STOP PROMOTING #1 SALES REPS TO MANAGERS

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Why it worked

The video addresses a common, painful pain point for business owners and managers with a strong, contrarian hook that challenges conventional corporate promotion practices.

Summary

The creator advises against promoting top-performing sales representatives to management positions because the roles require different skill sets. She suggests promoting individuals who help others improve instead.

Structure

1State the controversial opinion
2Explain the difference between sales and management roles
3Define the ideal manager
4Warn about the consequences of bad promotions
5Final plea to avoid the mistake

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STOP PROMOTING #1 SALES REPS TO MANAGERS

Transcript

If I see one more top salesperson be promoted to manager, I'm going to lose it. Just because they're the top salesperson does not mean they're going to be an amazing manager. Those are two completely different roles. One is amazing at their job. The other has to be amazing at making other people amazing at their job. That is a completely different skill set. If you want to promote a manager, promote the person who makes people around them better, not somebody who's a top producer at your company. Because if you hire them as a manager, you're going to lose your top producer and you're going to have a crabby manager. Do not make the same mistakes I did. I beg you.