Tomorrow is my first day at the new position and over the past few weeks I’ve been letting client and co-workers know of my change and have had many nice compliments e-mailed to me. Many of my co-workers sent a basic ‘congratulations’ and depending if they were on the old side or new side I would get ‘we’re going to miss you’ to ‘glad to have you on the new team’. My client responses were filled with warm messages regarding my relationship with them and how they enjoyed working with me.
My most interesting comments came from the phone calls I made to the independent channel owners that I managed. Some were very upset and one was on the edge of tears (I could hear her voice crack holding back emotion) then others were very to the point with ‘this is not unexpected… you seemed too driven to continue in the same position’ and then the fear of who will replace me was a common theme.
Wow what an Ego Boost! I hope it doesn’t all go to my head.
First 90 Days of Outside Sales 