Has an excellent working relationship with the boss - Best Practice #3

Published: Thu, 03/19/26

Updated: Thu, 03/19/26

Has an excellent working relationship with the boss - Best Practice #3

The best salespeople understand that their company has assembled a collection of resources into which they can tap in order to further their sales success. One such resource is your sales manager.

Now, I understand that the quality of sales managers varies tremendously. Some salespeople view their sales manager as a liability. That is unfortunate. But that is not the point. Regardless of your opinion as to the competency of your sales manager, you still must work with him/her. And that means that you must have a working relationship with that person.

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In my tenure as a salesperson, I had eight sales managers. Seven of the eight were solid and experienced with good people skills – an asset in front of any customer. One was incredibly pushy and alienated every customer with whom he spoke.

If you are fortunate enough to have to a manager who brings additional resources and strengths to your customers, good for you. By all means take advantage of that.

If, however, you believe your sales manager doesn’t have that kind of capability, then do what you need to do to limit his/her exposure to your customers. Find the strengths that he/she does possess and... READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

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