What s A Sales Culture
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Understanding Sales Culture
Overview
Taking the time to define the roles within your sales team and management is crucial. Once you've done this, it's time to evaluate your sales strategy and culture. Surprisingly, about half of your sales representatives may be performing below average. Why assess the team then? Simply to sell more.
The Components of a Successful Sales Organization
A thriving sales organization is built on three key components: investment, activity, and results.
1. Investment: This includes expenditures like compensation, benefits, technology, training, hiring, and administrative costs.
2. Activity: Encompasses face-to-face meetings, travel, preparation, calls, and administrative tasks.
3. Results: Focuses on outcomes such as sales volume, profitability, and market share.
The synergy of these components relies on your team, culture, and customer relationships. Consider career paths for salespeople, turnover rates, the motivations driving your team, and the role of sales heroes.
Key Drivers of Productivity
The best sales managers and teams focus on four productivity drivers:
1. Sales Research: Acquiring insights into market trends and customer behaviors.
2. Investment and Organization: Ensuring the sales team is properly structured and equipped.
3. People Management: Involves selecting, training, motivating, evaluating, and if necessary, terminating employees.
4. Sales Systems and Processes: Includes compensation, incentives, and internal support systems.
Effective assessment tools, like tests and surveys, help evaluate these drivers, although management is often judged solely on outcomes.
The Role of Culture
A progressive sales culture is vital. But what is a culture? Consider this story:
Six apes in a room were repeatedly sprayed with cold water whenever one tried to climb a ladder for bananas. Eventually, new apes joined, and although unaware of the water, continued to enforce the original avoidance behavior. This illustrates how cultures develop and persist without a clear rationale.
Do your team members follow outdated practices without understanding them? Cultures consist of norms (actual behaviors), values (expected behaviors), and work styles (e.g., diligent, tardy, detailed). Changing a negative culture is challenging but essential for business success. Identify the heroes of your sales team and understand what they represent to assess and potentially realign your culture.
Implementing a Vision
Start by defining your vision for the sales team and evaluating key contributors. Successful companies communicate their vision regularly to everyone involved.
To bring your vision to life, reward behaviors that align with it. Remember, this is an ongoing process. As it unfolds, you'll see increased sales and profits.
This requires courage and dedication to continuous improvement. Address tough issues until your vision is clear, communicated, and yields measurable rewards.
Final Thought
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." ?" Confucius
Embrace change to foster a successful sales culture.
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