The Accidental Sales Manager: How to Take Control and Lead Your Sales Team to Record Profits - Hardcover

Key skills to make sales managers better developers of salespeople Get out of the firefighting business and into the business of developing the people who develop your profits. Successful salespeople rightfully become sales managers because of superior sales records. Yet too often these sales stars get stuck doing their old sales job while also trying to juggle their manager role, and too often companies neglect to train their sales managers how to excel as managers. That's the "sales management trap," and it's exactly what The Accidental Sales Manager addresses and solves. Full of helpful steps you can apply immediately?whether you're training a sales manager, or are one yourself?this practical guide reveals step-by-step methods sales managers can use to both learn their jobs and lead their teams. * Get tactics to stop burning time and exhausting yourself, while taking effective actions to use time better as a leader * Discover how to integrate learning into leading and make sales meetings an active conversation on what works and what doesn't * Author has a previous bestseller, The Accidental Salesperson Don't get caught in the "sales management trap" or, if you're in it, get the tools you need to escape it. Get The Accidental Sales Manager and lead your team to do what you do best: make sales, drive profits, and get winning results.

"Chris Lytle has vast sales experience and insight that can help any sales manager rise to the challenge and succeed. Read The Accidental Sales Manager if you want actionable ideas that will make you a better leader and help your salespeople sell more." —Mark Sanborn, author of The Fred Factor and You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader

"A must-read for new and seasoned sales managers and CEOs." —Robert S. Tramburg, CEO of VP Holdings Corporation

"Chris Lytle is the quintessential manager's manager. His insights and understanding are enduring. This is a book of best practices, not to be shelved after reading once, but to be referenced over and over." —Joe Koff, Director of Sales Training and Development, Sinclair Broadcast Group

"The Accidental Sales Manager is a thoughtful and practical tutorial on becoming a high-performance sales leader. It will help all sales managers reflect upon and refine their leadership style and philosophy." —Philip Marineau, retired President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.

"Accidental sales managers are an endangered species. This book is their survival guide!" —Jill Konrath, author of SNAP Selling and Selling to Big Companies

"Chris Lytle acknowledges the challenges that take the fun out of your promotion and navigates you through your new sales manager terrain with straightforward advice and a clear picture of what your priorities should be." —Rebecca Dopart, Director of Membership and Corporate Support, Wisconsin Public Radio

"As a struggling entrepreneur, I read The Accidental Salesperson and was inspired to tackle the world. I gave your book to every salesperson I hired, and we were wildly successful. I wish I had The Accidental Sales Manager back then. I could have REALLY blown the roof off the place. This book is awesome!" —Marge Johnsson, former CEO, The Johnsson Group

"Chris Lytle's book will show you the right moves to make now in your sales management career. The working sales managers he has interviewed offer voices of experience and give valuable advice that you will grasp at once. Actionable ideas on every page." —Dr. Denis Waitley, author of The Psychology of Winning

"The Accidental Sales Manager provides both solid insights combined with 'real world' ideas for helping today's sales manager connect better with their sales teams." —John Davis, President, High Gear Training Systems