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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?

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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Sarah Mercedes (Osborne)
HubSpot Director of Sales1mo
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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Andrew Zinger
Ironclad Senior Global Director, Revenue Enablement1y
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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Katie Harkins
Glide VP of Sales2y
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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Tim Britt
Freshworks VP Partnerships1y
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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