{"id":51777,"date":"2021-10-08T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=51777"},"modified":"2021-10-21T18:53:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T22:53:26","slug":"sales-management-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/sales-management-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Sales Management Tips: Help Your Reps Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What distinguishes a good sales manager from a mediocre one? What are some sales <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/management-tips\/\">management tips<\/a> that can help you become the former? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales managers have a lot on their plate. They inspire sales reps to do their best while sourcing top talent for the business. They set ambitious yet realistic sales goals and hold their team accountable for them. They ensure a healthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/sales-culture\/\">sales culture<\/a> by ensuring fair compensation and celebrating top performers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These five sales management tips will help you set your team for success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip 1. <strong>Set Goals and Hold People Accountable for Them<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> set goals, your salespeople will be ineffective and unmotivated because they\u2019ll have nothing to push them to work hard. Your sales culture will be one of accepted mediocrity rather than success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as setting goals, it\u2019s important to <em>hold your team members accountable<\/em> to those goals and enforce consequences for poor performance. Failing to do so effectively renders all team members\u2019 goals pointless and discourages them from pushing themselves to excel\u2014why would any salesperson work hard to achieve a goal when they know there\u2019s no punishment for coasting? Again, mediocrity will become the norm in your team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip 2. <strong>Celebrate and Reward Salespeople<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone appreciates praise\u2014and people quickly become resentful and unhappy if they feel they\u2019re <em>not<\/em> receiving enough positive feedback. An easy way to reward top talent is to find out what drives them, or what they feel they need\u2014for instance, high pay, recognition, or autonomy\u2014and give it to them. He cautions that if you don\u2019t do this, your top performers will leave your company to find an employer that will.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as giving your salespeople fair pay,<strong> <\/strong>you must give top performers your time and attention. Regularly check in with them, or take them out to coffee to celebrate their successes\u2014anything to make these employees feel seen and valued. According to Weinberg, too often, sales managers focus only on coaching their weaker team members, ignoring their top talent\u2014and nobody likes to be ignored. Ignored top performers will become resentful and your culture will suffer for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip 3. Train Your Salespeople<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the reasons for high staff turnover in sales roles is that sales representatives often lack training in the essential sales skills (e.g. making cold sales calls, closing techniques, etc.) Therefore, coaching your sales team is essential to generating optimum performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To kick off your coaching, sales expert Mike Weinberg recommends regularly shadowing your salespeople\u2014either by conducting joint calls if they work in inside sales or joint visits if they work in field sales. You\u2019ll gain firsthand knowledge of how each team member works, helping you to identify their strengths and weaknesses. You can then coach each person based on their weaker areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip 4. Hire for Specific Sales Roles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t hire general \u201csalespeople\u201d who are expected to complete every task in the sales process, from finding new leads, to retaining existing customers, to assisting customers with technical questions. Instead, make<strong> <\/strong>each sales role on your team clear and specific and hire people with the skills needed to excel in their particular role.&nbsp;For example, you could have distinct positions for account managers, who maintain relationships with current customers, and sales specialists, who seek out new business opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip 5. <strong>Fire (or Help) Consistent Underachievers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The last (but not least) sales management tip to take away is to fire (or help) your underachieving reps. 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