B
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3.6%
3.6% -- sales revenue uplift for sales meetings led by salesperson with manager in supporting role (2026-04)
Sales meetings where the manager takes a supporting role while the salesperson leads result in 3.6% higher sales revenue for new customers compared to other team configurations.
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Value
3.6%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-04
Entity
Sample Size
5,500,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Journal of Marketing
Primary
Tier A
https://app.sciencesays.com/p/why-and-how-managers-should-join-sales-meetings?utm_source=tldrmarketi… ↗
Source Article
Why and how managers should join sales meetings
Original Research
Journal of Marketing
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Methodology
Analysis of 5.5 million sales from 462 automotive services stores (2017-2018) plus 6 experiments
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04 (current) | 3.6% | |
| 2026-04 (current) | 3.7% | +2.8% |
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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sales meetings led by salesperson with manager in supporting role: 3.6% sales revenue uplift. Source: Journal of Marketing (2026-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/manager-supporting-role-revenue-new-customers
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