Resources

Effective quota-setting programs are essential for growth planning, strategy, enabling productivity, and measuring results. Drawing from Better Sales Comp Consultants' recently-concluded research on sales operations’ quota-setting practices, this webcast features insights on what’s working for sales operations practitioners. Presenters include BSCC's Ted Briggs and Clinton Gott, and Fred Sass, Director of Product Marketing at Varicent Software....Read more

Many sales organizations embrace coaching as an essential sales management role. With good reason: coaching's impact on sales force effectiveness and salesperson development has a tangible impact matched by few other management activities. Yet even those organizations that make sales coaching a priority sometimes struggle with how best to measure...Read more

Performance reporting provides an essential tool for salespeople and the managers directing them. In this Sales Management Association webcast, we present an overview of top reporting tips and best practices for accelerating sales performance and management effectiveness. Speakers will discuss specific examples of how reporting activities drive effective sales performance...Read more

In this Sales Management Association webcast, we provide sales leaders with insight into common pricing related challenges, suggest ways to integrate strategic pricing principles within a sales management framework, and provide best-practice insight on leading firms' use of pricing to optimize sales effectiveness. Presented by Alejandro Erasso and Matthias Linnenkamp...Read more

Based on a global study of more than 1,000 professionals, AchieveGlobal's Survey of Sales Effectiveness provides research-based insight into sales activities that generate results. In this Sales Management Association webcast, AchieveGlobal's Mark Fears and Mark Marone report key findings from the study, and their implications for sales leadership. Join us...Read more

Team settings provide a unique coaching opportunity. In this webcast, AXIOM Sales Force Development's Bob Sanders reviews how team coaching differs from one-on-one coaching, and how effective sales coaches use both coaching approaches to deliver superior impact. Topics include: How team coaching differs from one-on-one coaching Establishing effective coaching cultures...Read more

Sales Operations often serves as the command center for sales analytics. In this session, recorded at The Sales Management Association's May 2011 workshop, "Focusing Sales Operations' Productivity Impact" at DePaul University's Center for Sales Leadership, Jason Jordan reviews the metrics and performance analytics that are most useful in driving sales productivity.