When joining a new team, is it better to have the right soft skills and have to learn the hard skills of the job? Or vice versa?
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Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement • 3y
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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HubSpot Director of Sales • 2mo
In my opinion, soft skills are harder to teach/coach and typically, if an individual embodies the right soft skills, it is easy to teach them or coach up on the hard skil...
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Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement • 1y
For me personally, its having a strong foundation of soft skills. You can learn new products, new industries and about new personas you'll sell into. However, having emot...
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Glide VP of Sales • 2y
When joining a new team, it's better to be open minded about changing your sales cycles and your approaches. Each organization has a different selling motion associated w...
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Freshworks VP Partnerships • 1y
It is generally better to have the right soft skills and then learn the hard skills of the job. Here’s why:1. Soft Skills Are Harder to Teach – Attributes like communicat...
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