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X-Factor Compensation Leaders: How to Be Incredible at Incentive Planning (CoreSite)

Xactly

From territory planning to sales team organization, to sales coaching and leadership strategies to sales compensation planning, each element helps to create a strong sales plan. Sales operations and compensation professionals must create an incentive plan that will drive growth for the company and attain executive objectives.

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Sales Operations and Company Growth: An Extensive Guide

Crunchbase

Since sales teams depend on the volume and quality of leads they receive, one of sales ops’ primary responsibilities is handling all lead generation tasks. Doing so frees the sales team up to sell and ensures that the leads being furnished to the sales reps meet sales standards and criteria. Parsing out territories.

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How to Design a Sales Manager Compensation Plan (With Examples)

Xactly

In fact, the best way to ensure sales managers do their job well is by creating an incentive plan that drives the right behaviors. Download our "Ultimate Guide to Sales Compensation Planning" for incentive best practices and everything you need for a sales comp plan design project. Annual Target Incentive. On-Target Earnings.

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How to Avoid Wasting Money on a Compensation Assessment

SBI Growth

Software Firm: The annual Employee survey is overflowing with negative comments about the incentive plan. Conventional wisdom would lead the VP of Human Resources to the following: Define the Problem: Sales compensation is out of line with the market. No one could make their number without properly nurtured and qualified leads.

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How to Motivate Your Sales Team: Strategies and Techniques

LeadFuze

We’ll also explore how Sales Performance Incentive Funds (SPIFs) play a role in motivating teams. Thanks to amazing technology like LeadFuze’s lead generation software , you can motivate your sales force whether they’re in the office or working from their favorite coffee shop.

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Will These 6 Tests Save 2013’s Sales Compensation Plan?

SBI Growth

But wait – this new incentive compensation plan could flop. So, he commissioned HR to design a new incentive compensation plan (IC Plan.) Marketing’s new Lead Generation and Sales Enablement now generated latent buyers. Maybe a change to the IC plan calls for Reps to focus on top accounts in their territories.

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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

Territory design, quotas and compensation plans. Change the compensation plan to incent new logo growth by adding an accelerator. Shouldn''t the front line sales managers be leading the training and it be buyer centric? Lead Generation—Steve had not built leads into his plan. Sales training.