Adopt the T Method to Sales Performance Improvement
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Enhance Your Sales Performance with the T Method
Introduction
How do you approach sales training? Do you have a structured process to determine which sales competencies to focus on and how improving these will impact performance? Or do you rely on general feedback instead of concrete performance metrics? Here’s a straightforward blueprint to boost revenue effectively while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
Understanding the T Method
At JDH Group, our strategy involves understanding a sales organization’s revenue goals and identifying necessary performance improvements. We create diagnostic blueprints using the T Method, which combines vertical and horizontal training evaluations.
Horizontal Examination
We analyze each Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to help companies identify, train, improve, and measure competencies.
Vertical Examination
This involves examining the impact of training on Return on Training Investment (ROTI), ensuring alignment with revenue objectives, and pinpointing areas for revenue growth and cost recovery.
Applying the T Method: A Step-by-Step Guide
Horizontal Analysis Example
Consider a sales team focused on business solutions for small to medium-sized companies. Here’s a snapshot of their KPIs:
- First Appointment to Proposal Ratio: 60%
- Closing Ratio: 40%
- Average Revenue per Sale: $3,500
- Sales Cycle: 38 Days
- Revenue Goal: $25,000
- Average New Appointments per Rep: 5
This team can currently achieve 67% of their revenue goal. Let’s explore which KPI training could deliver the fastest results.
Front-End Focus: By increasing the average appointments from 5 to 7, they can hit the revenue target without changing other factors.
Option 1: Establish a unified prospecting methodology to streamline target appointments across regions, maximizing time efficiency.
Back-End Focus: Improving the closing ratio from 40% to 60% can also secure the monthly revenue target. Alternatively, enhancing both the first appointment to proposal and closing ratios by 10% each will achieve similar results.
Option 2: Adopt a top-down approach targeting high-level decision-makers. Develop a diagnostic sales process that aligns with a prospect’s business objectives, leveraging return on investment concepts rather than just features.
Vertical Sales Impact Analysis
For both internal and outsourced sales training, financial accountability is crucial.
Example Vertical KPIs:
- Average New-Hire Ramp-to-Quota: 5 months (35 hires annually)
- Sales Turnover due to Low Activity: 30 reps
- Reps at or Above Quota: 70%
Calculate Sub-Par Revenue: Determine the average “Sub-Quota” revenue during the ramp period. For example, if your average is $8,000, a one-month improvement in ramp time could recover $595,000 in sales?"or $17,000 per new hire. With a training cost of $2,500 per head, this equates to a 680% ROI.
Turnover Reduction: Reducing turnover by 50% can recoup $1,953,500?"highlighting over $130,000 per rep in returns for effective appointment setting.
Given these analyses, you might choose to establish a prospecting methodology to justify training investments.
Quota Achievement: To increase quota achievement from 70% to 90%, consider enhancing KPIs by improving the first appointment to proposal and closing ratios to 70% and 50%, respectively. This boosts revenue by $180,000 monthly, an annual return of $2,160,000, or an 864% ROI.
Develop a sales methodology focusing on financial metrics that align with client objectives, supporting with diagnostic tools.
Conclusion
Adopting the T Method enables you to identify the most efficient path to achieving revenue goals, implementing best practices for training, and justifying investments. At the end of the day, it’s all about maximizing Return on Investment.
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