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The Seven Types of Managers: Which One Are You?

If you oversee a sales team, what’s your management style? Do you inspire fear in your employees, or fierce loyalty? Are you preoccupied with making sure everyone is happy, or are you just looking out for number one?

Sales coach Keith Rosen explains the seven basic managerial types, including their strengths and weaknesses. Do you recognize yourself in these seven types of sales managers?

1. The Problem-Solving Manager

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The Problem-Solving Manager is task driven and focused on achieving goals. These problem-solvers are constantly putting out fires and leading their teams amidst chaos. The paradox here is this: It is often the manager who creates the very problems and situations that they work so hard to avoid. Continually providing solutions often results in the lackluster team performance they are working so diligently to eliminate.