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Celeste Berke Knisely

Celeste holds the designation of Certified Gap Selling Training Partner with A Sales Growth Company and works with teams to help them win more. With a knack for problem-centric discovery, Celeste leverages her own experience as an active seller building with over 23 years of experience in the Corporate Selling arena. Her accolades include the Director of Sales of the Year award, 2x Manager of the Year, and being named 40 under 40 for the Triad Business Journal. Celeste also holds a certified sales designation from Marriott International and in 2023 was named one of the Top 15 LinkedIn Experts in Denver by Influence + Digest. Celeste resides in Colorado with her husband and daughter.

Checklist Discovery Questions Are Ruining Your Pipeline; Here’s What To Do Instead

Checklist Discovery Questions Are Ruining Your Pipeline; Here’s What To Do Instead

Posted by | Oct 28, 2024 | |

The biggest drop off in pipeline is happening after Discovery one yet no one seems to be alarmed. More top of funnel tends to be the answer, but it is costing you more money and burning your reps out.

Curious as to why so much drop off is happening, I set out to investigate in further detail why so many teams are losing buyers at this stage. Unscientific research has shown (this is after 9 months of conducting discovery calls and diving into more pipelines and stages that I can count) anywhere from a 50%-87% drop off after discovery one.

That means that upwards of 80+ of what your team worked so hard to get in – is gone! Nothing like throwing money and resources down the drain.

What is this stemming from?

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The Hidden Hypocrisy of Sales Leadership: You Want the Numbers, But You Won’t Touch ‘Em

The Hidden Hypocrisy of Sales Leadership: You Want the Numbers, But You Won’t Touch ‘Em

Posted by | Oct 25, 2024 | |

Sales Leaders want their team’s numbers to improve, but the irony is, they send enablement or worse, HR to go and vet sales training with having any access to these numbers. Any good discovery will dive into metrics and if you haven’t equipped your team with these metrics and are keeping them private – how on earth can you tie training and reinforcement back to the exact metrics you are trying to move? Let’s stop the hypocrisy in sales and get transparent with the metrics or, you could end up buying the wrong services that do not move any mettrics.

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