Eliot Burdett

sales-compensation1-e1401398784710-600×400 Company leaders and business owners are often worried about overpaying sales reps. This is  especially true for the CEO’s who didn’t ascend to their leadership position through the sales ranks and who are not overly sensitive to how sales compensation is earned. The concern is legitimate if one were to look simply at the outgoing commission

Salespeople sell. Sometimes they sell themselves best of all. Resumes are not the only way to measure the value of a salesperson and arguably not even the best way. However, given the volume of resumes recruiters typically receive for a posted sales job, recruiters and HR departments need to understand how to read between the

Management consultants Mark Stein and Lilith Christiansen, studied the hiring practices and staff retention rates at Fortune 500 companies and authored the book, Successful Onboarding, in which some startling observations were made about hiring: Almost a third of employees employed in their current job for less than 6 months are already job searching Almost a third of

With busy schedules and many competing priorities, 90 days passes in the blink of an eye for a sales manager. It is easy to forget to pay attention to how a new sales hire is doing – especially if the rep seems to be doing well – but after making a large investment in recruiting

 Over the years I have been exposed to many sales management theories and strategies, some of them conventional and some of them less so. I have also seen many unconventional ideas evolve into mainstream practices as the times change, with varying degrees of success. Ultimately, challenging conventional wisdom is a smart move, if it results