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The Center for Sales Strategy Named to Training Industry’s 2025 Top AI Coaching & Learner Support Tools Companies List

July 10, 2025 – The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS) is proud to announce it has been recognized by Training Industry, Inc. as one of the 2025 Top Training Companies in the AI Coaching and Learner Support Tools category.

“This recognition underscores our continued innovation in using AI to drive performance and support sales teams at every level,” said Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy. “We’re honored to be named among the top companies helping redefine how sales professionals are coached, supported, and empowered through intelligent technology.”

This new award category highlights organizations offering cutting-edge solutions that leverage AI to deliver personalized coaching, real-time learner support, and reinforcement strategies. Training Industry’s selections are based on the companies’ innovation, capabilities, and impact in the corporate learning space—especially in how AI is applied to drive results and improve performance.

“At The Center for Sales Strategy, we blend technology with human insight to help sales professionals reach their full potential,” said Stephanie Downs, SVP at CSS. “Being named to the 2025 Top AI Coaching & Learner Support Tools list reflects our dedication to creating tools that support ongoing learning, coaching, and behavioral change.”

Training Industry’s newly segmented Top AI in Training Companies Lists are designed to guide corporate learning and development (L&D) leaders as they navigate the rapidly evolving marketplace. In recognizing AI Coaching and Learner Support Tools separately from AI Content Creation and Authoring Tools, the organization brings clarity to how AI is being applied in distinct, impactful ways across the training landscape.

Selection to the AI in Training lists was based on the following criteria:

Scope, quality, and extent of AI capabilities
Market presence, brand visibility, innovation and impact
Strength of client portfolio and customer relationships
Business performance and growth trajectory

See Training Industry’s full 2025 Top AI Coaching and Learner Support Tools Companies list at: https://trainingindustry.com.

About The Center for the Sales Strategy

Founded in 1983, The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS) has grown to serve hundreds of clients annually across a spectrum of industries, including broadcast, print, and digital 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, its revenue operations agency, Up Your Culture, its employee engagement and company culture division, and Robertson Lowstuter, its executive coaching firm, to help organizations achieve drive total performance. To learn more about The Center for Sales Strategy and its portfolio of brands, visit DriveTotalPerformance.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. "

Group Vice President

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