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Creating High-Performing Sales Teams

A face-to-face day on building a sales team culture of standards, ownership, recognition and continuous improvement.

You are accountable for the result and for the people who deliver it. Forecast calls, coaching, hiring and performance conversations compete for attention, while the business wants clear answers about growth. We understand the challenge of developing sellers without becoming the answer to every deal.

A sales manager coaching a seller one-to-one
The Sales House
Explore. Practise. Perform.

Duration

1 day · 9:30am–5pm

Group size

6–8 delegates

Format

Face to face

Price — Face to face

From £1,499

+ VAT

where understanding becomes useful —

Why this course matters

High-performing sales teams are built deliberately, through the standards leaders set and the behaviours they reward.

What you’ll explore in the Studio

Leaders define what high performance looks like in their team, identify the behaviours that drive it, and design the rhythms, recognition and development that sustain it.

The day covers trust and psychological safety, healthy competition, developing people at different stages and dealing with behaviour that undermines the team. Leaders leave with a team performance plan.

a real challenge. a purposeful response.

The challenges this addresses

  • Performance depends on a few individuals
  • Unclear standards beyond the target
  • Recognition only for closed deals
  • Team behaviours that undermine collaboration

What this can change at work

Help sales leaders build a team culture that supports consistent performance: clear standards, recognition of the right behaviours and development for everyone. Leaders leave with a team performance plan they can share with their team. Intended outcomes are stronger team habits and engagement rather than a promised revenue figure.

Clear standards

The team knows what good looks like beyond the number.

Recognising behaviours

Leaders recognise the habits that create results, not only the results.

Development for all

Every seller has a clear development focus, including top performers, not just those who are behind.

Explore. Practise. Perform.

Less theory. More application.

What participants will practise

Realistic sales scenarios, role-play and peer feedback around defining high performance in your team and trust, safety and healthy challenge. Where helpful, participants work on their own live (or anonymised) opportunities.

What they’ll take away

Take-away materials with the questions, frameworks and techniques covered, plus a short personal action plan for the next customer conversations where the skill matters.

How we help it stick

Reflection and action planning are built into the session. Reinforcement such as manager guides, follow-up labs or coaching depends on the programme you choose and is agreed with you.

How we make learning stick

Inside the workshop

Face-to-face, interactive and practical: team diagnostics, group discussion, case scenarios and a personal team performance plan.

Make Creating High-Performing Sales Teams relevant to your business

Tell us where you want to make progress with defining high performance in your team. We can discuss suitable workplace examples, priorities and access needs before agreeing the scope. This workshop brings people together face to face; UK and European delivery arrangements are agreed with your organisation.

Discuss a customised version

What the training covers

The scope below sets out the subjects covered. Workplace examples and practice are shaped around your team within the booked format.

  • Defining high performance in your team
  • Trust, safety and healthy challenge
  • Standards, rhythms and recognition
  • Developing people at different stages
  • Addressing behaviours that undermine the team

What’s included in your booking

Your booked time and format
1 day · Face to face · 6–8 delegates.
Included in every course
  • Interactive, facilitator-led learningLive, hands-on sessions built around practice and participation.
  • Group discussionsShared conversations about real situations, so people learn from each other as well as the facilitator.
  • Breakout exercisesSmall-group practice, role-play and problem-solving, online or in the room.
  • Take-away materialsCourse materials, tools and templates to use back at work.
Facilitated learning and practical application
The subject coverage, exercises and facilitator feedback described above, with space to connect the learning to relevant workplace situations. The workshop description sets out the specific plans, prompts or tools developed in this course.

Follow-up coaching, refresher sessions and additional delivery days are not automatic inclusions; any additions are agreed in your proposal. Travel, venue arrangements and any software licences are confirmed separately where relevant. Prices exclude VAT.

Outcomes

The capabilities delegates work towards through the training and practice:

  • Define the behaviours that drive performance
  • Design rhythms and recognition that reinforce them
  • Plan development for each team member
  • Address unhelpful behaviours constructively

the next conversation is where it counts —

Take it back to work.

Choose a real situation where you want to apply the learning. Use it to turn an outcome into a manageable first step, then reflect on what changes.

Choose

Start with one priority: Define the behaviours that drive performance.

Apply

Try the approach in a relevant task or conversation. Note what felt useful and what you would adapt.

Review

Reflect on what happened, seek feedback where appropriate and choose your next step. Follow-up support can be discussed separately.

Bring this topic to your next event

We can discuss adapting Creating High-Performing Sales Teams into a keynote or large-group session, focusing on the themes most relevant to your audience. Depth, activities, timings and any follow-up depend on the format and package you choose; an event session is not a substitute for the full course.

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