my sales staff cant co operate with each other,how to make them co operate?

Answer 1

they are all fired

Answer 2

Have an outsider come in to do some team building activities with your sales staff. This should include healthy conflict resolution, helping people voice their opinions, respecting boundaries for oneself and others, and committing to not gossiping.

Work on building the staff morale -- have some fun stuff to do, but do it during work hours so it doesn't interfere with family times. (Let's face it, everyone would rather be home than at work). Even ordering in lunch once in awhile would be good, or announce - "tomorrow we'll have some massage therapists in the lobby to help reduce your stress," or a manicurist, or whatever. The cost will be little compared to the increase in morale, and studies show that happy employees work harder and more productively.

Have realistic expectations of all those different personality types working together and emphasize individual strengths for the good of the goal. At the same time, respect that people have a life outside of work, and encourage them to make the most of it.

Don't have too many meetings where people just drone on and on, including yourself!

Answer 3

I have to ask this question. If your staff can't co-operate with each other, who's fault is it: the employees, or the boss? If the boss/manager would clearly state out the rules/regulations of the positions - they would understand if they continue to argue/ or in any other way being uncooperative, they can find themselves unemployed.

Answer 4

1. establish who is the boss of the company!
2. Pick a team leader from your sales staff!
3. Authorize that individual to have the power to terminate the employment of their team members, with your approval of course!
4. Establish team work among your sales team, working together towards the common goal of successfully selling your product or services.
5. Provide realistic incentives for top producers of the team, with an over ride going to the team captain.
6. Personally work with each and every sales team member, helping them to solve problems and how to best over come clients objectives in a positive way.
7. Transfer unruly members to harder job duties within your company, and if they refuse the transfer, terminate their employment, immediately!
8. Set up after work type sports, such as volleyball, swim teams, etc. Anything that will bring the individual team members together, to work together as a team in both games and at work. Team Spirit and can-do-attitudes!
9. Company praise and recognition for top sales producers
Start a company newspaper that is published once a month and distributed to every single employee.
10. Pay raises to hard working employees (motivates them to keep trying to do better at their jobs)
11. Hefty Cash and Trip bonus at the Christmas Party for hard working, can-do-attitude, team members!
12. Provide each team member with your full, undivided personal attention to their personal problems and finding workable solutions that custom fit the problems, builds up high morals among the sales team.

Install monthly sales quota's for every sales team member

That's it, my friend!

This is what I did and it does work. One more thing, and its the most important of all of the above listed items:

If you make a promise to do something, then do it or don't make that promise.

Become a "Promise-Keeper", your the Chief Executive Officer, and the leader of your company, so start leading!

Thank you,

Answer 5

Set up a meeting. Communicate the plan and show how cooperating is the way to achieve company objectives. Divide them into teams possibly. Ask them why they are not cooperating. What results are you looking for? Communicate that clearly and often.

Answer 6

You just might remind them that if they can't co operate, they will be dismissed. They need to work together for the common goal of building a business. YOU have to be tough... or they will rule YOU.

Answer 7

Hire a team bailing coach. People have different attitudes and views. Team building get your staff together to solve problems and complete exercises as one unit.

Answer 8

meet with each of them one by one and find out what their concerns, complaints are and what can be done to fix them. if that doesnt work try a meeting with the whole team at once and lay down some ground rules for how the meeting is going to go.

Answer 9

Have each employee email you their work related issues then bring it up at a group meeting. 1 bad attitude on a team does hinder all team players.

Answer 10

money usually gets peoples attention; a pay cut to those who can't play nicely together. although,...I'm a waitress and there is only 1 person that everybody has a problem with, find your weasel and give him or her something else to do like stuffing envelopes, cleaning toilets, taking out trash; anything to knock the chip off there shoulder! good luck! ~♥~

Answer 11

give them an insentive. like if you all work together for a week without any major complains YOU will color your hair green or mop the floors for a week. Things like that. If they cant work together even for a week. Then find out why and deal with that problem.