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4 Ways to Ensure Your Compensation Planning is Driving Sales

A desirable compensation plan not only attracts new high performers but also maximizes the efforts of your current sales representatives. To drive higher sales, bigger deals, and employee retention, follow these four tips.

Focus on Fairness 

When your reps feel that your expectations are motivating rather than defeating and your goals are achievable with just enough challenge woven in — they’ll be incentivized to grow. 

Keep it Clear

Quality compensation planning is simple, consistent, and creates momentum towards company goals. Avoid complexity and don’t make changes too often — complexity only leads to confusion, not closing. 

Give Ample Bonus Opportunities

Sales representatives are often money-motivated individuals who appreciate keeping things interesting. Bonus opportunities should be tied directly to sales behavior and results that your representatives can control so their path to success is straightforward.

Lock In Your Base and Liberate Commissions

70% of top-performing salespeople are more satisfied with compensation packages that emphasize base pay. That said, they also want to increase their earnings without limits. In your compensation planning, consider both to give your sales reps security with your company while keeping them hungry for the next sale. 

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Eliot Burdett
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CEO at Peak Sales Recruiting

Before Peak, Eliot spent more than 20 years building and leading companies, where he took the lead in recruiting and managing high performance sales teams. He co-founded Ventrada Systems (mobile applications) and GlobalX (e-commerce software). He was also Vice President of Sales for PointShot Wireless. Eliot received his B. Comm. from Carleton University and has been honored as a Top 40 Under 40 Award winner. He co-authored Sales Recruiting 2.0, How to Find Top Performing Sales People, Fast and provides regular insights on sales team management and hiring on the Peak Sales Recruiting Blog.