Sales Performance Management Best Practices Blog

The Great Resignation & What Sales Leadership Can Do About It

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Thu, Nov 4, 2021 @ 16:11 PM

Buckets of ink has been spilled recently regarding the “Great Resignation” and its impact on the US economy. While it’s an interesting outcome of the recent pandemic, do we know yet what is really happening in sales? The data cited below clearly tells us what’s happening in the broader workforce and there are trends that bare watching and some proactive tips that may help nip any issues in the bud. 

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Topics: SPIFF, Sales Performance Reporting, Sales Performance Metrics & KPI's

Rethinking Sales Compensation in a world of increasing sales complexity

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Fri, May 17, 2019 @ 14:05 PM

A collague recently forwarded over an informative video from Frank Cespedes of Harvard Business School focused on Sales Compensation and his views on its place in a best in class sales process. I've summarizing the highlights related specifically to Sales Compensation below and provided a link in case you have the time to view it.

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Topics: SaaS Sales Compensation, Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, Sales Performance Reporting, Sales Compensation Professional, Sales Performance Metrics & KPI's

Sales Compensation Plans and the Goldilocks Principle

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Mon, Mar 11, 2019 @ 11:03 AM

In reading a recent article on the possibility of other life forms in outer space I was amazed at how an interesting principle they referenced could be applied to our thinking about Sales Compensation design.

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Topics: SaaS Sales Compensation, Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, Sales Performance Reporting, Sales Performance Metrics & KPI's, Territory Management, Sales Quota

Sales Compensation & recent Harvard Business Review conclusions

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Tue, Feb 18, 2014 @ 06:02 AM

An interesting article was published recently by Adamson, Dickson & Tomas of CEB in the Harvard Business Review 'Why Individuals No Longer Rule on Sales Teams' which certainly got my attention.

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Topics: Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, EVP/Sales Leader, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, Sales Performance Metrics & KPI's, Human Resources

Sales Metrics and KPI’s for Sales Performance Management.

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Wed, Feb 8, 2012 @ 11:02 AM
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Topics: Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, EVP/Sales Leader, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, Sales Performance Metrics & KPI's