B
Evidence Grade B
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30%
30% -- team productivity increase from soft skills for sales teams (2025)
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Value
30%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
APAC
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Deloitte
Primary
Tier C
https://saleshq.com.au/reshaping-sales-leadership-hiring-sales-managers-who-can-inspire-and-empower-… ↗
Source Article
Reshaping Sales Leadership: Hiring Sales Managers Who Can Inspire and Empower Their Teams | SalesHQ
The Evolution of Sales Leadership in Australia
In the dynamic landscape of Australian business, the role of a sales manager has evolved significantly. Today’s sales managers are not just expected to drive numbers, but also to inspire and empower their teams. The most successful Australian organisati…
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Deloitte
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Methodology
Deloitte report cited by SalesHQ; 'up to' indicates upper bound
Methodology documented
Segmentation
IndustryB2B
RegionAPAC
RoleSales Manager
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sales teams: 30% team productivity increase from soft skills. Source: Deloitte (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/soft-skills-team-productivity-deloitte
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/soft-skills-team-productivity-deloitte" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>30%</strong> -- team productivity increase from soft skills for sales teams<br><small>Source: Deloitte (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/soft-skills-team-productivity-deloitte" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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