Your sales manager may not wake up thinking about your problems, but they do wake up thinking about you. (Without you and your problems, your manager is out on the street…or in another job.) It’s up to you to determine which of your problems need to be co-owned with your manager.

First and most importantly, your manager never wants you to lose business alone. If you feel a deal is going south, rope in your manager fast and let them decide which part of the cavalry needs to be engaged.

Last, your manager needs to know what weight you can handle; you need to admit what you can and can’t handle. (…hard for any proud and ambitious seller.) But there’s something very honest and authentic about saying, "I’m not as good as I want to be at ." (Substitute your favorite skill for "objection handling.")

It might be hard to push your pride aside and admit you need help addressing a skill gap, but your manager is partly paid to address such issues. Give her/him a chance to help you grow professionally.