Building a sales team and empowering people

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With a foundation established, it's time to focus on building relationships through strong communication and collaboration.


Build strong relationships with a large team
When you're trying to manage multiple sales teams, getting everyone pulling in the same direction can be tricky. So why is it important to consider stakeholders when creating team structure and keeping them in the loop? Clear and regular communication is critical to building successful sales teams. Your job is to set easy-to-understand and manage expectations, and to maintain those expectations.


You also want your employees to feel heard, so let your teams know you're listening. Here are some tips:


Communicate in person or via video call, if possible, so everyone can use and interpret verbal and nonverbal cues.

Take the time to hold sales meetings with each team, so everyone can see the faces behind the names in the CRM.

Try to have regular one-on-one meetings with each team member so they have the opportunity to discuss problems or complaints before they accumulate and impact the morale of the entire team.


By maintaining regular communication, you can help everyone share knowledge, stay aligned, and develop strong, trusting relationships.


Maintaining control by promoting autonomy
Good sales team management requires a good balance of structure and delegation. Excessive supervision limits employees' growth and confidence in the workplace, as well as their ability to learn. In sales as in other industries, micromanagement hinders growth.


Whenever possible, give your team members the opportunity to manage their own workload. For example, you can set their goals, but allow them to prioritize tasks on a given day.


Micromanagement can damage the trust of team members. This includes the sales managers on your sales teams, who should be allowed to lead their individual teams on a daily basis while you focus on mom database the overall sales strategy .


Empower your sales team by allowing them autonomy, always monitoring performance reports and data so you can make necessary corrections.



Setting goals and finding focus
Setting goals for a team isn't easy. If you set the bar too high, you risk failure, affecting your representatives' morale and losing the trust of your managers. On the other hand, if you set it too low, you'll stifle the company's growth and fail to motivate your team. Your job is to find the right balance.


The art of goal setting
Setting goals for multiple teams is exponentially more difficult than setting goals for one. There are more moving parts and more representatives to understand, and revenue targets are more complex.