Resources

Smart sales organizations capitalize on every available opportunities to improve sales talent management. One often under recognized contributor is sales operations. Sales ops departments contribute mightily to salesperson effectiveness, job satisfaction, and sense of engagement. This webcast explores approaches for maximizing salesperson success and satisfaction through sales operations' contributions.

We want actionable information, not data challenges. In the age of big data how can sales leaders avoid being caught up in information overload? Having access to so much information can sometimes feel as if we re swimming in it. As a sales leader, you want to make the most...Read more

Organizations usually look to increase revenue, but often lack clear action plans for achieving their growth objectives. This webcast examines three sources of revenue growth -- acquisitive growth, market growth, and organic revenue growth -- while suggesting analysis techniques that help management diagnose growth impediments, identify actionable priorities, and quantify...Read more

No matter the size of your sales team, the turnover you experience or the solutions you provide, onboarding new people can be an enormous challenge. Studies indicate the longer the time to achieve quota, the less likely someone is to succeed in their sales role. But how do you onboard...Read more

  As a follow-on study to last year’s research on sales manager training, this first look research review webcast takes a more detailed look at the specific topic, tactics, and priorities given to sales management training initiatives. It benchmarks firms’ investments in manager training, as well as specific approaches used...Read more

Last year Symantec acquired Blue Coat, defining its position as an innovative cybersecurity leader. At the time, Blue Coat was scaling rapidly with revenue exceeding $750 million. Chris Fulmer was a part of BlueCoat's sales enablement team as it scaled and is now Director of Sales Enablement for Symantec. In...Read more

Salesperson activity is an important indicator of organizational productivity and effectiveness, but presents significant data collection challenges. Join us during this first look webinar as we investigate how sales organizations account for salesperson activity, and the nature of the insights they gain through such efforts. Topics addressed include the nature...Read more

This research examines sales organizations' sales performance management (SPM) practices. SPM, as popularized by sales technology solution providers, has come to refer to a portfolio of planning and resource allocation activities. These are sales budgeting, performance forecasting, territory design, salesperson deployment, quota allocation, and incentive compensation management. Our study identifies...Read more