Daily Archives: April 16, 2007

Leading the sales effort

Jack Daly had lots to say on sales management too. He firstly defined the difference between the role of a sales person and a manager. A sales manager’s job is to grow people (not sales). Getting the right people doing the right thing right. Sales management is a leveraged play. Here are his 8 sales leadership tips: Successful cultures need to be intentionally managed. Hire slowly. Fire quickly. Implement minimum standards of performance. Recruiting is a process, not an event….