Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
Measure behaviours as well as outcomes
Only 25% of sales organizations are directly measuring sales behaviours that drive sales success, claims ValueSelling Associates. “Our research findings mean that 75% of sales teams are driving down the interstate with their focus fixed on the rear-view mirror,” President and CEO, Julie Thomas tells the Journal. +
Thursday, March 21st, 2019
Why don’t goals work?
That’s a question many of us ask…
Sunday, April 23rd, 2017
Setting sales targets – using not abusing them
In our previous article in this series, “The classic performance dilemma”, we presented a brief outline of the properties of effective sales performance measurement systems. In this follow-up article, we focus on a widespread practice in sales organisations: the use of sales targets or goals. We highlight the key issues associated with performance targets and offer guidelines to minimise their…