Resources

According to a recent study from Sales Management Association, "organizations consider less than one out of five new sales hires added over the past 24 months to be successful." If you are a sales leader, meeting quota may seem daunting. As we rapidly approach the middle of the calendar year...Read more

Many sales organizations recognize the tremendous value effective coaching can add to their other sales initiatives. Unfortunately, most coaching programs produce little change in the behavior of sales managers. Why is this, and what can you do to ensure your coaching initiative doesn't suffer a similar fate? Join us for...Read more

What happens when a salesperson accustomed to challenging the status quo becomes the status quo? Like the dog that catches the car its chased, or a gadfly unexpectedly elevated to political power (to wit: our current US political drama), those best at upending the present may offer dubious value in...Read more

Are your incentive compensation plans driving the right behaviors? Do you have the information you need to effectively plan your territories and quotas? Do you lack essential skills in your sales operations function? Sales Operations as a service is an approach that can address a growing sales operations function's challenges....Read more

According to the latest Sales Enablement Optimization Study from CSO Insights, the research division of Miller Heiman Group, the percentage of organizations that have a Sales Enablement function has grown by 69 percent since 2013, while only 1/3 of organizations have met or exceeded their Sales Enablement outcomes in the...Read more

This research investigates tactics used by firms in support of indirect sales channels ? the salespeople, agencies, affiliates, and networks engaged (but not directly employed) by sellers. Special focus is given to indirect salesperson effectiveness, and how selling firms can affect it with investments in content, technology, and training.

This research examines how sales organizations turn data into management ready insights. Doing so often involves aligning the efforts of two distinct populations: managers who must make decisions, and analytics support professionals. This latter group has access to data, but not always an understanding of how best to investigate them...Read more

This webcast summarizes findings from recently concluded Sales Management Association research on sales organization's analytics capabilities. The research explores how sales analytics are currently used to support sales leadership decision making; it identifies gaps between sales management needs and routinely available reporting output, and explores emerging analytics capabilities such as...Read more