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提升销售业绩的领导力

你的销售经理能够回答这5个关键问题吗?

By Michael Leimbach, PhD

你会让乐团中最优秀的小提琴手在没有任何准备的情况下接管指挥的工作吗?可能不会。如果你真的这么做了,你可能也不会对乐团的表现抱有太高的期望。但这就是大多数公司采取的做法。它们让高绩效的销售人员晋升到管理岗位,却没有考虑这些人员是否具备辅导、激励和培养人才的信心和能力。

这并不是因为这些公司不清楚管理人员这个角色的价值。有一项销售高管委员会的调查显示,在被问到什么是提高销售业绩最重要的因素时,有 88% 的销售高管会回答:“让销售经理更有效地发挥领导作用。 ”同时,超过 50% 的高管表示,他们公司并没有让销售经理做好有效领导团队的准备。就销售经理对业绩的潜在影响而言,这些公司实际上只得到了较低的销售培训投资回报率、疲软的销售生产力和较高的周转成本,这样等于白白浪费公司的资金。

就相对保守的投入情况而言,公司可以为销售经理提供相关工具和知识,以便实现可持续的高绩效。想了解销售经理需要哪些基本技能,应首先让他们回答五个简单的问题。

Since what individuals find meaningful varies greatly from person to person, managers can be most effective when they understand sources of individual motivation and customize recognition and rewards accordingly.

Michael Leimbach, PhD

Michael Leimbach, PhD, is a globally recognized expert in instructional design and leadership development. As Vice President of Global Research and Development for Wilson Learning Worldwide Inc., he has worked with numerous Global 1000 organizations in Australia, England, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and throughout the United States. Over more than 30 years, Dr. Leimbach had developed Wilson Learning’s diagnostic, learning, and performance improvement capabilities, published over 100 professional articles, coauthored four books, been Editor-in-Chief for the highly acclaimed ADHR research journal, and is a frequent speaker at national and global conferences. He also serves on the ISO Technical Committee (TC232) on Quality Standards for Learning Service Providers and on the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Dean’s Advisory Board.