Ronald Reagan once said, “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”

As sales managers, we may not be leaders of the free world, but we are uniquely positioned to influence and empower our sales teams to attain greater levels of success. It’s been demonstrated again and again that the real key to building a great sales team is great sales management.

Through our work with successful sales organizations across the nation and globally, we have discovered a set of skills and characteristics that the most effective sales managers all have in common.

Need to know how to hire a sales manager? The following 16 skills are what set highly effective managers above the rest, enabling their teams to achieve above-average results and their organizations to succeed.

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