first getting really clear on what matters to you most. Comp, remote-friendly, leadership, size, i...
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Sarah Mercedes (Osborne)
HubSpot Director of Sales1y
In my opinion, it isn't one specific metric, but rather your consistency across all of the key leading indicator metrics. Attainment is one thing, but the "how" and what ...
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Sarah Mercedes (Osborne)
HubSpot Director of Sales1y
I'll never forget what my VP said to me when I was first kicking off my sales career: You know you're meant to be in sales if the end of the fiscal year excites you more ...
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Sarah Mercedes (Osborne)
HubSpot Director of Sales1y
With any job you want, the best thing you can do is to do the job without having the job. You want to show the hiring manager that you are a de-risked candidate. If you a...
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Sarah Mercedes (Osborne)
HubSpot Director of Sales1y
Must-Have Sales Leader Hard Skills:Data Analysis and Decision MakingDecisions can't be made on a whim-they need to be based on dataYou need to be able to analyze data to ...
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