Having Darth Vader as your Sales Manager

This YouTube video shows Darth Vader displaying his management style in getting the second Death Star “back on track”:  


Even as a child I felt the impressiveness of this scene. Vader’s “framing” of the situation quickly overcame the frame of his subordinate.  

Sometimes it helps to have a Darth Vader type keep you more accountable: 

  • what is the pipeline looking like? 
  • are those opportunities real? 
  • what are you doing to close the sales now? 

Find someone that can help you “dispense with the pleasantries” and get back to business! 

It only needs to be a brief conversation once a week. The effect can be powerful!