Transforming Sales Effectiveness
Transcript of Transforming Sales Effectiveness
Transforming Sales Effectiveness
Saville Assessment Sales Suite
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Setting the Scene The Importance of Sales
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In any organization, the sales department plays a pivotal role in the success of the business
Sales high-performers deliver 67% more revenue a year every year compared with average performers
McKinsey’s ‘War for Talent 2000’ survey
The average annual turnover in sales is 25-30%. That’s the equivalent of the entire sales organization being hired and trained every 4 years or so which is expensive!Harvard Business Review, 2015
27% of U.S. employers said one bad hire at their organization costs more than $50,000
CareerBuilders Survey, 2013
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Setting the Scene Client Challenges
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We want to understand what our sales team’s
strengths and development areas are
- both as individuals and as a group
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We want to be able to identify and
communicate the key behaviors that we are looking for from our
salespeople
We’re about to go through a sales
transformation and we’re not sure if our salespeople are up
to it
We want to be able to match
candidates to the right type of sales roles
We don’t seem to be bringing in the right kind of
salespeople
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Setting the SceneBusiness Drivers for Sales Projects
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Hiring salespeople against key predictors of success
Identifying leadership potential in sales talent
Sales Recruitment Sales Leadership
Organizations moving to a new way of selling
Identifying successful sales profiles and building sale pipelines against them
Sales Development
Sales Transformation
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Using our extensively researched and validated Sales Model, organizations can identify key sales behaviors for profiling, recruiting, developing and benchmarking sales talent.
Saville Assessment Model
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The Science of Sales Saville Assessment Sales Model
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The Science of SalesSaville Assessment Sales Model
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Our integrated suite of sales reports provide organizations with a consistent, aligned and effective approach to the assessment of sales talent across hiring, onboarding and development.
Sales Suite of Reports
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Assesses an individual across eight key sales styles, their potential in eight key sales areas and their sales focus against three indicators related to effectiveness in different sales roles.
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Sales Expert Report
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Sales Expert Report
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Report Snapshot• Expert level report suitable for use in
selecting, onboarding and developing sales talent
• Leverages extra insight using the unique Wave Deep Dives, indicating what motivates sales candidates as well as where they are likely to succeed
• Illustrates a salesperson’s potential across eight key areas of sales behavior to drive better hiring decisions and development activity
• Indicates what type of sales role candidates are more likely to perform well in
Administration• Powered by Wave Professional Styles • Accreditation training required • Used for selecting salespeople,
developing salespeople and identifying sales leadership potential
• Norms available: UK Sales, US Sales and International Sales.
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The Sales Expert Report
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The Sales Expert Report
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Equips front-line managers with the power to transform sales effectiveness in their teams. Identifies sales potential across eight key sales behaviors and role effectiveness across three focus indicators.
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Sales Line Manager Report
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Sales Line Manager Report
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Report Snapshot• User-friendly report equipping hiring
managers with instant access to powerful psychometric data
• Illustrates where a sales candidate is likely to be most effective across 8 key sales behaviors
• Highlights which type of sales roles candidates are most likely to perform well in
• Highlights the workplace environment where sales candidates are most likely to thrive
Administration• Powered by Wave Professional Styles• Instant Access, supporting User Guide
provided • Used to support hiring decisions• Norms available: UK Sales, US Sales
and International Sales
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Sales Line Manager Report
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Candidate report highlighting which workplace situations individuals are most likely to be effective as a salesperson. Can be used for both successful and unsuccessful candidates as part of effective onboarding and positive candidate rejection strategy.
Sales Environment Fit Report
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Sales Environment Fit Report
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Report Snapshot• Illustrates the influence workplace
environment can have on an individuals likely sales performance
• Illustrates what types of workplace situations are likely to enhance or inhibit a candidate’s sales performance
• Helps successful candidates settle into their new role quicker
• Provides better understanding to unsuccessful candidates as to why they weren’t suitable for this role and where they are likely to perform well
Administration• Powered by Wave Professional Styles • Instant Access, Supporting User Guide
Provided • Used for candidate feedback• Norms available: UK Sales, US Sales
and International Sales
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Sales Environment Fit Report
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Generates a series of relevant questions for Hiring Managers to interview sales candidates against. Driven by powerful candidate data, the guide focuses specifically on sales background, sales experience, likely sales focus and sales behaviors.
Sales Interview Guide
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Sales Interview Guide
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Report Snapshot• Questions cover the amount, depth
and relevance of a candidates sales experience
• Includes questions focussing on indicators to specific areas of sales roles to assess where candidates will be most effective
• Interviewers can select questions based on behaviors they have prioritized as most critical to predicting sales performance for the role
• Dynamically verifies candidates strengths and probes areas for development based on candidate data
Administration• Powered by Wave Professional Styles • Instant Access, supporting user guide
provided • Used to drive better interviewing of
sales candidates• Norms available: UK Sales, US Sales
and International Sales
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Sales Interview Guide
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Sales Interview Guide
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Drives superior sales performance of current sales talent. Targets key areas for development, highlights potential overplayed strengths and provides practical development activities.
Sales Development Report
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Sales Development Report
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Report Snapshot• Provides focused development tips to
improve sales performance dependent on how a candidate has scored
• Looks at developing sales potential across 8 key behaviors of sales effectiveness and 3 focus areas of sales roles
• Development tips are given to leverage existing strengths and improve areas of possible limitation
• Mitigates potential negative consequences of overplayed strengths or ‘watch-fors’ through improved self-awareness
Administration• Powered by Wave Professional Styles• Instant access, supporting user guide
provided • Used for driving better performance of
salespeople• Norms available: UK Sales, US Sales
and International Sales
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Sales Development Report
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Sales Validation Studies
For groups of 100 salespeople and more we can offer a sales validation study, creating your own benchmark of sales performance to recruit and develop against.
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Comparisons with the current potential of the sales team helps to identify areas for development
Identifies the key sales behaviors for your salespeople
Enables selection and development against the specific behaviorswhich are essential to success in your organization
Sales individuals complete Wave Professional Styles and their managers rate their effectiveness against sales behaviorsand overall sales performance
Can also include any relevant sales effectiveness or KPI data
Correlations between sales competencies and effectiveness help to establish the sales competencies which best forecast sales effectiveness in your organization
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A Selection of Clients Using our Sales Reports
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