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10 Reasons Why Salespeople Don’t Work Out

  • Author: Amitai Givertz
  • Posted: August 21, 2007
  • Category: Recruiting, Employee Retention
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Recruiting by Numbers: Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

  1. Abdication
  2. Looking for a silver bullet
  3. Poor hand-off
  4. Not communicating expectations
  5. Wrong compensation
  6. Failing to pull the plug
  7. Hiring the wrong type of salesperson
  8. Lack of common language to discuss the sales pipeline
  9. Poor marketing and tools to support the salesperson
  10. Neglecting to develop the salesperson’s skills and knowledge

Andrew Neitlich, The Care and Feeding of Sales People



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  • Comment by Bob Abel, January 10, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    Number 11. Lack of recognition

    Money is what attracts a candidate to a job. Recognition is what keeps them there.



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