Sales coaching for the front line is not as common as it used to be. Sales managers are too busy kissing butt upwards and are forgetting what their real job is - to provide sales coaching to the front line in order to get the sales results that is expected of them!

Sales coaching is one of the best ways of not only helping your sales team (your customer) hit target, but exceed target and consistently maintain sales results. Sales coaching gets the sales results that your organization needs in order to stay in business.

Are sales coaching and sales results not the primary focus and responsibility of every sales manager? If not, what is?

Why is it that most sales managers shy away from sales coaching. Is it because they themselves don’t know how to sell? Is it because they are more concern about their careers and playing politics to continue to move up the ladder? Is it because they think they are better than their customers (their sales team) because they are now managers?

Is it because their boss never gave them the time of day and they are now mimicking those behaviors?

Wake UP! You want your sales team to build and maintain relationships and to service their customers? Then you have to demonstrate the appropriate behavior to your customers – your sales team. Are you building and maintaining relationships with your customers – your sales team, through sales coaching. If not, do not expect them to.

You cannot give something to the outside world, until you have it on the inside to give away. Do you have the knowledge, will and desire to coach? Remember one thing, you are the leader and monkey see, monkey do. Are you demonstrating the appropriate behavior that you want your sales people to follow. Sales coaching can provide that appropriate behavior, that is if you want to get the sales results your organization is looking for.

The Bottom Line – If you want sales results, you have to invest time with the people who will get you those results. Every sales person appreciates sales coaching, if done properly. What is holding you back from doing your job as a sales coach?

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