About 3-4 years ago, a new hire was handed to me from the lovely folks at HR, let's call him John. My responsibilities at the time were to train & develop everyone in my territory as well as do my own sales. I could tell John was a bit odd right off the bat but didn't want to make any hasty judgements. We went out cold calling some local businesses and he was more awkward than Kevin Spacey in a room full of adults. After a few days of training, I left him to go out on his own and begin closing deals. The very next day, I receive a phone call from John letting me know that he literally pissed himself in front of a customer. Let me tell you, there isn't any sort of leadership training that prepares you for this phone call. Somehow, this didn't lead back to HR, the customer never issued a complaint, and that was the end of it. Never saw John again, I hope he got whatever he was dealing with worked out.
New to the community but thought this would be an interesting/entertaining question to ask anyone that's been tasked with getting a new hire up to speed on selling whatever it is that you were selling.
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