Tracking the right performance metrics is critical to any sales organization’s success. But getting the right performance results into the right manager’s hands represents a daunting challenge in a complex selling environment. A tool of pivotal importance in this process is the performance dashboard: an efficiently displayed summary of...Read more

Research Brief: Best Practices in Sales Force Job Description Design 
25 June 2007
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Many managers ignore their firm's job descriptions, or discount their value to that of HR-driven contrivances. For sales management, we think this approach is a mistake. Properly utilized, job descriptions provide enormous practical value to sales leadership. The Sales Management Association considers job descriptions essential management tools, and recommends that...Read more

Research Brief: MAP Planning – a Strategy Tool for Sales Management 
6 June 2007
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How do high performing sales teams know what to focus on? Most rely on sales management for direction on which opportunities (customers, products, segments, channels, etc.) represent the best return on sales effort. Yet sales management rarely approaches this role with a rigorous, disciplined process. This paper outlines an approach...Read more