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4 Sales Ops Lessons from the NFL

SBI Growth

Is it aligned with the buyer, adopted in the field and reinforced by your “coaches”? Compensation : Akin to a pro athlete’s salary. With the right game plan, coaches, supporting team, trainers and equipment he’ll remain elite. Incentive pay is a lever that must align with strategy. Territories : The field of play.

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Sales Compensation Planning: Everything to Consider in 2019

Xactly

The start of a new year comes with a new sales plan—and that means you must reassess your sales capacity needs , align and balance sales territories , and create a sales incentive plan that drives sales performance. Pay mix—the ratio of base salary to target incentives (aka commission) that your sales reps earn—is an important part of this.

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Proven Strategies for Effective Sales Management

Highspot

Managers are involved in recruiting, sales coaching and training, and onboarding new sales representatives. Training and Development While 57% of teams agree that their sales managers can coach reps to reinforce desired behaviors, nearly half (44%) of teams are not confident in their managers’ coaching abilities.

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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.) The new IC Plan institutes a salary cap as a cost-cutting measure. Will a focus on training and coaching be undermined? HR even brought in an expert compensation firm. What can be done?

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A Holistic Approach to Compensation Structuring with Scott Barton

Sales Hacker

He’s an expert in the sales world, particularly in revenue operations and incentive compensation. Today we’ve got Scott Barton, VP of Industry Solutions at Varicent and a veteran of sales, revenue operations, and incentive compensation. Sales forecasts, territory design, quota management, and incentive compensation.

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3 Keys to Building an Effective Commission Plan

The Spiff Blog

But remember that while the execs are driven by revenue and low customer churn, your sales reps are driven by their incentive compensation plans. For example, a HubSpot salesman wrote in Harvard Business Review about the success of their incentive compensation plan during their “hunting” phase. Prioritize a positive sales culture.

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The True Cost Of Sales Rep Turnover

Sell Integrity

times the exiting employee’s annual salary to hire a replacement. firms spend $15 billion a year training salespeople and another $800 billion on incentives. That’s why sales coaching is one of the most important things you can do to build trust with your team and demonstrate your commitment to their continual growth and success.

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