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Just Promoted, New Sales Manager!

Partners in Excellence

You’ve just gotten promoted. You’ve moved from being an individual contributor to managing a team. As you reflect on what do you do in your new role? How do you transition from being a great sales person into being a great sales manager. The job of sales manager is different.

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Use Sales Scorecards Because People are Fickle

Understanding the Sales Force

For their example, the author used salespeople who were promoted to sales managers based on their sales performance, but not because they had any specific skills or capabilities to be effective sales managers. Their sales management performance was poor.

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How Sales Managers Get Set Up To Fail

Steven Rosen

In the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley stress the lack of coaching and support for sales managers, underscoring the need for coaching for these managers. They leave because of their manager.” It’s about getting the sales managers up to speed.”

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Qualities of a Great Sales Manager

Janek Performance Group

For sales managers, look for qualities that build strong teams and motivate others to perform their best. Whether you seek a new hire or promotion, here are several essential qualities of sales managers. Spearheading a sales team is a multifaceted endeavor. However, clients want new approaches.

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Book Notes: The Sales Manager Survival Guide

Sales 2.0

A classic issue in sales forces is promoting one of the top performing sales reps to the manager of a sales team, then having them fail in this new role. Per David Brock, a sales manager’s job is to be a coach. Being a top account executive, has almost nothing to do with coaching.

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5 Steps to Leading a Sales Force Restructuring

Steven Rosen

Leading a Sales Force Restructuring. Are you planning on a sales force restructuring? The packages for each sales rep that is being laid off (severance letters and outplacement service offerings etc.) New vision ready for rollout: Clearly and concisely communicate your new vision. should be prepared and reviewed.

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Become a Sales Coach

Steven Rosen

5 Ways top sales managers become a sales coach! Sales coaching is the most important sales management activity for driving sales performance. Unfortunately, most managers haven’t been taught how to properly coach their staff. Ask Effective Questions. No one wants to be told what to do.