As a sales leader, you’ve probably had seasons in your business when your sales numbers blew the roof – only to check back the following month to discover your sales numbers have stagnated or are dipping. Yet what you want is sustainable sales growth. And that depends...
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How To Rebuild Your Sales Compensation Plan
Yes, you read that right! We’re talking about rebuilding your sales compensation plan because the one you have might not be right for your business now (even if it was a few years ago), and in the current fight for top sales talent, it’s good to re-envision...
read moreSales Forecasting and Planning: How to Make It Effective
Ever thought of planning a long transoceanic voyage? It’s not a simple boat ride down a gentle stream! Effective sales forecasting and planning is more like your intended adventure across a vast unpredictable sea! Effective sales forecasting is important so you can align your sales quotas and...
read moreCauses of Turnover of Sales Personnel
Here’s a poser: If the US spends around $15 billion annually on training sales reps, and around $800 billion on sales personnel incentives, what proportion of those figures is your business wasting due to turnover of sales personnel? Of course, you can’t answer exactly because you’re not...
read moreSales Teamwork: Why It’s Important
We established in another post that it’s not usually poor sales training that leads to poor business performance but lack of sales team leadership. That remains true, but you need to also focus on sales teamwork. You may not have a huge sales team or even a...
read moreRecruiting Sales Talent in 2023: How to Find the Best
Having the right sales talent makes all the difference to your business, whether you sell services or products. But recruiting sales talent in 2023 can be tough because good sales reps can be hard to find. The reason is pretty obvious. Companies hang on to their top...
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