The "Never Play Favorites" Myth
The "Never Play Favorites" Myth
When questioning the manager about this allocation of time, he told me that Dean Whitter wanted him to help the top producers maximize their performance, rather than spending valuable time and resources on the brokers who were failing. Brokers in the bull pen knew that they would have to earn an office and their manager's support. For a few of them, this reality gave them the incentive to dramatically improver their sales success and move up and out of the bull pen..
Today, many managers have their priorities mixed up. Sometimes, it appears that they would rather be missionaries, than effectively manage the selling process in their organization. They spend most of their time trying "to save" or turn around those staff members who are failing, while practically ignoring the members of their sales staff who are succeeding. The lack of attention from their manager, often discourages top producers and sets a climate for failure for the entire selling team.
The Dean Whitter 60/40 split seems like a good rule of thumb for mangers to use in focusing on success and moving the selling process forward in their respective organizations. By helping the proven winners (the 20 percent) to win even more you are helping every sector of your company or organization to succeed.
The Never Play Favorites Myth - To learn more about this author, visit Virden Thornton's Website.
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Many year's ago, while training at a branch of Dean Whitter (now Morgan Stanley), I learned an important management truth. The branch manager at this office was mandated by corporate to spend a minimum of 60 percent of his time working with and supporting the stock brokers who had been given offices (based on their top performance) surrounding the "bull pen," where the vast majority of the brokers had cubicles. Those staff members in the cubicles were allocated 40 percent of the manager's time. The one exception to this rule were the new hires, who fell into the 60 percent time bracket.
When questioning the manager about this allocation of time, he told me that Dean Whitter wanted him to help the top producers maximize their performance, rather than spending valuable time and resources on the brokers who were failing. Brokers in the bull pen knew that they would have to earn an office and their manager's support. For a few of them, this reality gave them the incentive to dramatically improver their sales success and move up and out of the bull pen..
Today, many managers have their priorities mixed up. Sometimes, it appears that they would rather be missionaries, than effectively manage the selling process in their organization. They spend most of their time trying "to save" or turn around those staff members who are failing, while practically ignoring the members of their sales staff who are succeeding. The lack of attention from their manager, often discourages top producers and sets a climate for failure for the entire selling team.
The Dean Whitter 60/40 split seems like a good rule of thumb for mangers to use in focusing on success and moving the selling process forward in their respective organizations. By helping the proven winners (the 20 percent) to win even more you are helping every sector of your company or organization to succeed.
The Never Play Favorites Myth - To learn more about this author, visit Virden Thornton's Website.
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