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Sales Cadences: Running Your Week as a Sales Leader

A practical half day on designing the weekly and monthly rhythm that keeps a sales team focused — and protects the leader’s own time.

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

Half day · 3.5 hours per half day

Group size

6–8 delegates

Format

Online or face to face

Price — Face to face

From £999

+ VAT

Price — Online

From £999

+ VAT

where understanding becomes useful —

Why this course matters

A clear cadence gives sales teams predictability and gives leaders time back.

What you’ll explore in the Studio

Leaders review their current calendar, define the purpose and output of each team meeting, and design a weekly rhythm covering pipeline, forecast, coaching, one-to-ones and their own priorities.

They identify meetings to stop or shorten and leave with a redesigned cadence for their team.

a real challenge. a purposeful response.

The challenges this addresses

  • Calendars full of meetings with no clear output
  • Coaching time squeezed out
  • Sellers unsure what each meeting is for
  • Leaders reacting rather than planning

What this can change at work

Help sales leaders run a deliberate, efficient operating rhythm that supports performance and protects time for coaching and selling. Leaders leave with a redesigned weekly and monthly cadence, a list of meetings to stop or shorten, and protected time for their own priorities. The aim is a more predictable week for the whole team.

Purposeful meetings

Every team meeting has a clear purpose, an owner and an agreed output, so time is well used.

Protected coaching time

Coaching and one-to-ones are scheduled into the week rather than squeezed in when there is time.

A predictable week

The team knows what happens when, so sellers can plan their own selling time with confidence.

Explore. Practise. Perform.

Less theory. More application.

What participants will practise

Realistic sales scenarios, role-play and peer feedback around auditing your current week and designing team meeting cadences. 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

Interactive half day, online or face to face, with calendar audits and cadence design.

Make Sales Cadences: Running Your Week as a Sales Leader relevant to your business

Tell us where you want to make progress with auditing your current week. We can discuss suitable workplace examples, priorities and access needs before agreeing the scope. Choose live online or face-to-face training for your UK or European team, with delivery arrangements agreed before booking.

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.

  • Auditing your current week
  • Designing team meeting cadences
  • Protecting coaching and selling time
  • Running your own priorities

What’s included in your booking

Your booked time and format
Half day · Live online or face to face, agreed before booking · 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 purpose and output of each team meeting
  • Design a weekly and monthly cadence
  • Protect time for coaching and priorities

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 purpose and output of each team meeting.

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 Sales Cadences: Running Your Week as a Sales Leader 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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