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From Reshuffling to Retention, These Trends Will Define B2B Sales in 2022

Crunchbase

And LinkedIn research points to the same trends with 55 percent of buyers indicating that working remotely has made the purchasing process easier. Talent retention is a top priority for sales leaders. The post From Reshuffling to Retention, These Trends Will Define B2B Sales in 2022 appeared first on Crunchbase. Learn More.

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5 Key Pillars of Effective Sales Performance Management

The Spiff Blog

These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. Incentive alignment : Shared goals enable the design of incentive structures that motivate sales reps while aligning with the broader success of the organization.

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Culture vs. Quota: How the ‘Great Resignation’ is Changing Sales

Zoominfo

Data from Indeed, the recruitment platform, indicates that between July 2020 and July 2021, searches for vacancies advertising such incentives increased by 134 percent. Data via MIT Sloan While no two corporate cultures are exactly alike, researchers found a lot of overlapping attributes for what employees consider toxic workplaces.

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Five Bottom-Line Benefits for Incentive Compensation for Retailers

OpenSymmetry

With retailers making a shift to omnichannel structures, organizations must find solutions and develop strategies that help drive the desired behavior, improve customer service, and increase customer retention. Incentive Compensation helps: Improve sales performance by aligning sales behavior with business goals to improve efficiency.

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On Driving Performance

Partners in Excellence

We try to develop compensation plans that incent people to achieve those goals. Perhaps new customer acquisition, or customer retention/growth. Recently, I’ve seen other areas, for example a discussion looking at comp for pre-call research, even for keeping CRM updated. But we have other important tools to leverage.

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10-Point Inspection for Top Sales Performance

SBI Growth

Erik Charles is the Principal Incentive Strategist at Xactly Corp. In a recent webinar , Erik noted that: "The total outlay for Incentive Compensation in the U.S. Top Sales reps become a retention risk when they recognize that the plan will not support achievement of their income goals. How Important is Compensation?

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5 Ways to Build a Better Employer Brand

Zoominfo

The modern candidate will spend time researching jobs and employers to identify which roles and companies are most appealing. Consider these statistics: Over 72% of candidates spend more than 1 hour researching a job before applying ( source ). As a result, a strong employer brand is critical to attracting your ideal candidates.

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