Sales organizations employ planning in a variety of ways. This research surveys our membership on these wide-ranging practices in order to determine the current “state of sales planning.” In addition to describing the current practice, the research will clarify levels of planning effectiveness as currently practiced, determine a set of...Read more
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Changing the Sales Compensation Plan: Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid 
22 February 2022
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Sales compensation change is fraught with peril. Poorly implemented changes can poison sales force morale, erode productivity, and trigger unwanted salesperson turnover. In fact, recent Sales Management Association research reveals that firms with the most amount of sales comp program change are least likely to have effective sales compensation programs...Read more
Sales meetings are expensive investments in sales organization time. When effective, they are value multipliers, returning many times their cost in the form of improved sales force focus and productivity. In this webcast we review how, when, and where sales managers should organize sales meetings, and offer practical tips for optimal...Read more
Great learning events - like many sales kickoff meetings firms are staging in Q1 - can realign and re-energize the sales organization. But often retained learning from these events diminishes abruptly when participants leave. In this webcast, we discuss how to reinforce and retain the important concepts you deliver at...Read more
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Research Report: Measuring the Impact of Salesperson Input on Sales Compensation Program Effectiveness
10 February 2022
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Sales organizations’ largest single expense (by far) is salesperson compensation. For other firm functions, payroll expense is predictable (if not boring), and not often considered in a strategic context. Sales compensation plans, on the other hand, are rarely the same from firm to firm. They change frequently with management priorities,...Read more
Research
Measuring the Impact of Salesperson Input on Sales Compensation Program Effectiveness
10 February 2022
Sales organizations’ largest single expense (by far) is salesperson compensation. For other firm functions, payroll expense is predictable (if not boring), and not often considered in a strategic context. Sales compensation plans, on the other hand, are rarely the same from firm to firm. They change frequently with management priorities,...Read more
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The Agile Seller: How Agility Now Defines the Most Successful Sales Forces
8 February 2022
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Virtually all organizations see significant changes in the markets and buyers they serve. These changes were increasing in both magnitude and speed before the pandemic, and its impact compounded the disruption already experienced by many. In response, firms are apt to change strategy, value positioning, product offerings, or go-to-market approaches...Read more
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Research Report: Survey of Solution Providers in SPM and ICM
8 February 2022
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This research gathers feedback from current clients of incentive compensation management (ICM) systems and sales performance management (SPM) systems. The survey identifies key issues related to these solutions’ offerings, capabilities, and effectiveness, based on feedback from practitioner users of these systems. We’ve made this research “evergreen,” and expect to issue...Read more
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