A Sales Manager is someone who has one or more sales people reporting to them that they manage, coach and debrief.
You were the top salesperson for years then one day you accepted management's offer or decided to become your own sales manager – and that's when the nightmare began. That was the point at which you discovered the owner/manager's reality: the sales manager's position is one of the most difficult positions in the company to fill – caught between playing nursemaid to your people and bringing the numbers in for top management and shareholders.