This may sound like a minor issue, but it signifies a completely different set of goals, strategies and skills. For example, a sales manager should be adept at creating expectations for each sales person, whereas a sales person may function very well without ever having thought about that. A sales manager should be able to interview and hire effectively, while a sales person doesn’t need to be concerned about that. A sales manager should be able to coach and counsel, whereas those skills aren’t at all necessary for a sales person. A sales manager should be able to nurture and correct a sales person, whereas a sales person has no need of those skills.