The best sales reps make the worst sales managers.
There…I finally said it.
There’s lot of debate on the internet on this topic, but trust me…its true.
Why? There are 2 reasons:
1. Top salespeople don’t become great sales managers is because sales management is (if done right), is an unselfish venture. Sales management involves putting yourself second…not first.
2. Sales managers usually do nothing to help those top salespeople to become sales managers.
So the problem is really two-fold.
What oftentimes makes top salespeople so great is that they are so selfish in their pursuit of their tasks that ambition drives them to greatness.
And sales managers are so busy doing so many other things, they simply don’t have time to groom their top sales reps into sales management.
Houston, we have a “promote from within” problem.
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If they are coached right, then you’ll have a far better chance of being able to promote them into sales management.
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