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How to identify which of your sales reps would be effective managers

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Some of these qualities—like being altruistic or data-driven—are diametrically opposed to the skills a sales rep needs to possess. Myth: Sales reps and managers have the same interpersonal skills. A sales rep needs interpersonal skills to deal with customers, while a manager needs interpersonal skills to manage a team.

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The 9 Talent Strategies That Drive Customer Experience Success

Miller Heiman Group

For service teams, ideal candidates will have two skill sets: technical expertise and interpersonal skills. Look for the intangibles, such as cognitive skills, learning propensity and interpersonal relating approaches, to distinguish between potential high and low performers.

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How to manage others for agency account managers, with Matt Plant

Account Management Skills

But some of them kind of drift into interpersonal skills as well. Because, a lot of people will actually save up constructive feedback for the kind of one off performance review once a year. You know, when you get into that review and all of a sudden, you’ve got somebody saying that last March, you did this.