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

Transform Your Sales Onboarding to Drive Better Outcomes 
11 September 2017
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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

Research Update: Sales Manager Training Tactics 
1 September 2017
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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

Research Update: Measuring Sales Force Activity 
10 August 2017
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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

Research Brief: Sales Performance Management Priorities 
8 August 2017
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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

Research Update: Sales Performance Management Priorities 
4 August 2017
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Join us for a first look at the recently concluded research where we examine practices associated with sales performance management (SPM) in sales organizations. The practices include approaches to sales planning, performance forecasting, territory design, resource deployment, quota assignments, and incentive compensation management. The research will identify which elements of...Read more
Productive sales forces make sales process improvement a core competency. Most do so without comprehensively reengineering their sales process. Instead, they find incremental improvement opportunities, test new approaches, and frequently assess results. Over time, these changes accrue as substantial benefits, and include increased selling time, higher quality sales outcomes, and...Read more