Make your team better – through better conversations.
Careertrainer.ai for Sales Managers
As a Sales Manager, your conversations determine the performance of your entire team. Coaching, pipeline reviews, performance feedback – train the discussions that turn good reps into top performers.
Your success is your team's success.
Conversations that enhance your team.
From coaching to performance management – these conversations determine team success:
Coaching after calls
Developing reps without micromanaging.
- Provide constructive feedback on conversations.
- Promote self-reflection instead of lecturing.
- Targeted improvement of specific skills
- Maintain motivation despite criticism.
Pipeline Reviews
Validate deals without interrogation.
- Recognizing true deal status vs. wishful thinking
- Helpful questions instead of an interrogation atmosphere
- Commit to the next steps
- Identify stuck deals and launch them.
Performance reviews
Address underperformers, retain top performers.
- Address low performance without demotivating.
- Constructively initiate PIPs
- Develop and retain top performers.
- Clearly communicate expectations
Team leadership
Build culture, resolve conflicts, lead change.
- Communicate new quotas and territories.
- Resolving conflicts in the sales team
- Maintaining team morale during challenging quarters
- Implementing changes and new processes
The challenges of being a Sales Manager
Sales Leadership comes with its own set of conversational challenges:
Coaching vs. Telling
You know what the Rep is doing wrong. The temptation to simply point it out is strong. But telling doesn’t work – they need to realize it themselves. How do you coach without lecturing?
Forecast pressure without interrogation
You need to know how the forecast looks. But if you ask too aggressively, your reps will learn to hide their pipeline. How do you get the truth without instilling fear?
Addressing underperformers
Someone is not meeting their quota, month after month. You know it, the team knows it. But the conversation is difficult for you. How do you address performance issues constructively?
Retaining top performers
Your best rep is being poached. What do you say? How do you conduct stay interviews? How do you recognize early signs that someone is at risk of leaving?
Convey unpopular decisions
New quotas, changed territories, reduced headcount – sometimes you have to sell decisions that you don't personally agree with. How do you maintain credibility?
Managing your own boss
Your VP wants to see results, but your team needs time. How do you communicate upwards without complaining? How do you manage expectations without making excuses?
Training leadership conversations
Practice the conversations that will improve your team.
Choose situation
Coaching after a lost deal, performance review with low performers, pipeline review, one-on-one with at-risk top performers – choose what you want to prepare.
Practice with AI-Rep
The AI plays various rep types: the defensive underperformer, the frustrated top performer, and the oblivious mid-tier rep. It provides genuine responses to your feedback.
Leadership feedback
Not just what you said, but how it impacts leadership: Did you ask in a coaching manner or speak in a lecturing tone? Was the feedback motivating or demotivating? Does it foster commitment or compliance?
What you gain as a Sales Manager
Better conversations lead to improved team performance.
Coaching that develops
Learn to coach instead of telling. Ask questions that lead to self-discovery. Provide feedback that is accepted. This distinguishes good sales managers from great ones.
- Coaching questions instead of instructions
- Promote self-reflection
- Feedback that sticks
Recognizing pipeline reality
Learn to ask the right questions to identify true deal status—without making your reps feel misunderstood. Psychological safety plus forecast accuracy.
- Recognizing Wishful Thinking vs. Reality
- Questions that promote the truth
- Helpful Pipeline Reviews
Mastering performance conversations
The difficult conversations that no one likes – but are crucial. Addressing underperformers, initiating PIPs, outlining consequences. Clearly and respectfully.
- Address low performance constructively.
- Set clear expectations
- Accountability without fear
Strengthening team culture
Sales teams need energy, even in challenging quarters. Learn to maintain motivation, lead through change, and resolve conflicts.
- Motivation in challenging times
- Selling Change
- Resolving conflicts in the team
Sales managers achieve this through training.
Start with 3 free training sessions. Prepare for your next challenging conversation – coaching, performance, or pipeline review.
Practice with realistic personalities
Every employee is different – and reacts differently to feedback. Our AI characters are based on the Myers-Briggs model and simulate realistic conversation dynamics: from the insecure junior employee to the critical senior developer.
Lade Charaktere...
Prepared for everything
Practice with introverted, extroverted, defensive, or emotional characters – just like your real employees.→ No surprises in real conversations
Real reactions
The AI becomes emotional, blocks, or opens up – depending on how you conduct the conversation.→ Learn to respond to different reactions
Safe practice space
Test different approaches without consequences. Find out what works – before it matters.→ Making mistakes is allowed
When do companies use Careertrainer.ai?
Five typical scenarios for HR teams and leaders
Onboarding for new leaders
Productivity from week 2 instead of month 6. New leaders practice their first difficult conversations before they have to lead them – from the first feedback conversation to taking over a team. No more learning by doing with real employees.
- Practice first leadership conversations risk-free
- Avoid typical beginner mistakes
- Faster effectiveness in the new role
- Structured onboarding program with progress tracking
Our Pricing
Choose the package that fits your needs
Free
Perfect for trying out and getting to know the platform.
- 3 training conversations total
- Access to free scenarios
- Basic feedback after conversations
Basic
Ideal for occasional preparation for important conversations.
- 15 conversations per month
- Access to all standard scenarios
- Detailed performance evaluation
- Progress tracking
- Email support
Pro
For regular training and continuous improvement.
- 40 conversations per month
- Access to all scenarios
- Detailed performance evaluation
- Progress tracking over time
- Personalized learning recommendations
- Priority support
Unlimited
For power users and small teams with intensive training needs.
- Unlimited conversations
- Access to all scenarios
- Detailed performance evaluation
- Progress tracking over time
- Personalized learning recommendations
- Create your own scenarios
- Priority support
For Teams & Organizations
Tailored solutions for your entire organization. Develop leaders according to your company guidelines.
Book personal demo- Everything from the Unlimited plan, plus:
- Customizable company policies and leadership guidelines
- Company-specific scenario development
- HR analytics dashboard
- Dedicated account manager
- Single Sign-On (SSO) integration
- Volume discounts for teams
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