GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Steve Cooper, senior sales officer, has trained many top salespeople i

Source: Nova GMAT

Steve Cooper, senior sales officer, has trained many top salespeople in this company, including 14 who have become the top salespersons in their regions and 3 who have won the top salesperson award. Although there is an art to selling, Mr. Cooper’s success at training top salespeople shows that the skills required to become a top salesperson can be both taught and learned.

The argument depends on which one of the following assumptions?

(A) Mr. Cooper does not teach the hard-sell