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Sales Force Productivity Conference ● 15-17 October 2018 ● Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta ● © 2018 The Sales Management Association. All rights reserved.
LAUNCHING (AND LANDING) A COMMERCIAL EFFECTIVENESS INITIATIVE
Presented by :
GEORGE NICHOLSEmerson
STEVE PENNTekni-Plex
MARGARET PIEKARSKILEAD Training and Consulting
BOB SANDERSReflect Systems
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OUR PRESENTERS
MARGARETPIEKARSKI
Principal
LEAD Training and Consulting
BOBSANDERS
Executive Vice President of Sales
Reflect Systems
GEORGENICHOLS
Director of Sales, AirConditioning
Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions
STEVEPENN
Vice President,Sales & Marketing
Tekni-Plex
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Distinguished Panelist to be Named Later
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Commercial Effectiveness
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Sales Force Change
4Sales Management Association research, Sales Enablement Practices, August 2018.
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Commercial effectiveness:What is it?
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Sales management disciplines are at its core
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Sales management disciplines are at its core
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..also a focus on non-sales functions impacting customer value
EY Bain
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Example Project: ADP
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“The market shift required a radical change in sales strategy... a radical approach to the structure of Global Enterprise Solutions. This was made possible by a leadership change and by executive sponsorship. Change focused on 4 areas…”
Sales Transformation Case Study: Realigning Enterprise Sales at ADP. Sales Force Productivity Conference October 2016
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Example Project: JCI Tyco
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“Legacy Tyco, now Johnson Controls, set out on a major sales force effectiveness transformation, … and faced several challenges…”
As profiled in The ROI of Sales Force Effectiveness Initiatives. Sales Force Productivity Conference October 2016
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SFE Research
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Results of research jointly conducted by Sales Management Association and ZS associates as profiled in The ROI of Sales Force Effectiveness Initiatives, Sales Force Productivity Conference, October 2016
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What motivates your interest in this topic?
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Elements of Commercial Effectiveness
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A continuum of sales management disciplines
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A foundational element
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• Redefining value is often the impetus for CE/SFE projects, but how value is defined often isn’t clear
Value proposition definition
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Delivering value a big challenge
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Sales Management Association research Investments in Salesperson Skill Development 2016.
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How do you know if your value proposition is any good?
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Value Propositions, a crash course
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• There are three generic types• Good value propositions have very specific qualities• Companies are terrible at articulating value
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Not a Value Proposition
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Three Kinds of Value Propositions
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“All Benefits”
A list of every benefit a supplier thinks their offering might deliver
“Favorable Points of Difference”
• Explicitly recognizes that the customer has an alternative.
• Differences in value may not equal differential value to the customer.
“Resonating Focus”
• “Simple yet powerfully captivating”
• Offering must be superior on those few elements of most value to the customer
• Must be communicated in such a way that coveys a sophisticated understanding of the customer’s business priorities.
Narus and Anderson
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The Best Value Propositions
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• Relevance• Quantified value• Differentiation
Narus and Anderson
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Assessing Effectiveness
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A continuum of sales management disciplines
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How do you know where to start?
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Assessing Strategy: Ansoff’s Matrix, adapted
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OFFERINGSCore New or Additional
New
Old
CUSTOMERS
MaintenanceSelling
PenetrationSelling
AcquisitionSelling
New Market Selling
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Assessing Sales Strategy: Maintain, Acquire, Penetrate
1,43521.5% Gross Profit
This Year’s Sales
($MM)
Last Year’s Sales Maintenance
1,05919.9% Gross Profit
$1,44721.3% Gross Profit
73.8%
6.2%20.5%Acquisition
PenetrationChurn(376)20.9% Gross Profit
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9418.6% Gross Profit
29423.4% Gross Profit
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Sales Process’ Advantages
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Sales Management Association research, Automating Sales Process 2014. N= 74 firms. “High performing firms” are those achieving both sales and profit objective in the preceding 12 month performance period.
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Sales Structure: Sales Jobs Taxonomy
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• A taxonomy of sales jobs
HR Chally GrowthPlay
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Assessing Deployment
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Adapted from TerrAlign’s presentation for the Sales Management Association Managing Sales Territories for Maximum Sales Force Productivity, October 2012.
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The coverage model matters too
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• Balancing territories efficiently apportions workload in order to improve productivity
• Job role specialization also affects productivity
“The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is any where directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.”–Adam Smith
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Meanwhile back at the ranch…
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xTransactional Sales Relationships
ConsultativeSales
Relationships
Adapted from Neil Rackham Sales Management’s New Frontier, 2012 Sales Force Productivity Conference
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… sales jobs are “bifurcating”
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x
Transactional Sales Relationships
ConsultativeSales
Relationships
xx
Adapted from Neil Rackham Sales Management’s New Frontier, 2012 Sales Force Productivity Conference
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Other approaches for identifying issues and assessing strategy, process, structure?
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A continuum of sales management disciplines
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How do you assess “selling” effectiveness?
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Structuring Projects
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Typical Project Phases
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How do you allocate effort across a project’s assessment, design, implementation?
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Work Team, Steering Team
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Project Leader
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Mobilizing for Change
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How do you get buy-in? From salespeople? From management? From others?
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How do you get consensus for what to change?
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Implementation
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What are your most significant challenges in implementing change?
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What activities have been most helpful to commercial effectiveness project success?
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Q & A PLEASE BE SURE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. WE’RE RECORDING!
GEORGE NICHOLS
Director of Sales, Air Conditioning
Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions
STEVEPENN
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Tekni-Plex
MARGARETPIEKARSKI
Principal
LEAD Training and Consulting
BOBSANDERS
Executive Vice President of Sales
Reflect Systems
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