It's Friday, and if you're a sales manager you have your work cut out for you. How do you keep your people engaged when all they want to do is leave for the day? I had someone mention to me yesterday a good reminder of a very important truth.
When respect is given,respect will be returned.
When you leave early, when you go to an "appointment" late on a friday and don't come back into the office, when you show up a little late, when you take an extra lunch you may think you are taking the privileges that come from being the boss, but what you are really doing is setting the example that its okay to do something as long as you can get away with it. I would think this is a bad message to send to your staff.
If youre a sales person and someone around you or even your boss is doing it, do not take it that it's okay for you to. If you are always doing the right thing and a place comes along that there is a grey area, or someone has to make a judgement call, you will get the benefit of the doubt because you are beyond reproach in your ethics on a day to day basis.
This translates into sales too. You dont take the easy way out when its convienent and you wont do that with a client either. You're a professional, act like it.
TGS
for some levity -
knock knock
(who's there)
interrupting cow
(interrupt....)
MOOOOOO
- for those that have kids
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