I have written many articles based on the insights of our son, most when he was between the ages of 3-7.  Each article has profound lessons and they’re fun to read. Readers have enjoyed these particular articles so much, and found the lessons to be so good, that I compiled this series called Salespeople are Like Children.  As you might expect, some of these articles are my all-time favorites too.

Most sales forces have a person – a maverick – like Manny; a top producer who marches to the beat of his own drummer.  We have a different set of rules for these producers and as long as they’re not causing difficulties for anyone else we tend to tolerate what they do and don’t do.  They don’t attend all the meetings, aren’t held to the same standards, regularly give us a load of crap and we tolerate it as long as they continue to produce.