How Important Is It to Like Your Sales Manager?

You go through the process of interviewing and you land a great position in sales or sales management.

Then, after a while, you find out the person you report to is really not the inspiring manager you had hoped to find. Styles clash, point of view seriously differ and when your manager suggests a team outing, you try hard to come up with an urgent reason not to go.

Simply put – you just don’t like him or her.

Question is – is it even remotely important to like your manager? If so, assuming you like the company, products and compensation overall, would it make you look for another position?

How would you handle or have you handled a situation like that? Leave your reply in the comments!