Sales Performance Management Best Practices Blog

The Sales Compensation Process life cycle

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Wed, Sep 11, 2013 @ 11:09 AM

When you  have 5 minutes (6:39 to be exact), Ryan Johnson's (WorldatWork) interview with Dave Chicelli (Alexander Group) is a great investment of your time.  While the 2012 interview is a bit dated , there are several theme's Dave and Ryan pull from the 2012 Sales Comp Trends survey data which are timeless. As a big fan of data based decision making, the fact that the insights are gleaned from data trends observed over a 10 year time span makes this all the more impressive.

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Topics: EVP/Sales Leader, CTO, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, CEO, Human Resources, Sales Operations, Sales Professional

Is your Sales Performance Management process earthquake proof?

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Fri, Sep 6, 2013 @ 10:09 AM
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Topics: Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, EVP/Sales Leader, CTO, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, CEO, Human Resources, Sales Professional

How to use your sales compensation plan to boost sales performance

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Wed, Jul 17, 2013 @ 13:07 PM
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Topics: Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, EVP/Sales Leader, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, CEO, Human Resources, Sales Professional

Using spreadsheets to calculate Sales Commissions? been there done that ....

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Mon, May 13, 2013 @ 10:05 AM

I thought I'd share a few good sales spreadsheet horror stories for you to share at your next campfire

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Topics: Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, EVP/Sales Leader, CTO, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, CEO, Human Resources, Sales Professional

Is quota setting the Achilles heel of your sales commission process?

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Fri, Mar 22, 2013 @ 10:03 AM

Would you classify your process a train wreck?

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Topics: Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, EVP/Sales Leader, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, CEO, Human Resources, Sales Professional, Sales Quota

Best practice guidance for using Sales Commission Splits

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 17:02 PM
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Topics: Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, EVP/Sales Leader, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, Human Resources, Sales Professional

Signed Sales Compensation Plan Documents are now the law in CA AB1396

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 @ 09:12 AM
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Topics: EVP/Sales Leader, Sales Performance Reporting, Communication/Reporting, CTO, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, CEO, Human Resources, Sales Professional

Cycle time improvement a huge benefit of Sales Commissions Software

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Mon, Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:12 AM

The time it takes from the close of a performance period to the payment of sales commissions one of the biggest factors that influence the strategic impact of your investment in sales commissions. We recommend that business leaders think about sales commissions the way they would a capital investment. How much is being invested and what benefits are is the business realizing.

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Topics: Sales Comp Plan Fundamentals, EVP/Sales Leader, CTO, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, CEO, Sales Professional, ROI

Ten insights gleaned from recent survey on SaaS Sales Compensation

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Wed, Nov 28, 2012 @ 10:11 AM
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Topics: SaaS Sales Compensation, EVP/Sales Leader, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, CEO, Human Resources, Sales Professional

Sales Compensation Practices Survey involving several large high tech companies

Posted by Jerry Hegarty on Thu, Nov 15, 2012 @ 11:11 AM

The following is a 'Readers Digest' summary of a 2012 survey conducted by World@Work & ZS Associates on Sales Practices within the High Technology Industry. In the survey, 17 US based high tech companies (Computer hardware, software, networking gear, etc) with over 59,531 sales reps broken out across the following roles were surveyed;

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Topics: Channel Commissions, EVP/Sales Leader, CTO, CFO/Finance Leader, Sales Compensation Professional, CEO, Human Resources, Sales Professional