Bret Barrie - The Top 3 Things You Need Before Entering Sales Leadership

<p>Welcome to the <strong>Selling from the Heart</strong> podcast with <strong>Darrell Amy</strong> and <strong>Larry Levine</strong> as they sit down with <strong>Bret Barrie</strong>, the National Director of Corporate Accounts at Urgo Medical North America, as well as the author of <i>The Selling Edge </i>and <i>Promoted</i>. Transitioning from individual contributor to sales leader is not a clear-cut process. </p><p>It takes nuance and Bret shares the 3 things you need to be successful: build your personal brand, have career-oriented discussions with the higher-ups, and develop a career roadmap. Not only can this drive your career forward, but it also shows that you care enough to want leadership. The trio also shares their sales manager nightmare stories that all sales reps can relate to!</p><p><strong>HIGHLIGHT QUOTES</strong></p><p><strong>Be intentional about building your personal brand - Bret</strong>: "Really be mindful of how you're acting and how that's being perceived by those above you, especially senior leaders. You're going to want their endorsement for a job at some point if want to go that path."</p><p><strong>Take the initiative to have career-oriented discussions with your leaders - Bret</strong>: "Once you do determine that this is the route you want to go, you need to let your manager know, whether it's in a one-on-one meeting, I think annual reviews and midyear reviews, these are great times to engage in career-oriented discussions."</p><p><strong>A career roadmap reveals the steps you need to take to become a leader - Bret</strong>: "Build out a career roadmap and you can almost do a gap analysis on yourself to identify what are you going to have to do in the next job? What are the skills that are required? And how do you get that experience?"</p><p>Connect with <strong>Bret </strong>and get his books:</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretbarrie/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://bretbarrie.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Bret-J-Barrie/author/B0B37Q8CRK