12/22/2006
Here are 10 ways to motivate your team
Colleen Stanley
How do I get my sales team to work harder and try to do their best?
Is my sales compensation plan rewarding the right behavior? How do I retain top sales talent?
At the risk of making it sound too simple, there is one general principle that works well in motivating, inspiring and retaining salespeople: recognition and appreciation. The cost to the bottom line is little. But recognizing and rewarding salespeople often is overlooked because it takes time and attention. A salesperson may say they're leaving for higher pay, but research shows they're realy leaving for higher praise.
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Colleen Stanley is president
of SalesLeadership Inc. in Denver. Reach her
at cstanley@salesleadershipdevelopment.com or
303-708-1128.