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Did You Just Lose a Great Sales Person & Gain a Bad Sales Manager?

The Double Whammy of Promoting Sales People based on Sales Performance

The problem is as follows: you promote your best sales person to sales manager; however, once they start working in their new role, you find they’re actually a bad sales manager.

Now, you’ve not only gained a bad sales manager, but you’ve lost one of your best sales people.

It’s a double whammy, and it can be one of the biggest (and most expensive) problems your organisation faces.

Zero Correlation Found between Sales Performance and Sales Management

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