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Why Your Deals Aren’t Closing: The Gaps Reps Won’t Tell You (Until You Coach Differently)

Surviving Sales Leadership · 2026-02-04 · 24 min

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If deals keep stalling and the story is always “they’ve gone quiet,” the real issue usually showed up much earlier — and it often isn’t being said clearly in coaching. PS. Want to be a great coach for your team and drive results in the time you DO have for coaching? Download the Modern Revenue Leader's Sales Coaching Manual This session with Steve Myers and Richard Smith gets into the actual reasons deals don’t close, and how deal coaching can surface the truth without turning into a forecast grilling. We break down how to diagnose what’s missing in the deal, validate what’s real vs assumed, and coach reps beyond surface-level reasons into compelling, evidence-backed buying drivers.

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