{"id":1405,"date":"2017-05-23T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T13:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.comblog\/killing-sales-team-morale\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T19:39:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T19:39:31","slug":"killing-sales-team-morale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/blog\/killing-sales-team-morale\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Ways You May Be Killing Sales Team Morale [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"9 Ways Your Killing Sales Team Morale\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14921\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" height=\"400\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9-Ways-Your-Killing-Sales-Team-Morale.png?strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9-Ways-Your-Killing-Sales-Team-Morale.png?strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1_9-Ways-Your-Killing-Sales-Team-Morale-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9-Ways-Your-Killing-Sales-Team-Morale-500x333.png 500w\" width=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sales teams that possess energy and confidence are successful.\u00a0And, good sales leaders know how to keep morale high whether business is at a peak or in a slump. However, the majority of workers are not satisfied with their current jobs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.com\/services\/178514\/state-american-workplace.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Research shows<\/a> that 70 percent of workers are actively disengaged at their jobs. And, since poor morale is <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbusiness.chron.com\/correlation-between-productivity-morale-10334.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">correlated<\/a> with performance and turnover rates, it is an especially damaging drain on a sales team.<\/p>\n<p>The best sales leaders understand that they need to maintain a high sales team morale in order to <a href=\"\/motivate-sales-team\/\">keep their reps motivated<\/a>, and thus, hitting their numbers. However, sometimes it\u2019s the smallest things that\u00a0managers inadvertently do that have the biggest impact on their sales team\u2019s happiness. That\u2019s why at Peak, we put together an infographic with some of the most common ways sales managers kill sales team morale, along with actionable advice to turn it around.<\/p>\n<h2>Here are 9 ways you may be killing your sales team\u2019s morale and how to turn it around:<\/h2>\n<p><img alt=\"Sales Manager Kill Sales Team Morale Infographic\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14919 alignnone\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"8571\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2509px) 100vw, 2509px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9-Ways-You-May-Be-Killing-Sales-Team-Morale_V1.png?strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9-Ways-You-May-Be-Killing-Sales-Team-Morale_V1.png?strip=all 2509w, https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1_9-Ways-You-May-Be-Killing-Sales-Team-Morale_V1-88x300.png 88w, https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9-Ways-You-May-Be-Killing-Sales-Team-Morale_V1-768x2624.png 768w, https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1_9-Ways-You-May-Be-Killing-Sales-Team-Morale_V1-300x1024.png 300w\" width=\"2509\"\/><\/p>\n<h3>Want to save this infographic? 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