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Sales Management Motivating Salespeople

Sales Management Motivating Salespeople. With Duane Weaver Materials adopted from “Sales management in Canada”, Mackenzie, H.F. , 2008. Outline. Motivation and Activity General Model of Sales Motivation Specific Factors of Sales Motivation Individual Motives Quotas, Contests and Rewards.

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Sales Management Motivating Salespeople

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  1. Sales ManagementMotivating Salespeople With Duane Weaver Materials adopted from “Sales management in Canada”, Mackenzie, H.F. , 2008

  2. Outline • Motivation and Activity • General Model of Sales Motivation • Specific Factors of Sales Motivation • Individual Motives • Quotas, Contests and Rewards

  3. Motivation and Activity • “In the context of sales management, motivation can be defined as an internal drive to initiate and expend sufficient effort over time to perform appropriate selling activities to accomplish specific sales objectives.” (Mackenzie, 2008, p. 254) • Motivation has: intensity, persistence, and direction • Performance = Opportunity X Ability X Motivation • “…the sales manager’s responsibility is to manage the motivation of individual salespeople” (Mackenzie, 2008, p. 254)

  4. General Model of Sales Motivation

  5. Specific Factors of Sales Motivation • Job Value • Skill Variety • Autonomy • Opportunity • Feedback • Individual Factors • Individual Motives • Career Stage • Exploration • Establishment • Maintenance • Disengagement

  6. Quotas, Contests and RewardsSlide1 of 2 • Quota – quantitative goal assigned to an individual salesperson • Motivate salespeople to achieve superior performance • Provide direction to salespeople so they know what is important • Types: Sales Volume, Profit-Based, Activity Based (see p.269) • Contests • Usually short term • Tend to be popular among salespeople • Should not be part of total compensation package

  7. Quotas, Contests and RewardsSlide 2 of 2 • Rewarding Decisions: • Who is eligible? • What will prize or award be? • How many win? • Where and when presented? • Benefits of Tangible Incentives: • Justifiability (can’t buy but worthwhile) • Social Reinforcement (high visibility – e.g. Callaway Clubs) • Evaluability –the harder a salesperson works to get a reward the greater the perceived value of reward to them.

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