Leading sales teams successfully

Management and training of your teams in sales and distribution

This training is held in German.
When leading sales teams, the challenge is to bring together different personalities, motivate them and support them in acting independently. This training course helps you to clarify your role as a team leader, develop your leadership skills and increase the cooperation, motivation and performance of your team. Before your training, you will work on important basics in 2 e-learning sessions, approx. 3 hours of online learning time. This will make your training much more effective!

Contents

Module 1: Learning impulses

Approximately two weeks before your classroom training (approx. 3 hours online):

1. e-learning - Leading at a distance (online learning time: approx. 1 hour).

2. e-learning - giving and receiving feedback (online learning time: approx. 1.5 hours).

 

Module 2: Classroom training (2 days):

Your self-development as a sales manager

  • Important rules of employee management in sales and distribution.
  • From manager to charismatic leader.
  • Recognize and develop your own leadership potential and how you can (further) develop your leadership style through self-coaching.

Increase the performance of your sales team

  • Important rules for high-performance sales teams.
  • Create requirement profiles for team members in sales and distribution.
  • Recognize the development status of your employees and derive individual support measures.
  • How the right management style boosts performance and makes your sales team happier.

Training for peak performance

  • Promoting the creativity of sales persons in meetings and networking know-how.
  • Integrate lone fighters into the sales team.
  • Moderate sales meetings in a goal-oriented manner and successfully impart knowledge.

Conducting employee appraisals in sales

  • Best practice rules and guidelines for one-to-one meetings.
  • How to motivate even "difficult" employees in one-on-one discussions and resolve conflicts.
  • Professionally prepare and conduct target agreement, criticism, location, praise and annual meetings in sales.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

You know how to

  • Motivate team members,
  • Build and promote team spirit,
  • become a charismatic leader in sales,
  • increase the performance of your sales team,
  • Convincing employee appraisals in sales and distribution.

You will receive useful checklists and important instructions for optimal practical transfer.

Methods

Before the training, you will work on important basics in 2 high-quality e-learning courses, approx. 3 hours of online learning time - flexibly and at your own pace. This will make your training much more effective and efficient! In individual and group work as well as team exercises, you will receive direct feedback to help you progress!

Recommended for

Experienced sales persons with/without a management function, (key) account managers, specialists and (junior) managers from sales and distribution, sales managers and sales managers who lead sales teams.

Open Badges - Show what you can do digitally too.

Open Badges are recognized, digital certificates of participation. These verifiable credentials are the current standard for integration in career networks such as LinkedIn.

With them, you digitally demonstrate the competences you possess. After successful completion, you will receive an Open Badge from us.

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Attendees comments

"I particularly liked the practical case studies, the trainer's experience and the way he responded to my questions/comments."

Lars Albrecht
Dr. O.K. Wack Chemie GmbH

"I can recommend the training as it was entertaining and had a lot of input. It was very effective and refreshing. Thank you very much!"

Cindy Sittner
GC Germany

"I particularly liked the trainer's rhetoric and flexible adaptation to topics."

Florian Neuhardt
hartech KG

Seminar evaluation for "Leading sales teams successfully"

4.5 from 5
with 347 reviews
training content:
4.3
Content comprehensibility:
4.6
Practical relevance:
4.3
Trainer expertise:
4.7
Participant orientation:
4.6
Method variety:
4.4
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2850
€ 1.690,- plus VAT
2 days, 2 E-L ...
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Train several employees internally
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  • Customized training courses according to your needs
  • Directly at your premises or online
  • Cost advantage from 5 participants
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2 days, 2 e-learnings
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03.07.2025
Frankfurt a. M.
Booking number: 2850
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Leonardo Royal Hotel Conference Center
Leonardo Royal Hotel Conference Center
Mailänder Straße 1, 60598 Frankfurt a. M.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants

Thursday, 03.07.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 04.07.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes

The participation fee includes

  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
11.09.2025
Hamburg
Booking number: 2850
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Arcotel Rubin
Arcotel Rubin
Steindamm 63, 20099 Hamburg
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants

Thursday, 11.09.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 12.09.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes

The participation fee includes

  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
20.10.2025
Live-Online
Booking number: 31995
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
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Days & Times
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants

Monday, 20.10.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 21.10.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
18.11.2025
Cologne
Booking number: 2850
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
PULLMAN Cologne
Helenenstraße 14, 50667 Cologne
Room rate: € 172,33 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants

Tuesday, 18.11.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Wednesday, 19.11.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes

The participation fee includes

  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
12.01.2026
Munich
Booking number: 2850
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Holiday Inn Unterhaching
Holiday Inn Unterhaching
Inselkammerstraße 7-9, 82008 Munich
Room rate: € 128,39 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants

Monday, 12.01.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 13.01.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes

The participation fee includes

  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
17.03.2026
Berlin
Booking number: 2850
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Mercure Hotel City West
Mercure Hotel City West
Ohmstrasse 4-6, 13629 Berlin
Room rate: € 129,06 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants

Tuesday, 17.03.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Wednesday, 18.03.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes

The participation fee includes

  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
15.04.2026
Live-Online
Booking number: 31995
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
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We use various software to conduct our online events.
Days & Times
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants

Wednesday, 15.04.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thursday, 16.04.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
08.06.2026
Frankfurt a. M.
Booking number: 2850
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
relexa hotel Frankfurt/Main
relexa hotel Frankfurt/Main
Mertonviertel / Lurgiallee 2, 60439 Frankfurt a. M.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants

Monday, 08.06.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 09.06.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes

The participation fee includes

  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
10.09.2026
Hamburg Bergedorf
Booking number: 2850
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
H4 Hotel
H4 Hotel
Holzhude 2, 21029 Hamburg Bergedorf
Room rate: € 119,27 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants

Thursday, 10.09.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 11.09.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes

The participation fee includes

  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
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Booking number: 2850
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
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Details
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants
Fee includes

The participation fee includes

  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
Booking number: 31995
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Details
2 days, 2 e-learnings
Limited number of participants
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
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