Compensating the Sales Force, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Designing Winning Sales Reward Programs (MARKETING/SALES/ADV & PROMO) - Hardcover

CICHELLI

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1260026817 ISBN 13: 9781260026818

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2017

Synopsis

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. 

About this title

From the Back Cover

"I've personally used and have recommended the previous two printings of this book to both novice and advanced sales compensation practitioners. This edition adds to a strong foundation of extremely usable information."Rick L. Butler Sr. Director, Sales Compensation COE Cisco Systems
"This book is an essential resource for both new and seasoned professionals looking for innovative sales compensation programs. Love the additions including the sales comp principles in this third edition!"Nadia Cerisano, CCP, CEB, CHRL Director, Global Incentives & Sales Compensation Xerox Inc.
"I consider David's book to be the standard for all stakeholders responsible for sales compensation design. It offers the right balance between design concepts, practical examples and tools so that practitioners to CEOs are able to create effective sales compensation plans."Keith Briscoe Vice President, Global Sales Compensation Dell EMC
"I recommend this book to our global compensation and sales operations teams. David Cichelli's book offers solutions for complex roles and how to compensate sellers on a worldwide basis."Lisa Martin CCP, CBP, CSCP, GRP, WLCP Director, Global Compensation Rockwell Automation

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Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1260026817
• ISBN 13: 9781260026818
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 352