Amid the Great Resignation, recruiting and retention costs are on the rise as competition heats up for high-performing workers. And while many organizations are eager to snap up promising professionals, making hasty hiring decisions can lead to serious losses.
Jonathan Whistman Guest Columnist and Strategic Partner of Kinsey Management Closing is the culmination of all the time and resources your sales reps invest in clients over the sales cycle. Hopefully, sales reps have primed the customer by addressing pain points, overcoming objections, and clearly displaying the value of your product or service. Then, all that remains is to go in for the close and secure the contract. But closing isn’t as easy as extending your arm for a handshake and sliding a contract across the table. “Sales closing is binary by nature. You either close the deal or you
Sales productivity derives from complex interactions between many different factors around deals, conversion rates, and lifetime value. Sales productivity should be measured – and measured accurately. Here we look at the most important metrics you should use to measure your team’s sales productivity.
In sales, the competition to find and win over the most skillful sellers is as consequential a priority as any. The revenue-producing power of the most capable salespeople can fuel entire sales forces and companies to the next level. To locate, engage, and hire more of those hard-to-find game-changers, hiring managers and recruiters must be keenly perceptive and compete with other potential employers for top candidates’ attention.
