Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

CEOs hire Sales Leaders believing they know how to do all of these things. Sales Leaders believe that asking for or bringing in outside sales experts would make them look incompetent. I can think of five reasons: Unrealistic expectations. Everyone is afraid of change and most find it difficult to change.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 6, 2018

Some of the factors to weigh: Direct versus indirect versus digital sales team. Hunter versus farmer sales team. Inside versus outside sales team. Complex solution versus transactional sales environment. Salary heavy versus incentive heavy compensation plans. Strategic Component Eight: Sales Compensation.

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Openview

MAY 30, 2018

As most CEOs have discovered at some point, sales compensation is very often a delicate balancing act. Pay too little, and you will never be able to recruit (or retain) the kind of game-changing sales talent that fuels growth. Pay too much, however, and you will struggle to scale your sales organization as that growth occurs.

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