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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?

3. The Pontificating Manager

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These managers will readily admit they don’t follow any particular type of management strategy. Instead, they shoot from the hip, making it up as they go along and often generating sporadic, inconsistent results. Because of this, they often find themselves in situations they are unprepared for. Interestingly, the Pontificating Manager thrives on situations like this.