Leadership
Leadership
Comp plan modeling: Reacting to COVID-19
Compensation plans are a huge part of your team’s motivation and what drives your business results. We spend hours analyzing and perfecting rules for bonuses and commissions that reward sales...
Leadership
Release your inner Sales Nerd: Become a Comp Plan Hacker
The highest-paid sales reps aren’t always the most successful. Top performers have a firm understanding of comp plans and take savvy, smart steps to maximize returns. Call them comp plan...
Leadership
Why Do Top Sellers Quit? Unfair Comp Plans and Mindless Busy Work
“Our people are our most important asset.” I hear that a lot. Company leaders talk tirelessly about the importance of attracting and retaining top talent. They tout efforts to create...
Leadership
Distributed sales teams: Why aligning sales commissions is so important
Working remotely changes the dynamic of a sales team in so many different ways. Communication can no longer happen in person so tools in your tech stack like Zoom and...
Leadership
When to change sales compensation plans mid-year
I’ve written about when (and how) to change sales compensation plans under the best circumstances. However, sales is an imperfect industry! Sometimes you need to make on the fly changes...
Company, Leadership
Don’t confuse environment for culture
You walk in for your final round sales interview. The recruiter told you to dress ‘smart casual’ so you ditched the stuffy corporate outfit but you don’t quite hit Zuckerberg...
Leadership
Why sales commission paychecks are so wrong so frequently
You’ve had a solid quarter. You hit your sales quota, signed big-name clients, and consistently closed deals. Then you see your sales commission check and it’s inaccurate. Very, very inaccurate....
Leadership
6 things to consider when building your sales tech stack
I am a self-proclaimed SaaS tool aficionado. I could go on and on about email sequencing tools (Outreach, Salesloft, Groove, Apollo), call recording/coaching software (ExecVision Chorus, Gong), chat bots (Simpu,...
Leadership
From sales hire to sales fire: 5 tips for firing a salesperson
This is a touchy subject and one that no one likes to talk about. Ideally, if you follow my advice on interviewing salespeople you won’t be in this predicament very...
Leadership
Top qualities to look for in sales candidates
It calls to question a core tenet of business, but there is a lot of research around whether interviews matter in predicting on-the-job performance. It sounds so bizarre, but companies...
Leadership
5 New Year’s resolutions for sales leaders
Even though it’s possible to change or improve your habits at any time, having a new year seems like a perfect time to do so. It’s a brand new calendar,...
Leadership
When (and how) to roll out a new sales compensation plan
Changing a sales compensation plan can be a stressful and traumatic event for a sales team. With a new incentive plan comes the risk that you’ll be making less money...