160 Kevin Davis: How and Why Sales Managers Fail

Kevin F. Davis is the founder and president of TopLine Leadership. Over the past 25 years, more than 20,000 sales managers from many of the world’s most successful companies have attended his 2-day workshop on sales management leadership. Kevin is the author of three books:• Getting Into Your Customer’s Head• Slow Down, Sell Faster!: Understand your customer’s buying process and maximize your sales• The Sales Manager’s Guide to Greatness: 10 essential strategies for leading your team to the top. He is also the architect of our Salesfuel Sales Manager Training program and a facilitator as well.  This episode is also available with VIDEO on The Sales Experts Channel! WATCH HERE: Sales Experts Channel: https://thesalesexpertschannel.com/smith-strong-show/ In this episode, Audrey, Lee and Kevin discuss:  ·      The simple, common mistake sales managers make when working with AEs that blocks productivity. ·      How to have difficult conversations with your team  ·      What is the #1 reason sales managers fail ·      Sales and marketing alignment strategies “Most leaders have a mindset that they are doing everything right. So when things go wrong, instead of looking at themselves, they blame others. I’ve seen this a lot with sales managers. Unfortunately, this attitude bleeds over to the sales rep.” – Kevin Davis Join hosts Audrey Strong and C. Lee Smith every week as they dive into the aspects and concepts of good business management. From debunking sales myths to learning how to manage with and without measurements, you'll learn something new with every episode and will be able to implement positive change far beyond sales.    Connect with Kevin Davis https://toplineleadership.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-f-davis/   Connect with Manage Smarter Hosts ·         Website: ManageSmarter.com  ·         LinkedIn: Audrey Strong                                                            ·         LinkedIn: C. Lee Smith   Sales Experts Channel: https://thesalesexpertschannel.com/smith-strong-show/ Connect with SalesFuel:  ·         Website: http://salesfuel.com/  ·         Twitter: @SalesFuel  ·         Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salesfuel/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices