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Matthew Schwartz
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Amacom (1 Feb 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0814408737
  • ISBN-13: 978-0814408735
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 16 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 31,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Making the leap into sales management means meeting a whole new set of challenges. As a manager, you’re going to have to quickly develop the skills that allow you to build and supervise a sales team, communicate effectively, set goals, be a mentor, and much, much more. Now that you’ve been handed these unfamiliar responsibilities, you’re going to have to think on your feet -- or face the possibility of not living up to expectations.

Easy-to-understand and filled with realistic examples and immediately usable strategies, Fundamentals of Sales Management for the Newly Appointed Sales Manager helps you understand what it takes to be a great sales manager, allowing you to avoid many of the common first-time sales management mistakes, and be successful right out of the gate. Dispensing with dry theory, the book helps you understand your new role in the organization, and how to thrive simultaneously as both a member of the management team, and as a team leader. You’ll learn how to:

• Make a smooth transition into management.

• Build a superior, high-functioning sales team.

• Set objectives and plan performance.

• Delegate responsibilities.

• Recruit new employees.

• Improve productivity and effectiveness.

Based on the bestselling American Management Association seminar, the book supplies you with indispensable, need-to-know information on communicating with your team, your bosses, your peers, and your customers; developing a sales plan and understanding the relationship between corporate, department, and individual plans; applying crucial time management skills to your new role; managing a sales territory; interviewing and hiring the right people; building a motivational environment; compensating your people; and understanding the difference between training, coaching, and counseling—and knowing how to excel at each.

You can’t make the leap into sales management successfully without the proper tools and information under your belt. Fundamentals of Sales Management for the Newly Appointed Sales Manager gives you everything you need to win the respect of your peers and colleagues, and immediately excel at your challenging new responsibilities."

About the Author

Matthew Schwartz is a practice consultant in sales for the American Management Association. He has been quoted in publications including Forbes, CBC Marketwatch and Sales and Marketing Management magazine.

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Sales managers need much more than sales skills to manage successful selling teams, especially within a corporate environment. When you move up from salesperson to sales manager, you need to develop sales plans, recruit and hire talented people, and manage many new demands on your time while motivating, mentoring and coaching your staff. Sales and marketing consultant Matthew Schwartz provides all the information you should know as you make the transition into your new role. Although Schwartz tends to stray unnecessarily into the dry, academic world of communication, motivation and leadership theory, his practical advice is well worth your time. We suggest that new sales managers keep this instructional book close by as a useful reference.
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As someone moving into management from an established sales representative position I found this book an excellent place to start. As the book indicates, it explains the fundamentals of a very complex role. I found it particularly useful for the suggestions relating to managing friends and those whom you may have worked beside in the past. I work in a very technical field and found this book very relevant to my new challenges.

Highly recommended
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Pretty Useless 19 April 2006
By Philippe Mesritz - Published on Amazon.com
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I found the book to be useless. Now granted, I expected more out of it and for it to be useful for someone who has /management/ experience, just not sales experience, but it was confusing, not very well written and generally targetted to someone whose never done anything beyond an entry level position.
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Jump up to your new job as sales manager. 2 Nov 2007
By Rolf Dobelli - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Sales managers need much more than sales skills to manage successful selling teams, especially within a corporate environment. When you move up from salesperson to sales manager, you need to develop sales plans, recruit and hire talented people, and manage many new demands on your time while motivating, mentoring and coaching your staff. Sales and marketing consultant Matthew Schwartz provides all the information you should know as you make the transition into your new role. Although Schwartz tends to stray unnecessarily into the dry, academic world of communication, motivation and leadership theory, his practical advice is well worth your time. We suggest that new sales managers keep this instructional book close by as a useful reference.
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I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK 13 July 2006
By Todd Sinett - Published on Amazon.com
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I found this book to be both an easy read as well as informative, two very important factors when making a selection. The author really touches on key points in how to hone one's skills as a sales manager.

I would highly recommend this to anyone seeking out information in the world of management.
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