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

SBI Growth

This post will help you test a redesigned sales compensation plan to ensure cultural fit. Plus, you’ll find advice on compatibility with other sales effectiveness drivers. Let’s suppose HR is fully engaged for redesign of a 2013 Sales Compensation plan. HR even brought in an expert compensation firm.

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New Product? Don’t Forget to Update the Sales Compensation Plan

SBI Growth

Congratulations, your organization is launching a new product in 2013! As the leader of sales operations, I am sure you are working on: Updating CRM systems with new product information. Revising or building a new sales process to enable sales reps. What about the sales compensation plan?

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Build a Bold, Data Infused Sales Strategy for 2013

SBI Growth

Typically the focus is on blocking and tackling: basic execution of a compensation plan, sales dashboards, sales crediting, and territory/customer assignments. What separates most organizations from those that are “World-Class” is the existence of bold insights that drive sales strategy.

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Thru the Candidate’s Eyes - Attracting Sales Talent

SBI Growth

HR can help the Sales leader to improve recruiting results and play a vital role in making the sales number in 2013. HR and Sales leaders often fail in the execution of convincing the top talent to make the career move. Here’s what top producers have told us they look for: Territory with abundant opportunity.

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Enhance Sales Momentum

Pointclear

For salespeople and sales managers, few understand the Prime Directive of Sales Management: Enhance Sales Momentum (Never Interrupt It). Sales momentum isn’t about sales skills. It’s measured as a product of its mass and velocity of your sales efforts. Compensation Adjustments.

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Key to Significantly Improve Sales Training Results

Understanding the Sales Force

YOUR top salespeople, when compared with the rest of the sales population outside your industry, might only be B or C Players. That makes it nearly impossible for them to apply it in the field unless they are also getting extremely effective coaching from their sales managers. More on Baseball and Sales.

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If Hunter-Farmer Fails: What Next?

SBI Growth

Turnover is a fierce headwind for leaders of Sales and HR. It is impossible to outrun the drag of vacant territories. Here is their success story and an invitation to learn more best practices from SBI's “ Make the Number 2013 Tour.”. Builders are comfortable in the role and may not yet be highly compensated.

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