How a $20K Coach Transformed My First $2M in Sales and Management Strategy

I spent $20K to get my first $2M in sales. That’s why I hire every new manager a coach.

When I started selling, I had no one to ask.

I’d get on a call, pitch for 30 minutes, and wonder why they ghosted.
I didn’t know what I didn’t know.

The coach listened to one of my calls.

”You talked for 80% of it. You answered three questions they didn’t ask. You didn’t ask a single one about their business.”

That was week one.

The coach taught me the rules.
Why things work.
Why they don’t.
When to ignore them.

Once I understood why the rules existed, I could feel which ones to break.

That took weeks.
On my own it would’ve been a year of bad calls.

Every first-time manager here gets a coach now.
Before they need one.

They got promoted because they’re great at their job.
But managing people is a different job and nobody teaches you how.

The coach doesn’t have all the answers.
The coach gets you to the point where you trust your own judgment faster.
Weeks instead of months.

$20K got me to $2M. That’s the math I think about every time we promote someone.

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