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Created by : Raji S, Business Analyst, SAP  | 01 15 2009 13:11:25 +0000
Industry : IT ProductsFunctional Area : Business Processes(Operations)
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In a recent survey that was done by a major university it said that women may be better suited to handle sales positions than their male counterparts, the studies showed that some females have better selling skills. Many women are more nurturing, have stronger listening skills and empathize better than males.  And in sales, one has to be really people oriented, where one has to listen and understand the client's wants and needs, and if they can empathize with what they are going through, you are going to do well in sales, and in this case women are generally better at that than most of the male counterparts.  So what do you think on this, do share your views on this.....
 
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According to me, i guess yes now a days various organizations are increasingly opting for female workforce in the sales department than men, and this trend is catching up everywhere, even in the IT also you see more and more females in the sales positions than men, this the trend that is happening all over the world and across various industries, so yes women are transforming sales position towards their dominance or the sales position is evolving more towards females than men.

By Raji S, Business Analyst, SAP  01 15 2009 13:11:25 +0000
 
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I seriously doubt it, the sales was done by men and it will be much more efficiently done by men than women and though they are sharing the sales jobs with men but it is not the dominant position for women as you are saying, so men are the one's who are more into sales than women, and i don't agree with this topic with you raji.

By Mihir Ghosh, Business Analyst, Oracle  01 15 2009 13:12:52 +0000
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yes, I agree with Raji S.
By M.B.MALANI , MBA/PGDM student, R.R.INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE  | 12 10 2010 13:09:24 +0000
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Yes, due to their in-built ability to lead & transform.
By SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd  | 12 10 2010 11:19:14 +0000
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Definitely women has upper hand coz of various reason. Most of the male who are in sales, try to sale product and not try to build relationship. Selling a product make one time customer, making relationship help in building a client. A life-long relationship.

By nature women are more caring,polite & humble. Men learns on his power & ego. Check at home, most of the kids are closer to their mother compared to their father. Mother sells her value & ehtics more to a kid than a father.

But one thing which differentiates between an average salesperson and a great salesperson and that is Learning. As a humn being, we overcome on most of our issues by learning and implementing the correct & continoul growth action.

Leave your ego behind, great path of success in any area is in front of you (applied for both male/female).


By Santosh Kumar, Product Technical Lead  | 06 18 2010 06:49:32 +0000
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This is very true and effective, especially in organizations that pursue aggressive upfront sales tactics like FMCG, companies like JustDial and NGO's.

1) Women have this amazing ability to be very aggressive, but, the person in front never feels that aggression. If you come across an aggressive sales(wo)man, you will most likely be more offended by the man, because women have a sophisticated way of being aggressive. Organizations have begun to realize this and are harnessing this quality.

2) Men have to work doubly hard to make a first impression. In fast paced sales environments where, where all you have is a few seconds to make that first impression, women clearly have the edge. This is because most Indian men are not groomed well socially.

Regards,

Om Deshpande


By Om Deshpande, Business Consultant, JobsXS  | 06 18 2010 05:17:09 +0000
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i agree with Raji,it is more of a glamour quotient than the skill.What ever it is they are definitely scoring over men dominated field.


By Mohammad Bakhsh, Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Freelancer  | 06 18 2010 03:50:01 +0000
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Yes, I must say that it's true co's I m also in sales and needless to say that m doing well than my Male collegeous . My female friends who are in sales are also achiving heights in there fields.


By Soni Singh, Sales Promotion Manager, Bharat Oil & Waste Management Ltd  | 09 02 2009 04:42:49 +0000
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not even in IT but raji only in IT. Bcoz there are some fields which woman can never touch like mechanical fields you wont find a single lady and if you....... then name me the org. i will join there.
By Neerav Galathia, Sales Engineer, Aerzen Machines (India) Pvt. Ltd.  | 12 10 2010 11:44:10 +0000
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