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Managing & Motivating Top Performers
Managing & Motivating Top PerformersMatt Heinz, President, Heinz Marketing Inc
Agenda
• Hiring and identifying top performers• Management best practices• Metrics• Discipline, course correction and incentives• Additional best practice examples• Q&A
Best practices guide
Tips for hiring more top performers
• Look for make-up, not just experience• Hire for sales skills, not industry knowledge• Find the good listeners• Align with your commission structure
Identifying more top performers
• Are they hungry to learn?• Are they coachable?• Have they struggled and overcome obstacles?• Do they know the difference between selling
and solving customer problems?• Do they naturally mentor or inspire others?
7 keys to inside sales management
1. Creativity2. Consistency3. Curiosity4. Conflict Management5. Confidence6. Can-Do, Will-Do Attitude7. Calm
Managing top performers
• More selling, less paperwork• Make more than the CEO• No micromanagement• Manage pipeline from bottom up
Bottoms-up management
• Start at the bottom of the pipeline, and work up until you find the problem– Opportunity review– Lead review– Activity review– Intangible challenges/roadblocks
Use better metrics
• Customer lifetime value• Addressable market size & penetration• Sales cycle length• Deal size• Qualified leads
When top reps break the rules
• Find out why• Demonstrate the path to bigger checks• Reinforce & empower their leadership role• Re-evaluate your rules• Learn from them• Get rid of them
Top performers need bigger toys
Getting back above quota
• Focus on the numbers• Focus on what they can control• Compare current & previous habits (watch the video
tape)• Deal walkthroughs• Evaluate effort, attitude & drive• Make sure your comp plan requires consistent
performance• Create longer-period contests contingent on
exceeding quota
Mentorship programs
• Responsible for new hire• Play manager role w/out management
responsibilities• Portion of new-hire comp back to top rep for
period of time
Recognition
• The power of tangible vs. intangible rewards• Get your executive team involved• Ask for advice on sales & non-sales issues