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The Center for Sales Strategy Named to Selling Power Magazine’s
Top Virtual Sales Training Companies 2025 List

(November 18, 2025) — The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS), a leader in sales performance improvement, is proud to announce its inclusion on the Selling Power 2025 Top Virtual Sales Training Companies list. This is the second consecutive year CSS has received this honor, reinforcing its position as a trusted leader in virtual sales training. This recognition highlights CSS’s commitment to delivering innovative, results-focused training that helps sales organizations succeed in today’s fast-moving, AI-powered marketplace.

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“Being named to the Selling Power 2025 Top Virtual Sales Training Companies list is an honor that reflects our ongoing focus on helping sales teams achieve measurable success,” said Stephanie Downs, SVP of CSS. “Our approach combines proven methodology with adaptive learning strategies built for the modern seller, giving them what they need to win in a world where AI and data-driven insights are reshaping how sales are made.”

Why This Recognition Matters
Selling Power’s annual list recognizes organizations that set the bar for virtual sales training excellence. In 2025, the expectations are even higher. Generative AI, predictive analytics, and automation are reshaping the sales industry, making innovation and agility essential.

Gerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power’s publisher and CEO, shared: “The companies on this year’s list deliver adaptive, data-driven training solutions that elevate performance and support strategic revenue goals. They bring the expertise and innovation needed to help clients thrive in today’s fast-paced, tech-enabled sales environment.”

What Sets The Center for Sales Strategy Apart
CSS earned its place on this list through a detailed evaluation that looked at:

Engagement strategies that keep participants active and motivated
Comprehensive virtual training options for a wide range of industries
Retention methods that deliver long-term impact
Innovation in delivery to meet evolving client needs
Alignment with Sales 3.0 Labs research for evidence-based results

Selling Power reviewed tens of thousands of data points to identify companies that consistently drive measurable outcomes and adapt to the demands of a changing marketplace.

About The Center for Sales Strategy

Founded in 1983, The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS) partners with hundreds of clients annually across a spectrum of industries, including media, professional services, non-profit associations, and more. For over 40 years, CSS has focused on improving sales performance as it helps sales organizations turn talent into performance and develop the highest-performing sales professionals. Its approach to customer-focused selling and talent-focused management has always been, and continues to be, core to its clients' success and the organization's success. CSS is joined by LeadG2, a HubSpot Diamond Solutions Partner and revenue operations agency, Up Your Culture, an employee engagement and company culture division, and Robertson Lowstuter, an executive coaching firm, to help organizations achieve total revenue performance. To learn more about The Center for Sales Strategy and its portfolio of brands, visit DriveTotalPerformance.com.

About Selling Power 

In addition to Selling Power, the leading digital magazine for sales managers and sales VPs since 1981, Personal Selling Power, Inc., produces the Sales Management Digest and Daily Boost of Positivity online newsletters, as well as videos featuring interviews with top executives. Selling Power is a regular media sponsor of the Sales 3.0 Conference, which is attended by a total of more than 4,500 sales leaders each year. www.sellingpower.com

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MEDIA CONTACT:

Contact: Shaye Smith, Director of Marketing

Email: shayesmith@csscenter.com

Who We Are

The Center for Sales Strategy helps B2B companies improve revenue growth and reduce sales costs.

Driven by understanding each company’s unique needs, we improve sales, marketing, employee engagement, and executive development with our portfolio of brands which includes The Center for Sales Strategy, LeadG2, Up Your Culture, and Robertson Lowstuter.

As companies have different needs at different times, this holistic approach has proven to be a winning formula for revenue performance.

"CSS has a proven track record of identifying talents and potential of future sales consultants and sales leaders. While I appreciate the assessment and rating for selection, I value the coaching conversations with the CSS Talent Analysts. Each has documented success in media sales and management which allows them to walk in our shoes as we analyze our team members. "

Vice President

"We've worked with LeadG2 since 2015 and will continue working with them...no end in sight. Not only are they positive, inspiring, responsive and fun to work with, they have transformed our business. We consider them partners and trusted advisors. They help us with our complete inbound marketing strategy from beginning to end, and since starting, we have tracked and attributed well over a million dollars in new revenue and have blown past all our key success metrics. We recommend LeadG2 to anyone... except our competition. "

Inbound Marketing Consultant

"The Up Your Culture program was pretty much perfect and aligned with our needs. All the feedback from our leaders has been wonderful. I wish I had this type of structure when I led a market. I did it on my own and didn’t have a road map. Being given a roadmap but being able to customize it to the needs of each market, like Up Your Culture does, is extremely valuable. "

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