Delegate & Educate - Stressful Sales Managers

Delegate/educate - Stressful Sales Managers

The modern era of workplace has become very demanding; it not only seeks your execution with precision but also demands you to focus on rapid strategic improvements to redesign and conceptualize the existing process. The way forward is to ensure we take time out from the current rigmarole and educate tirelessly. It is important that we focus on learning things from an organizational view which can help you look at the clear factors which are blocking you and your organization to succeed. 

If you are a sales manager, it is not only important to revise your MBA text books but also know about key people in the industry and read their books and their recommendations, Following them on social media sites to understand their view points and how they combat conflicts and improve performance. Next you would need to take up a few courses and try to do research in the stipulated time; It is also advisable to pursue another master’s degree or submit a research document which will help look at things from a different perspective. Add yourself to groups of similar individuals and start contributing about the most intriguing subjects/ pain areas which will help others to share ideas and contribute. You would also request people from similar industry to join the groups and monitor their performance. You could also start blogging about things which are relevant in the industry.

And while you pursue educating yourself it is also important that the work you do should not suffer hence it is imperative that you need to effectively delegate responsibility. The keys to delegate is to look at an aspiring subordinate whose individual plan state that he would want to grow, then you would need to coach and review constantly. Technology advancements will help you  review bi hourly so it will help you to jump in if you would need help or effecting productivity. While it is important that you get the work done from delegation you should also appreciate and reward the person by writing a testimonial or a letter of appreciation in his profile.

Never let a single day pass without knowing something new, and if you fall in the rigmarole the competition will catch up and eat your share.You can also look at articles like " how to deal with sales pressure".