Salespeople are jealous - whether someone else is at the top of the leaderboard, or someone else got promoted, or someone got shouted out on slack.
How do you handle jealousy among your teams?
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The only true competitor that matters is yourself. Be better than you were yesterday.
Only response to jealously is: "try harder"
Use it as fuel.
If you just stew on it with no action you're always going to finish lower, get passed over, etc.
Use it as fuel.
If you just stew on it with no action you're always going to finish lower, get passed over, etc.
Who's jealous?
If there's favoritism, then that is a whole other problem.
But if they are not as successful as another rep and therefore don't get the callouts, who cares if they're jealous? Suck it up and go win some deals.
If there's favoritism, then that is a whole other problem.
But if they are not as successful as another rep and therefore don't get the callouts, who cares if they're jealous? Suck it up and go win some deals.
Very nice call out here ๐ฅ
jealousy is a problem and shows bad character for that person.
Competitiveness however.. that's exactly what you want out of a salesperson. It gives them that drive to hit the top of the leaderboard, get that shout out, get that promotion, whatever, as opposed to whine about the other person getting it and not them.
Competitiveness however.. that's exactly what you want out of a salesperson. It gives them that drive to hit the top of the leaderboard, get that shout out, get that promotion, whatever, as opposed to whine about the other person getting it and not them.
Haters gon hate.
Buy people booze and compliment their hair.
Thunderdome and the one that survives gets the hot leads next month.
Honestly jealous is a waste of time, signs a sore loser was hired rather than a competitive resilient salesperson
Canโt imagine spending time on jealousy when I could be trying to find out why and how theyโre crushing it!
Canโt imagine spending time on jealousy when I could be trying to find out why and how theyโre crushing it!
Jealousy is normal amongst sales folks. I get jealous too - but then that has to be to push you to be harder, and not sulk and withdraw tbh.
When I see someone envying what I am doing, I really just distance myself. Put some distance between that person and you, and I don't get into any discussions about me for a while.
When I see someone envying what I am doing, I really just distance myself. Put some distance between that person and you, and I don't get into any discussions about me for a while.
Interesting... those behaviors are rarely present from those above/ahead, only from those looking up from behind.
I dealt with that years ago when I started a new job the same day are 3 others. In 3 months I had a full+ funnel and they were still learning the technology. I made the mistake of having empathy for them and tried to help them. It just made them resent my success more.
Lesson learned - just keep your head down and do your work. When asked "the secret to your success" - just shrug your shoulders and walk away.
Lesson learned - just keep your head down and do your work. When asked "the secret to your success" - just shrug your shoulders and walk away.
If someone is performing better than me, I congratulate them and ask about their process to see if I can take anything and use it for myself to be better.
I like to compete with myself, but I am human so I do get a tinge of jealousy... I use that as motivation.
I like to compete with myself, but I am human so I do get a tinge of jealousy... I use that as motivation.
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