Download or read book A Study of Salesmen s Compensation Plans written by William P. Sanderson and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation written by Andris Zoltners and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2006-08-07 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-designed and implemented incentive program is an essential tool for building a motivated, highly effective sales force that delivers the results you need. Incentive programs are seductively powerful but complicated instruments. Without careful planning and implementation, they can be too stingy to motivate, too complex to understand, too quick to reward mediocre results, and too difficult to implement. The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation is a practical, accessible, detailed roadmap to building a compensation system that gets it right by creating motivating incentives that produce positive outcomes. Packed with hundreds of real-life examples of what works and what doesn't, this important guide helps you: Understand the value of building an incentive plan that is aligned with your company's goals and culture. Avoid the common trap of overusing incentives to solve too many sales management problems. Measure the effectiveness of your current incentive program, employing easy-to-use tools and metrics for pinpointing its weak spots. Design a compensation plan that attracts and retains successful salespeople, including guidelines for determining the correct pay level, the best salary incentive mix, the proper performance measures, and the right performance payout relationship. Select an incentive compensation plan that works for your organization -- then test the plan before it is launched. Set territory-level goals that are fair and realistic, and avoid overpaying the sales force or demoralizing salespeople by having difficult goals or not fairly assigned. Create and manage sales contests, SPIFFs (Special Performance Incentive for Field Force), and recognition programs that consistently deliver the intended results. Manage a successful transition to a new compensation plan and build efficient administration systems to support your plan. Filled with ready-to-use formulas and assessment tools and a wealth of insights from frontline sales managers and executives, The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation is your hands-on, easy-to-read playbook for crucially important decisions.

Download or read book A Practical Approach to Sales Compensation written by Doug J. Chung and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical Approach to Sales Compensation takes readers through the evolution of academic research on sales compensation. By examining the relevance of existing research, it provides practical guidance on the design of an effective compensation system. Furthermore, the monograph discusses how recent technological advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) shape sales strategy transformation and, thus, sales compensation systems of the future. After an introduction, Section 2 illustrates a practical outline for designing a sales compensation system and the associated dilemma that organizations often face. Section 3 examines the theoretical foundations of effective sales compensation structures and their validity--in particular, application of the principal-agent theory, which derives optimal compensation systems under the presence of agents' moral hazard. Section 4 addresses recent developments in field research: randomized field experiments jointly conducted by academics and organizations as well as structural econometric methods using micro-level performance and compensation data. Section 5 illustrates how advances in technology affect organizations' sales strategies and, thus, the challenges and opportunities in utilizing compensation structure to motivate salespeople.

Download or read book Salesmen s Compensation written by Harry R. Tosdal and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the problems of compensation of salesmen. Originally published by Harvard University.

Download or read book The Purpose and Effectiveness of Sales Compensation Plans written by Jacob Buehler and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sales compensation makes up a large portion of a company's annual cost. It is, therefore, important for the sales compensation plan to align with the company's (principal) objectives and motivate the salespeople (agent) to achieve the company goals. An additional goal of the sales compensation plan is to drive sales employee retention, as turnover rates in the sales profession are high as are the replacement costs. The problem addressed by this research into sales compensation plans is twofold. First, to explore the types of sales compensation plans exist and what are their potential effects on employee motivation and retention, and implication on performance for the company. Second, to assess how the alternative compensation systems affect salespeople's incomes and their motivation to sell. From the foregoing, the research question becomes: To what extent do changes in compensation plans affect employee's decisions to explore alternative employment? The answer to this question is of benefit to both the employer and the employee. If changes lead to drastic reductions in compensation, even if expected effort declines, it might motivate turnover. The thesis provides a review of the extant literature on sales compensation plans across various industries and how they correlate to employee performance. It also analyzes alternative compensation methods, and explores the effect of compensation downgrading. The analysis uses the case study approach and explores multiple scenarios of Original Auto Parts' salespeople compensation system. It specifically explores the effect of compensation downgrading on salespeople morale and effort. The study compares Original Auto Parts' salespeople effort and compensation under the old sales plan and the new plan. The results showed that compensation downgrading was more acute when a salesperson has a larger volume territory than a small sales volume territory. They showed that the two compensations systems had different objectives by what they reward. While the old system rewarded growth, the new system focuses on profitability. While the two objectives can be structured to be congruent, it requires more attention by managers and their management and compensation of their salespeople. The study provided some solutions to addressing these challenges identified with the case study. Original Auto Parts may enhance the base salary of its salespeople to a level that allows them to pursue a profitability pathway that does not adversely affect their original compensation. The company may also use alternative compensation mechanisms, such as bonuses and merchandise, to boost salespeople appreciation of the parity of their compensation under the old and new systems for the same level of effort. If Original Auto Parts fails to match the compensation levels in the two systems, they risk increasing the risk of salespeople turnover increasing. It is important, however, to note that while compensation is a large motivator for salespeople's decision to stay with a company or seek alternative employment, there are other factors to consider, the importance of which will vary by employee. The salesperson's values and how they align with the company's value, or how well they like and work with their team and manager, are intangible factors which also affect a salesperson's motivation to stay or leave in addition to compensation.

Download or read book Compensating the Sales Force A Practical Guide to Designing Winning Sales Compensation Plans written by David J. Cichelli and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-09-22 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compensating the Sales Force is a uniquely jargon-free, how-to guide to all major sales compensation concepts and formulas. Using real-world examples, guru David J. Cichelli: Helps readers select the right compensation strategy for their firm Provides step-by-step guidance to implementing various approaches Simplifies the mathematical formulas that are a thorn in most manager's side

Download or read book The Sales Compensation Handbook written by Stockton B. Colt and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and expanded, THE SALES COMPENSATION HANDBOOK contains information and tools necessary to design and implement top-notch sales compensation programs. Experts at the consulting firm of Towers Perrin provide guidance on all aspects of compensating salespeople, including designing base salary, bonus, and commission scales; team selling roles and implications; linking compensation to company culture; cash and non-cash incentives; and more.

Download or read book Compensating the Sales Force A Practical Guide to Designing Winning Sales Reward Programs Second Edition written by David J. Cichelli and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic guide to raising your bottom line with the perfect compensation strategy—fully revised and updated! Sales compensation WORKS! Nothing motivates a sales force better than a powerful compensation program. And when your salespeople are motivated, revenue soars. But how do you design a program ideally suited for your business strategy and organizational needs? It’s a delicate balance that makes all the difference between profit and loss. More and more sales leaders have turned to Compensating the Sales Force to help them discover problems in their present system and create a compensation program that works best for their needs. Now, in the second edition of this authoritative, jargon-free handbook, sales compensation guru David J. Cichelli brings you completely up to date on setting target pay, selecting the right performance measures, and establishing quotas. He supplies clear guidelines for building the right compensation plan for any type of firm, of any size, in any industry, and he offers step-by-step procedures for implementing each approach. In Compensating the Sales Force, second edition, Cichelli has substantially expanded the book’s popular formula section, and he provides brandnew examples of: Income producer plans Sales rep commission plans Bonus plans Incentive plans Base Salary management plans The book also includes all-new chapters for global, complex sales organizations and hard-to-compensate sales jobs. Using the lessons in Compensating the Sales Force, you’ll construct and calculate accurate formulas for payout purposes and establish highly efficient support programs, such as sales crediting and account assignment. Complete with dozens of real-world examples that illustrate important points and demonstrate specific techniques and procedures, Compensating the Sales Force provides all the tools you need to design and implement a sales compensation plan that maximizes profits—and keeps them climbing. With brand-new chapters on GLOBAL SALES TEAMS amd COMPLEX SALES ORGANIZATIONS! Praise for the first edition of Compensating the Sales Force: “If your company is refocusing its efforts on sales revenue enhancement, you must read this book. If you want motivated salespeople and superior sales results, act on its content.” Noel Capon, R. C. Kopf Professor of International Marketing, Chair of Marketing Division, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University “This book provides great guidance for any business leader who wants to capitalize on sales compensation as a tool for driving business results.” Rick Justice, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations and Business Development, Cisco Systems “Dave Cichelli is the premiere sales compensation educator today. You will immediately find this work informative, helpful, [and] thought-provoking.” Mark Englizian, former Director of Global Compensation, Microsoft Corporation

Download or read book Compensating New Sales Roles written by Jerome A. Colletti and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2001 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now updated to cover the online selling arena--the most comprehensive guide to building an innovative sales compensation plan.

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation written by Andris A. Zoltners and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing an incentive plan to turn sales reps into sales superstars! If you're like most sales leaders, your incentive program is a constant challenge, as you try to jumpstart sales, energize a geographically dispersed and autonomous workforce, and motivate salespeople to achieve ambitious revenue goals. And sometimes it seems like you just don't know what works; your products and markets are changing, the incentive program that was so successful last year no longer produces the desired results, or perhaps the generous incentive program you created has yielded a corps of highly paid salespeople who spend most of their time on existing clients and minimal time generating new business -- and threaten to walk away with your customer base if you scale back paychecks! Incentive programs are seductively powerful but complicated instruments. Without careful planning and implementation, they can be too stingy to motivate, too complex to understand, too quick to reward mediocre results, and too difficult to implement. But a well-designed and implemented incentive program is an essential tool for building a motivated, highly effective sales force that delivers the results you need. The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation is a practical, accessible, detailed roadmap to building a compensation system that gets it right by creating motivating incentives that produce positive outcomes. Packed with hundreds of real-life examples of what works and what doesn't, this important guide helps you: Understand the value of building an incentive plan that is aligned with your company's goals and culture. Avoid the common trap of overusing incentives to solve too many sales management problems. Measure the effectiveness of your current incentive program, employing easy-to-use tools and metrics for pinpointing its weak spots.  Design a compensation plan that attracts and retains successful salespeople, including guidelines for determining the correct pay level, the best salary incentive mix, the proper performance measures, and the right performance payout relationship. Select an incentive compensation plan that works for your organization -- then test the plan before it is launched. Set territory-level goals that are fair and realistic, and avoid overpaying the sales force because goals are too easy, or demoralizing salespeople by having goals that are too difficult or not fairly assigned. Create and manage sales contests, SPIFFs (Special Performance Incentive for Field Force), and recognition programs that consistently deliver the intended results. Manage a successful transition to a new compensation plan and build efficient administration systems to support your plan. Every year, corporations spend $200 billion compensating their sales forces, with extremely mixed results. Make sure every dollar you spend is helping to achieve your goal of creating an empowered, effective sales force that drives your company's success. Packed with ready-to-use formulas and assessment tools and a wealth of insights from frontline sales managers and executives, The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation is your hands-on, easy-to-read playbook for crucially important decisions.

Download or read book Your Sales Management Guru s Guide To written by Ken Thoreson and published by . This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Compensating the Sales Force Third Edition A Practical Guide to Designing Winning Sales Reward Programs written by David J. Cichelli and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leverage the full power of your sales force with a cutting-edge compensation program Salespeople are motivated by many things—and how they’re paid tops the list. Sales compensation is one of the best tools for motivating any sales force and thus maximizing business revenue. Do you have strategically aligned sales compensation plans or are your pay plans holding back your sales force? Compensating the Sales Force has helped thousands of business leaders worldwide create sales compensation programs that drive sales performance, increase revenue, and trigger business growth. Now, this new edition brings you fully up to date with new approaches for a business landscape where product/solution objectives and customer needs are in constant in flux. Sales guru David Cichelli provides everything you need to build an incentive plan that delivers real financial results. He takes you step-by-step through the process of setting target pay, selecting the right performance measures, and establishing quotas. You’ll learn everything there is to know about: •Why job content drives sales compensation design •Methods for calculating formulas for payout purposes •The roles of quota allocation, sales crediting, and account assignment •Compensating a complex sales organization and global sales teams •Administering, monitoring, and measuring the effectiveness of the program An indispensable resource for anyone involved in sales compensation—from CEOs and sales managers to HR personnel to IT professionals—Compensating the Sales Force provides all the tools you need to design and implement a sales compensation plan that increases profits―and drives the sales team to exceed sales targets.

Download or read book Conceptual Foundations and Case Studies of Salesforce Compensation Plans written by Marlon Braumann and published by Whu Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes the state-of-research on salesforce compensation plan design and implementation. The salesforce is one of the major revenue drivers for many organizations. The salesforce compensation plan is a key concern of sales executives. Most companies adjust their pay plan every year. Marlon Braumann develops an eight-step process toward TAILORED compensation plans: tasks, assessments, insight, leverage, other incentives, relationship, evaluation, and deployment. His synopsis offers research-based answers to fundamental design questions, such as the number, choice, and linkage of performance indicators, the share of variable pay, use of accelerators and compensation caps, definition of bonus thresholds, and sales contests. He proposes a quantitative approach for evaluating compensation plan effectiveness. Two case studies illustrate the application of the TAILORED framework. The book builds a bridge between compensation research and compensation practice.

Download or read book A Study on Optimal Salesperson Compensation Plans written by Amiya K. Basu and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Your CEO Needs to Know about Sales Compensation written by Mark Donnolo and published by AMACOM/American Management Association. This book was released on 2013 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring insightful interviews with Fortune 1000 C-level executives and real lessons from the field, this essential book reveals the tough questions leaders should be asking about how sales incentives drive the business.

Download or read book The Sales Acceleration Formula written by Mark Roberge and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use data, technology, and inbound selling to build a remarkable team and accelerate sales The Sales Acceleration Formula provides a scalable, predictable approach to growing revenue and building a winning sales team. Everyone wants to build the next $100 million business and author Mark Roberge has actually done it using a unique methodology that he shares with his readers. As an MIT alum with an engineering background, Roberge challenged the conventional methods of scaling sales utilizing the metrics-driven, process-oriented lens through which he was trained to see the world. In this book, he reveals his formulas for success. Readers will learn how to apply data, technology, and inbound selling to every aspect of accelerating sales, including hiring, training, managing, and generating demand. As SVP of Worldwide Sales and Services for software company HubSpot, Mark led hundreds of his employees to the acquisition and retention of the company's first 10,000 customers across more than 60 countries. This book outlines his approach and provides an action plan for others to replicate his success, including the following key elements: Hire the same successful salesperson every time — The Sales Hiring Formula Train every salesperson in the same manner — The Sales Training Formula Hold salespeople accountable to the same sales process — The Sales Management Formula Provide salespeople with the same quality and quantity of leads every month — The Demand Generation Formula Leverage technology to enable better buying for customers and faster selling for salespeople Business owners, sales executives, and investors are all looking to turn their brilliant ideas into the next $100 million revenue business. Often, the biggest challenge they face is the task of scaling sales. They crave a blueprint for success, but fail to find it because sales has traditionally been referred to as an art form, rather than a science. You can't major in sales in college. Many people question whether sales can even be taught. Executives and entrepreneurs are often left feeling helpless and hopeless. The Sales Acceleration Formula completely alters this paradigm. In today's digital world, in which every action is logged and masses of data sit at our fingertips, building a sales team no longer needs to be an art form. There is a process. Sales can be predictable. A formula does exist.

Download or read book Current Compensation Plans for Salesmen written by Dartnell Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: