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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

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

  Twenty years ago, it took a relatively long time to build a bad reputation. Today, with the megaphone of social media, it can happen in seconds. And when it does, all the good will your salespeople have worked so hard to build up will be wasted. Without a consistent...Read more

For many organizations, sales forecasting is a massive exercise in futility. No matter the approach, it always seems to consume a tremendous amount of energy and produce a dubious result. It doesn't have to be this way! During this session, attendees learn a simple, new approach that will forever change...Read more

As companies move through the growth curve towards maturity, selling strategies need to change. During this period, legacy sales compensation plans and processes often struggle to keep up. This can create misalignment between the tactics needed for growth and the motivation of the sales force. This webinar describes the top...Read more

In the age of Snapchat and YouTube, today’s sales professionals live on their mobile devices to connect, collaborate and learn. Considering people process visuals 60,000 times faster than text, and that adding visuals increases information retention 5.5x, it’s critical that modern sales teams incorporate video into their sales learning strategy....Read more

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