Even though I am not completely new to the role of Sales Manager, I felt this book was really helpful. I found it had been written in such a way that I could pick out the bits I wanted a refresher on, and found the chapters on recruiting sales people and managing their performance particularly helpful - easy on the eyes, easy on the mind, yet practical, no nonsense ideas that helped me focus on the objective and structure some recent interviews well.
I found the way it has been written was almost a conversational style which appealed to me, and enjoyed the subtle humour in certain parts. You can tell the author has had experience herself of actually doing this job as she avoids theoretical pie in the sky ideas, and talks to you "as one sales manager to another".
Good chunks of information, good price, a handy reminder that I will hang on to and no doubt refer back to.