TheMamba

Enterprise Account Executive

How to spend my $1200 a year in personal development

My company provides me $1,200 per year on personal development. How as an Enterprise Account Executive in SaaS should I spend this money? Get a sales certification? Learn a different language? ideas?

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Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

Buy $1200 worth of books, expense it, return books

GDO

Politicker

BDM

That’s smart damn

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

You stole my move ;)

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

I learn from the best!

JCG139

Member

Enterprise SDR

I get 3k a year on equipment expenses I always buy a new laptop and return it after I get the expense for cash.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Venmo me 😆

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

the memo would be "for snarky remarks- Mental Health checkup"

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

I should do that. Any takers?

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

How much would 1$ get me ?

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

An entire sentence.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

That should hold me off until the New Year.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I was waiting for you to chime in.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

I will offer every single time 💅

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

books, classes, rosetta stone. I mean all are great uses.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Before paying for something like Rosetta Stone, check your library system and whether membership gets you access. I can get free language courses through mine. Mango Languages I think.
Gets you a solid baseline before investing in anything.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Ohhhh. That's a great tip!

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

I don't have anything like that, but sounds awesome.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Oh yea. Larger library systems have so much available most people don't realize. That's why I keep up my Toronto membership despite moving outside the city.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

You should double check. Even my small town has some of that available, including free provincial park passes.
The big city had so damn much, so I double dip.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

hmm I'm going to check it out.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Definitely worth it. Also see if they use Libby - it allows you to check out ebooks. So many options and a lot easier than actually getting to a library to check out and return.

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Anything I could expense out and then return, unless I really felt there was value in what I could get. I can spend $1200 in many better ways than a course or books.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

What do you want to do? Sometimes it’s about what you’d like to learn. I’d personally value language over certification, but that’s an individual preference.

J.J.McLure

Politicker

Owner at *redacted*

Jealous! I have my eyes on training from the guy who wrote "Never split the difference"
I figure negotiation training will always be useful.

https://www.blackswanltd.com/

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

That would be a great review to share

Filth

Politicker

Live Filthy or Die Clean

I think an additional mobile monitor would develop me personally.

pirate

Big Shot

🦜☠️ Account Executive

Conferences?

wildwhale

Member

Enterprise Account Executive

Good reco’s here but it depends what area you’d like to improve. Are you looking for more personal (as you said learn a new language or maybe that’s for work?)

Or are you in a specific industry in tech that you want to learn more about? Ex: are you working in a pretty technical industry (dealing with data scientists, cloud infastructure, finops leaders?) if you’re looking to learn more about the industry you are in - let us know and happy to provide some insights/reco’s.

If you’re looking to learn how to sew, get better at golf, etc - then you probably have that one covered.

Or are you looking for sales development? (Yes, can pick up some good books or take a course - many are free and honestly you can learn a ton I’d say from podcasts - as I’m sure many of us could reccomend some too). Force management is an incredible sales training but also has to be done at a company level (individual ones available through their ascender - but as someone who has access to it I’m not entirely sure it’s worth it as much you can learn free).

Maybe if you have an avenue from the above - we could be a bit more helpful:) @themamba

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

What do you think you need to be able to be more successful?

Sales rep

buy better setup and hustle

BigShrimpin

Catalyst

Account executive

Check out benjamin dennehy https://www.uksmosthatedsalestrainer.com/ legitimately the best training I have ever received and its not even close

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Director, Revenue Enablement

Anybody looking for a $1200 sales coach?

LambyCorn

Arsonist

A mfkn E

How about 10% in books, 50% in courses with certifications and 40% in online webinars/conferences?

Retired Sales Professional

Seminars.

Account Lead

Sales courses would be the obvious answer. I don't want to recommend any in particular, but there are some that are genuinely good.
Also, would an improv class fit within the budget? I found this to translate very well into sales.

Beans

Big Shot

Enterprise Account Executive

Home gym gear.

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

Weekend trip to Vegas to develop a need to sell after gambling away your mortgage... what?!?!

GarthVader

Contributor

Assistant to the Regional Manager

Get a legit career coach that has a proven track record. It will up level your business acumen, executive presence, and emotional intelligence. Best money you can spend.

TheMamba

Contributor

Enterprise Account Executive

These are all good points of advice. I’m thinking I’ll look into personal coaching. Looking to get into larger Enterprise accounts.

sellingsellssold

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