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Part 2: “If You Don’t Listen to Your Calls, Your Bank Account Will” 📞💸


I once asked a trade school owner how often they listened to their team’s enrollment calls.
They said:
“Uhhh… once a month. Maybe. If I remember.”

That's like coaching a football team without ever watching game tapes.


Let’s be clear: If you’re not constantly coaching your team, you’re leaking money.

And before you say:

“But my team’s pretty good already…”

Here’s the truth: Good teams are coached. Great teams are obsessed with getting better.

If you’re not:

  • Reviewing at least 10 calls per week

  • Holding weekly feedback sessions

  • Tracking objection-handling patterns

  • Celebrating & sharing wins...

Then your enrollment reps are flying blind.

Stat check:
Sales teams that get weekly coaching outperform non-coached teams by 34%.
And yes — enrollment is sales.

Funny but real:
You’d never let a plumbing student “just figure it out.”
So why do you let your reps?

3 coaching questions to start today:

  1. What objections come up the most?

  2. Who’s the top closer — and why? (always patterns here)

  3. What’s our current close rate per rep?


If you're not in the coaching game, you're in the guessing game.
And guessing is not a business strategy.

Next up:
The brutal truth about why your enrollments are stuck — and how refusing to evolve is costing you relevance.

Until Next Time

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