{"id":643,"date":"2007-02-07T12:26:06","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T18:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/dealing-with-the-insufferably-arrogant\/"},"modified":"2007-02-13T21:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-14T03:10:00","slug":"dealing-with-the-insufferably-arrogant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/dealing-with-the-insufferably-arrogant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With The Insufferably Arrogant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, I&#8217;m not talking about Trump. Selling Power has an article titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellingpower.com\/html_newsletter\/article.asp?NLid=1&#038;Layout_ID=609&#038;ARTid=2786&#038;nDate=February+5%2C+2007\" target=\"_blank\">How to Handle the Devil without Getting Burned<\/a>. We&#8217;ve blogged often about the most insufferable salesperson we have encountered in our years of working with sales departments. Now that I have read this quick article, I have found the perfect description of him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Often there&#8217;s a rep who is good, who knows he is good, and who repeatedly lets others know about it. This is a person who is arrogant, abrasive, and obnoxious with co-workers, and who sometimes bullies those beneath him or her on the totem pole, says Graham Scott. Yet when the person is a top performer, and when the complaints against him or her are about hurt feelings rather than outright abuse, dealing with the rep can be tough. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The sales rep we encountered was the top seller (by far) at a medium-sized company here in the Twin Cities. He was always cocky, quick-tempered and self-focused. His selling style was that of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Assessing_Selling_Style.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dominance<\/a> which only accentuated things.<\/p>\n<p>The turning point in his career at this company was his education. He went to night school and earned his M.B.A. from a local college. After this, the sales rep started demeaning coworkers in meetings, demanding a significant increase in pay and even went so far as to drop the F bomb on the President of the company! The one vindication he needed in his own mind was the advanced degree. After that, insufferably arrogant became an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>Almost forgot &#8211; he was fired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, I&#8217;m not talking about Trump. Selling Power has an article titled How to Handle the Devil without Getting Burned. We&#8217;ve blogged often about the most insufferable salesperson we have encountered in our years of working with sales departments. Now that I have read this quick article, I have found the perfect description of him. Often there&#8217;s a rep who is good, who knows he is good, and who repeatedly lets others know about it. This is a person who is arrogant, abrasive, and obnoxious with co-workers, and who sometimes bullies those beneath him or her on the totem pole, says Graham Scott. 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