All tagged Sales Compensation

Overpaying Sales Staff?

Beth Carroll

When done well, it enables companies to develop the right mix of individual motivation and team-work while balancing the needs for both short-term financial gain and long-term strategic positioning. When done poorly, however, companies can end up creating at best a culture of complacency and entitlement, and at worst a culture where sales representatives are working to maximize their own incomes to the detriment of the company.

Role Definition

Beth Carroll

Many organizations believe that to have full role definition clarity, each sales rep must have a unique role and must be compensated uniquely as well. This results in an over-abundance of roles and compensation plans. There is a point of diminishing returns when trying to sub-divide roles into the most precise functions, and one of the keys to successful compensation plan design is understanding when you have reached that point.

Lessons In Change Management

Beth Carroll

When rolling out a change initiative it is helpful to understand the psychology of the members of the affected group. The Vocality/Predisposition Matrix (VPM) (below) can help managers identify (before and after the change) those parties who may need some extra attention to get them over the hump of accepting the new program.