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Aligning Performance Levers
  For Breakthrough Sales Results




       Mike Kunkle
          August 2011
Performance Levers
       The Plan

Agenda
 Overview:
   Background, Definition, Six-Project Approach, Why It’s Worth the Effort
 Walk-through of the Six Projects
 Case Example
 Appendix with Helpful Resources




            “Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.” Mike Tyson         2   2
Performance Levers
       Overview | Definition

 A sad but true tale
           “Karen, we need sales training!”


            Karen reviews sales training.




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Performance Levers
       Overview | Definition

 A sad but true tale

            Karen selects sales training.




                             Note: Miller Heiman is a fine company. This is neither an endorsement nor
                                   a condemnation.
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Performance Levers
       Overview | Definition

 A sad but true tale

            Karen delivers sales training.
                                        Training Expenses




                                                            5
Performance Levers
       Overview | Definition

 A sad but true tale

           “Karen, what happened!?”




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Performance Levers
                 Overview | Definition

   A sad but true tale                                                                             A Xerox
According to a Sales Performance International study, most sales professionals forget at least       study
50% of what they learned in training programs in less than five weeks. For over 44% of 6,000        showed
                         “Karen, what happened!?”
 sales professionals surveyed, they forget in less than one month. Further, salespeople only     that 87% of
         remember 16% of content from sales training workshops after only 90 days.
                                                                                                       the
                                                                                                 knowledge
        According to ES Research Group, 85-95%                                                    learned in
                                                                                                      sales
        of sales training results in no long-term                                                  training is
                                                                                                  lost within
                 impact in performance.                                                            12 weeks.

   A study at Columbia University
   found that up to 95% of what is
    taught in training programs is                            Something needs to change!
  wasted through a failure to transfer
      learning to the workplace.
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Performance Levers
                 Overview | Definition

 An alternative                                            Performance
                                                          Lever Alignment

                      Performer                              Organization
                       Analysis

                                                              Function
 Performance                       Sales & Sales
     Lever                           Manager
  Alignment                          Selection                 Position
                     The Six
                   Performance
                  Lever Projects                                  Task

 Sales & Sales                     Performance
   Manager                             Lever
   Training                        Identification

                                                    Real Sales
                        Best
                      Practices                     Performance
                      Capture
                                                    Improvement

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Performance Levers
            Overview | Definition

Performance Levers
 Critical competencies, knowledge, skills, behaviors and conditions which
  must be present for ethical, sustained high-performance to occur.
 Conditions include other organizational elements such as compensation,
  processes, policies, systems, technology, tools, culture, and more.

Examples: Appointment Setting
 Competencies           Knowledge                Skill/Behaviors                  Conditions
 Assertiveness    How products work          Tracking lead results    Compensation
 Attitude         How to organize leads      Setting appointments     Processes, Policies & Procedures
 Energy Level     How to set appointments    Opening a sales call     Systems, Technology & Tools
 Verbal Skill     How to use collateral      Probing for needs        Performance Management
 Sociability      Sales process stages       Presenting solutions     Reporting
 Independence     How to get answers         Negotiating              And more…




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Performance Levers
        Overview | Definition

 Imagine an 8-cylinder engine, firing on all 8 cylinders.

                                1
                        8                2

                    7                        3

                        6                4
                                5


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Performance Levers
        Overview | Definition

 What happens if it’s only firing on 4 cylinders?

                                1
                        8               2

                    7                       3

                        6               4
                                5

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                                                          11
Performance Levers
          Overview | Definition

 What if more than one system isn’t working right?


     System 1
      Engine




     System 2
         Drive Train


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Performance Levers
          Overview | Definition

 How is this different in organizations?
 System 1
                                System 2
    Hiring
                                     Learning | Development
          System 3
              Compensation                 System 4
                                                   Processes
     System 5
         Coaching | Management
                                         System Et Cetera
                                               And More…
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Performance Levers
        Overview | Definition

 How is this different in organizations?




                     It’s Not!


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Performance Levers
                        Overview | Definition

     Types of Levers                                                          It’s “Systems Thinking”
      Organization (Company)
                                                                                                     Organization

      Function (Department)
                                                                                                        Function
      Position (Role / Job)
         • Task (subset)                                                                                 Position



                                                                                                            Task
Competencies                Knowledge                 Skill/Behaviors                      Conditions
   Assertiveness      How products work            Tracking lead results       Compensation
   Attitude           How to organize leads        Setting appointments        Processes, Policies & Procedures
   Energy Level       How to set appointments      Opening a sales call        Systems, Technology & Tools
   Verbal Skill       How to use collateral        Probing for needs           Performance Management
   Sociability        Sales process stages         Presenting solutions        Reporting
   Independence       How to get answers           Negotiating                 And more..

                                                                              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_Thinking   15 15
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            Performance Levers                                                                                       F
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            Overview | Definition

Sales Training + Levers = Sales Effectiveness
 Sales Training                                          Sales Effectiveness *
  Is an important part of “sales effectiveness”  Includes much more than training
  Preceded by a training needs analysis                  Preceded by a performance gap analysis
  Based on learning objectives                           Based on performance objectives
                                                          Improves workplace behaviors and
  Improves knowledge, skills, or attitudes
                                                           outcomes
  Requires instructional design and/or
                                                          Also requires performance consulting skills
   training delivery skills
  Output includes courses, curricula, training           Output includes learning systems,
   events (e-learning, self-directed,                      processes, policies, technology, systems,
   classroom/instructor-led, field training)               best practices and more
  Tactical: Focused on who, what, why, how,              Strategic: Focused on organizational
   when & where                                            alignment to support high performance

                    * Also referred to as Sales Force Effectiveness, Sales Enablement or Sales Performance Development
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       Performance Levers                                F
                                                         P
                                                         T
       Overview | Definition

Where to Start? I used to consider…
 What can you control (or most strongly influence)?
 Within that span:
   What is the easiest win? (low-hanging fruit)
   Where is the biggest gain? (most mileage)
   What is the biggest pain? (biggest problem solved)

Logical… but these days, to get started…



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       Performance Levers                                                               F
                                                                                        P
                                                                                        T
       Overview | Definition

…I Suggest This:
             Get sourcing, selection, and promoting right:
              Identify the right competencies by role (sales/mgt)
 Selection    Upgrade processes for sourcing and hiring employees
              Upgrade processes for developing and promoting employees
             Do a Position-level Performance Lever analysis:
                Put strong focus here - on the Position levers
 Position       Identify Levers, capture Best Practices and upgrade learning systems
                Get this right for frontline Sales & Sales Management Roles
  Levers        Align as many supporting organizational levers as you can
                Show results
                Then start “tying strings” (aligning) to other levers and functions
             Pure training task analysis: Identify Levers, capture Best Practices and:
   Task       Conduct a great task analysis
                                                   Importance      Difficulty     Frequency
  Levers      Write the tasks into training
              Gather importance, difficulty and frequency to make good training decisions



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          Performance Levers                                                                                           F
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                                                                                                                       T
          Overview | Definition

Selection + Sales & Management Levers + Supporting Org Levers
                                                        Train the Sales
                 Select for the                         Position Levers
                 Competencies
                                                                                                 Train the Sales
                                                                                               Management Levers


                                                         Territory        Consultative          What & How to Train
                        Competencies   Sales Planning
    Align                                               Management          Selling

 Compensation                                                                                 How to Diagnose Levers
                          Account       Technology &      Pipeline        Account
                          Selection       Tool Use      Management      Development
                                                                                                   How to Coach

      Remove Policy &                                                                             How to Manage
       SOP Barriers                                                                                Performance

                                  Improve Internal                Track Success
                                      Service                        Metrics


                                                Note: These are just examples and may not be right for your organization

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              Performance Levers                                                              F
                                                                                              P
                                                                                              T
              Overview | Definition

What are They in Your World? Start Thinking Now….
Varies by Role But                What Should You Add / Subtract For Your Company?
Will Include…                      Document and discuss ideas with top producers & leaders
   Hiring Competencies            Agree on a hypothesis
   Recruiting | Selection         Perform the analysis | Conduct the research
   Compensation                    – Survey(s)
   Reporting                       – Interviews | Focus Groups
And May Include…                    – Observation
   Product Knowledge
   Setting Goals & Objectives    Your Performance Lever Mix
   Lead Management
   Technology | Tools
   Account Selection
   Consultative Selling Skills
   Pipeline Management
   Account Management
   Account Development
   Follow-up | Follow-through
   Training | Coaching
   Action Planning
   …and more…
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Performance Levers
           Overview | Definition

High-Level Overview: DIY “How To”
 Performer Analysis (Who To Study)
 Sales & Sales Manager Selection (How to Select, Promote & Develop)
    Assessments, competencies, sourcing, interviewing, selection, tracking, validation
 Performance Lever Identification (What Really Drives Performance)
    Interviews to create hypotheses for Performance Levers (sales reps & sales managers)
    Surveys to confirm / hone Performance Levers
 Best Practices Capture (Details of Each Position/Task Lever)
    Interviews / focus groups / observation to gather Best Practices
 (Re)Design Training for Sales & Sales Managers (Share the Knowledge)
    Learning systems: pre-work, training, post-work, reinforcement, measurement, reporting
 Align Other Levers (Support the Levers Every Way Possible)
    Measure, report, feedback, adjust, repeat


                                                         Which becomes….
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Performance Levers
                Overview | Definition – The Six Projects

                   Performer
                    Analysis
                                                Performance Lever Project Series
Performance                    Sales & Sales     Performer Analysis
    Lever                        Manager
 Alignment                       Selection       Sales & Sales Manager Selection
                                                 Performance Lever Identification
                                                 Best Practices Capture
                                                 Sales & Sales Manager Training
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager
  Training
                                   Lever
                               Identification    Performance Lever Alignment

                     Best
                   Practices
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
          Overview – Why Go Through All This?

Just a few of the many reasons…
 Better hiring | shorter-ramp up for new hires and promotions
 Geometric growth for incumbents (vs. incremental)
 Greater customer satisfaction & loyalty
 Break out of “80/20 prison”
 Improve “average” performance levels across the organization
 Rewards and incentives that drive the right behavior
 Systemic alignment fosters clarity and focus – people “feel better” (reduced
  frustration and cognitive dissonance)

But most importantly, we do it for the bottom-line results…


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Performance Levers
          Overview – Why Go Through All This?

The Outcome | Bottom-line Results (Real Examples):
 A $398MM sales revenue increase, a $9.96MM net profit increase and a
  400% return on investment
 Increased sales per rep by 47% through changes in territory management
  and sales coaching
 Increased sales results 600% over previous year while decreasing net
  operating expenses by 21%
 Improved average profitability per rep by 11% in 4 months
 Improved processing efficiency (order pull-through) by 16% in 6 months.
 Newly-hired and trained 4-month employees outperformed a control
  group of untrained 5-year employees
 Increased loans closed per FTE in the 3-month period after training by 2.3
  per month (average revenue increase of $183K per class or $36.6MM in 12
  months)

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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – The Six Projects

                   Performer
                    Analysis
                                                Performance Lever Project Series
Performance                    Sales & Sales     Performer Analysis
    Lever                        Manager
 Alignment                       Selection       Sales & Sales Manager Selection
                                                 Performance Lever Identification
                                                 Best Practices Capture
                                                 Sales & Sales Manager Training
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager
  Training
                                   Lever
                               Identification    Performance Lever Alignment

                     Best
                   Practices
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Performer Analysis

                  Performer
                   Analysis
                                                Performance Lever Project Series
Performance                    Sales & Sales     Performer Analysis
    Lever                        Manager
 Alignment                       Selection       Sales & Sales Manager Selection
                                                 Performance Lever Identification
                                                 Best Practices Capture
                                                 Sales & Sales Manager Training
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager
  Training
                                   Lever
                               Identification    Performance Lever Alignment

                     Best
                   Practices
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Performer Analysis

                                                Performer Analysis
                  Performer
                   Analysis                      WHAT:
                                                  Identify top, average & low producing sales
                                                  reps.
Performance                    Sales & Sales
    Lever                        Manager          Identify top, average & low producing sales
 Alignment                       Selection        managers.

                                                 HOW:
                                                  Analyze a year of sales data & create a
                                                  weighted scoring system across multiple
                                                  metrics/products.
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager                          Lever
                                                  Some discussion & surveys with managers.
  Training                     Identification
                                                 WHY:
                     Best                         Provides a mix of performers to study in various
                   Practices                      ways, to determine true differentiating factors.
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
             DIY | How To – Performer Analysis

Example of Performer Categories                                                                n=
                    New = >30 days, <271 days
  Top New Reps                                                 Often “top” includes tiers:     39
                    Top = In the Top Quartile of all metrics
                                                                4% | 10% | 15% | 25%
                    Seasoned = >365 days (many 5+ years)
Top Seasoned Reps                                                                              307
                    Top = In the Top Quartile of all metrics
  Average Reps      Selected randomly, between mean and median production                      298
Low Producer Reps   Selected randomly from the bottom 20%                                      348
Top SM Producers    Top = In the Top Quartile of all metrics, personal production              15
  Top SM Team
                    Top = Top Quartile all metrics, w/o SM results + survey of their Mgr       52
    Managers
                    Top = In Top Producer group personally + Top Quartile all metrics w/o SM
   Top SM Both                                                                                 5
                    results + survey of their Mgr
Average SM (Team) Selected randomly, between mean and median production                        79
Low Performing SM
                  Selected randomly from the bottom 20%                                        32
     (Team)

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Performance Levers
           DIY | How To – Performer Analysis

Example of Sales Metrics
                       Metrics                            Quarterly Weighting *
                          Create a weighted scoring system…
                     # of Sales                                  Med-High (2-3)
                     $ Volume                                      Low (1)
            Pull-Through Rate                                        Med (1-2)
           Avg # Sales/Day/Rep                                       High (3-4)
             Avg $ Vol/Day/Rep                                   Med-High (2-3)
             Cross-Sell Percent                                   Med (1-2)

   * Review the last 12 months & the last quarter. Weight the quarter more heavily. Blend the scores.

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Performance Levers
        DIY | How To – Performer Analysis

Example of Analysis – Sales Reps
         Low
         High
         4th Quartile
         Mean Avg.      Sort Descending
         Median         Highlight 4th Quartile
                        Apply Weighting
                        Repeat & Total




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Performance Levers
        DIY | How To – Performer Analysis

Example of Analysis – Sales Reps
         Low
         High
         4th Quartile
         Mean Avg.      Sort Descending
         Median         Highlight 4th Quartile
                        Apply Weighting
                        Repeat & Total




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Performance Levers
               DIY | How To – Performer Analysis

Example of Analysis – Sales Managers
Consider things like:
 Avg Productivity
   Avg # and $/rep /time
 Engagement: % of team
  producing and/or goal %/rep
 Total Team Sales: $ and #
 Avg Time to 1st Sale (new reps)
 Pipeline Stats & Pull-through %
 Cross-sell Ratios or Penetration
 Trend Indicators (actual # last
  month, avg/month over 13
  weeks, avg/month past year)
 Survey Their Managers
   Remove the “luck” factor
   Remove “inherited territory”
   Remove “one great rep”




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Performance Levers
           DIY | How To – Performer Analysis

                                 Partner with Smart People with SAS, SPSS, or Minitab *
                                         to Crunch Data for Validity, as Needed




* Of course, learning research methodology and statistics is a viable option for the brave…
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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Sales & Manager Selection

                  Performer
                   Analysis
                                                Performance Lever Project Series
Performance                    Sales & Sales     Performer Analysis
    Lever                        Manager
 Alignment                       Selection       Sales & Sales Manager Selection
                                                 Performance Lever Identification
                                                 Best Practices Capture
                                                 Sales & Sales Manager Training
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager
  Training
                                   Lever
                               Identification    Performance Lever Alignment

                     Best
                   Practices
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Sales & Manager Selection

                                                Sales & Sales Manager Selection
                  Performer
                   Analysis                      WHAT:
                                                  Psychometric assessments that measure
                                                  thinking styles, behavioral traits and interest.
Performance                    Sales & Sales
    Lever                        Manager
 Alignment                       Selection       HOW:
                                                  Most vendors now offer online assessments.

                                                 WHY:
                                                  The assessments will help you identify
                                                  competencies. You can identify statistically
Sales & Sales                  Performance        validated patterns that predict success, based
  Manager                          Lever
  Training                     Identification     on your top performers.
                                                  You can use the results to further develop &
                     Best                         coach your current leaders.
                   Practices                      You can better identify future leaders, who are
                   Capture
                                                  like your very best today.



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Performance Levers
                  DIY | How To – Sales & Manager Selection

Methods
   Competency Identification
   Interview Methods
   Other Checks
   Psychometric Assessments
   Job Matching
   Blended Models
                      My Favorite?
         Blended w/ Psychometric + Job Matching
Sources:
 Professor Mike Smith, University of Manchester, August 1994
 John E. Hunter and Ronda F. Hunter, Validity and Utility of Alternative Predictors of Job Performance, Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 96, No.1, 1984, p. 90
 Robert P. Tett, Douglas N. Jackson, and Mitchell Rothstein, Personality Measures as Predictors of Job Performance: A Meta-Analytical Review,
   Personnel Psychology, Winter 1991, p.703. Michigan State University’s School of Business.                                                                  36
Performance Levers
           DIY | How To – Sales & Manager Selection

Psychometric Assessments
 Thinking | Cognitive Factors
 Behavioral Traits                                   One-third of the
 Occupational Interests                              Hiring Decision
Get it right:
 Normative vs. Ipsative
 Focus on Predictive Validity
 Use the same Performer Categories from your other Analysis
    Compare top | middle | bottom to look for differentiating factors
 Hire, develop and promote based on those factors, as well as performance
  data (whenever possible)
 Bring in experts

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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification

                  Performer
                   Analysis
                                                Performance Lever Project Series
Performance                    Sales & Sales     Performer Analysis
    Lever                        Manager
 Alignment                       Selection       Sales & Sales Manager Selection
                                                 Performance Lever Identification
                                                 Best Practices Capture
                                                 Sales & Sales Manager Training
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager
  Training
                                   Lever
                               Identification    Other Performance Lever Alignment

                     Best
                   Practices
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification

                                                Performance Lever Identification
                  Performer
                   Analysis                      WHAT:
                                                  Identify the knowledge, skills, behaviors or
                                                  conditions that must exist for ethical, sustained,
Performance                    Sales & Sales
    Lever                        Manager          high performance to occur.
 Alignment                       Selection        Formulate hypotheses about what the levers are
                                                  for frontline sales and sales management roles.
                                                  Confirm and validate the levers through research.

                                                 HOW:
                                                  Through discussion, surveys, interviews, focus
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager                          Lever
                                                  groups, and observation of frontline sales reps
  Training                     Identification     and their managers.

                     Best
                                                 WHY:
                   Practices                      This will confirm where to focus your efforts
                   Capture
                                                  capturing Best Practices, which provides training
                                                  content.


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Performance Levers
        DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification

Formulating the Hypotheses
 Start with some known practices
 Talk with:
   Executives
   Other leaders
   Frontline sales reps
   Frontline sales managers
   Sales operations and support staff
   And possibly, customers
 Label the big buckets and detail the tasks
 Don’t get married – you’re just dating
 Build the surveys to confirm the hypotheses

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Performance Levers
       DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification
                                            Identify the high-level
Survey Design                          Performance Levers (hypotheses)




    Document the potential tasks for
        the Performance Lever




                                       Ask what you’ve missed




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Performance Levers
       DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification

Survey Design
                            Clearly define Performance Lever




                                                               Define the role




     Add instructions for
    completing the survey



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Performance Levers
           DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification

Survey Design (Scales)
 Rate the statement provided.
                                     Using empathy statements to acknowledge a prospect’s situation/feelings
 How much do you agree it’s a
  Performance Lever?
 If rated 1-2, next question.
 If rated 3-5:
       Importance & Difficulty
 And in some cases:
       Frequency: Actual & Should




 In addition, you should ask what you missed, by Lever, and a handful of other
  questions – such as normal demographics & Continue | Start | Stop.
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Performance Levers
           DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification
                                                       Look Familiar?
                                 Partner with Smart People with SAS, SPSS, or Minitab *
                                         to Crunch Data for Validity, as Needed




* Of course, learning research methodology and statistics is STILL a viable option for the brave…
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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Best Practices Capture

                  Performer
                   Analysis
                                                Performance Lever Project Series
Performance                    Sales & Sales     Performer Analysis
    Lever                        Manager
 Alignment                       Selection       Sales & Sales Manager Selection
                                                 Performance Lever Identification
                                                 Best Practices Capture
                                                 Sales & Sales Manager Training
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager
  Training
                                   Lever
                               Identification    Performance Lever Alignment

                     Best
                   Practices
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Best Practices Capture

                                                Best Practices Capture
                  Performer
                   Analysis                      WHAT:
                                                  Document the best practices and differentiating
                                                  behaviors of top performers, which can be
Performance                    Sales & Sales
    Lever                        Manager          replicated and trained.
 Alignment                       Selection
                                                 HOW:
                                                  Through discussion, interviews, focus groups
                                                  and observation of the frontline sales reps and
                                                  managers identified during Performer Analysis.

Sales & Sales
  Manager
                               Performance
                                   Lever
                                                 WHY:
  Training                     Identification     To share best practices broadly and (re)design
                                                  training around them.
                     Best
                   Practices
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
        DIY | How To – Best Practices Capture

Data Collection Methods
 Interviews
   In-person, phone, webinar
 Focus Groups                              Getting the Straight Scoop
   In-person, webinar                         What really happens “out there”
                                               Account for the Hawthorne effect
 Field Observation                            Trust, truth and strict confidentiality
   5-10 top performers                        Autonomy, mastery and purpose *
   3 average
   2 in ninth decile
   More, pending time, resources & budget



                         * Thank you, Daniel Pink (author of Drive)
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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Sales & Sales Manager Training

                  Performer
                   Analysis
                                                Performance Lever Project Series
Performance                    Sales & Sales     Performer Analysis
    Lever                        Manager
 Alignment                       Selection       Sales & Sales Manager Selection
                                                 Performance Lever Identification
                                                 Best Practices Capture
                                                 Sales & Sales Manager Training
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager
  Training
                                   Lever
                               Identification    Performance Lever Alignment

                     Best
                   Practices
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Sales & Sales Manager Training

                                                Sales & Sales Manager Training
                  Performer
                   Analysis                      WHAT:
                                                  (Re)design sales and sales management training
                                                  (learning systems) around your best practices.
Performance                    Sales & Sales
    Lever                        Manager          Ensure that your training includes the right
 Alignment                       Selection        content and produces ethical, sustainable, high
                                                  performance in the real world.

                                                 HOW:
                                                  Develop courses and implement learning and
                                                  transfer systems, incorporating what you’ve
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager                          Lever
                                                  learned in this research.
  Training                     Identification
                                                 WHY:
                     Best                         To improve training, further share best
                   Practices                      practices, and improve work performance of
                   Capture
                                                  frontline sales reps and sales managers.



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Performance Levers
        DIY | How To – Sales & Sales Manager Training

Sales Training is the Easy Part
      Teach Position Performance Levers and Tasks!
Teach sales reps:
 If new, yes, do onboarding and orientations, but then…
 Focus on the major Performance Levers
 Teach the Performance Lever Tasks
 Create and share Performance Support
 Share Knowledge but Focus on Behaviors & Skills
 Build-in extensive Transfer Plans
                Teach Them The Replicable
              Best Practices of Top Performers
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Performance Levers
        DIY | How To – Sales & Sales Manager Training

As You Develop Sales Manager Training, Remember…
    Frontline Sales Management is the Pivotal Role!
Teach managers:
 What you teach reps (in advance)
 How to diagnose and identify issues with Performance Levers
 How to coach to improve levers (behavioral coaching)
 How to develop motivational action plans (management science)
 How to reinforce, reward, and manage performance
 NOTE: Other Lever – Reward managers for the above behaviors
       Teach Them To Get Results Through Others
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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Performance Lever Alignment

                  Performer
                   Analysis
                                                Performance Lever Project Series
Performance                    Sales & Sales     Performer Analysis
    Lever                        Manager
 Alignment                       Selection       Sales & Sales Manager Selection
                                                 Performance Lever Identification
                                                 Best Practices Capture
                                                 Sales & Sales Manager Training
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager
  Training
                                   Lever
                               Identification    Performance Lever Alignment

                     Best
                   Practices
                   Capture




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Performance Levers
                DIY | How To – Performance Lever Alignment

                                                Performance Lever Alignment
                  Performer
                   Analysis                      WHAT:
                                                  Review policies, practices, processes,
                                                  procedures, systems, compensations, and other
Performance                    Sales & Sales
    Lever                        Manager          organization factors.
 Alignment                       Selection
                                                 HOW:
                                                  By sharing study results with other
                                                  organizational leaders and discussing how you
                                                  can best support the Performance Levers and
                                                  Best Practices.
Sales & Sales                  Performance
  Manager                          Lever
                                                  If you have an OD team, get them involved.
  Training                     Identification
                                                 WHY:
                     Best                         To align as many other organizational elements
                   Practices                      as possible to support the performance levers
                   Capture
                                                  and best practices – to create an environment
                                                  which supports sales success as much as
                                                  possible.

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Performance Levers
         DIY | How To – Performance Lever Alignment

Recommended Initial Focus for Alignment
 Get sales compensation right – rely on experts, if needed
 Get out of the “Sales Prevention Business”
    Ask frontline reps and managers, you’ll hear plenty to fix
 Eliminate restrictive policies designed for situations that occur
  once a quarter
 Conduct a Force Field Analysis* with top sales performers and
  sales managers – remove restraining forces first




                      * Thank you, Kurt Lewin, for Force Field Analysis
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Case Example
Sales Performance Levers Applied to:
 B2B Financial Services
 Wholesale Mortgage Origination Channel
 Low Base | High Commission
Case Example
           B2B Financial Services Company
The Business Situation and Problems
   Good growth rate – Wall Street darling
   Original team was doing very well (top 20% delivering 80% of production)
   New Hires struggling – annualized NH turnover was growing fast
   Sales training was one week in a classroom, all lecture
   There was no reinforcement, planned transfer or evaluation
   Reporting was fragmented, hard to interpret, not actionable
   The best of the new sales people were promoted into management, but…
   No management training and managers each managed their own way
   Coaching was rare
   Performance management was, “You did X last month. You need to do Y next
    month or you’ll be fired”
   If you had industry sales experience, wanted the job, and could fog a mirror,
    the job was yours
   Few understood the complex compensation system.


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Case Example
       B2B Financial Services Company

Challenge from the President

 The President told our Performance Development team:

  “I believe in this group and what you were hired to do. But I
  want to be clear. If you can’t deliver on your promises about
  improving performance, you won’t be sitting at this table this
  time next year.”




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Case Example
          B2B Financial Services Company
Performance Projects
 Analysis of past and past results | current state | current results. (Point A)
 Discussion with senior management on strategic direction, goals and
  performance objectives. (Point B)
 Analysis of traits, habits, skills and practices of carefully selected Top, Middle
  and Low Performers…
 Individual Interviews | Multiple Surveys | Focus Groups | Observations
 “Hiring Right” project – what’s the “right stuff” for our roles? How do we
  hire, develop and promote people effectively?
 Process analysis and documentation review for possible Lean projects.
 Review of compensation and incentive programs and practices for sales.
 Review of sales management practices.
 Customer Interviews, Surveys, and Focus Groups.
 So, basically, we ran The Six Projects (and included customer feedback)
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Case Example
          B2B Financial Services Company

How We Created a Performance Enhancing System
 Vetted the analysis, identified the levers and communicated everywhere
 Created 3-week sales training curriculum for new hires (2 weeks remote + 1
  week in class) – taught all levers, changed behaviors in class & certified
 All new managers went through the program and were certified
 Taught incumbent managers separately and certified
 Developed a coaching program for managers (and yes, certified them)
 Aligned comp, performance management and reporting/metrics
 Started work on the supporting levers
 Constant communication | monitoring with dashboard reports
 Quick feedback loops, performance hotline, adjusted course as needed
 Transitioned leaders to take ownership and accountability
 Top-down, C-level support was critical
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Case Example
          B2B Financial Services Company

Some Results
 Reduced average ramp-up time to minimum acceptable performance for
  newly-hired/trained reps from 6 months to 3
 Increased average purchase from $156K to $167K
 Reduced turnover from 44% to 28% (new hire one-year from 78% to 24%)
 Increased size of “top producer” performers from 9% to 14%
 Increased New Customer “Stick Rate” (stat not available)
 Decreased “order” processing time by 16%
 Improved order pull-through from 47% to 54%
But most importantly…
 $398MM Increase in Revenue  $9.9MM Increase in Net Profit  400% Training ROI

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Case Example
           B2B Financial Services Company
Real-World Tips & “Gotchas” From This Case
 Analysis of traits, habits, skills and practices of carefully selected Top,
  Middle and Low Performers
    Validate performer status closely: Especially rule out “inherited a great territory”
      and other factors that mask “earned” top-producer status
 Methods: Individual Interviews | Multiple Surveys | Focus Groups |
  Observations  You must see what they’re doing!
 Insert the Voice of the Customer – whenever possible: talk to them and
  listen!
 Be ruthless on process reviews. Streamline!
 Forget “sales experience.” Assess | Hire | Train | Develop
 Listen most closely to the real top producers, those moving up steadily, and
  superstar new hires who leap out of the gate
 Agree on what success looks like, with executives, upfront, and how it will
  be measured

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Appendix
                     Helpful Resources 

http://www.slideshare.net/MikeKunkle/aligning-performance-levers-for-breakthrough-sales-results-082011




                    Aligning Performance Levers For
                       Breakthrough Sales Results
.




          Performance Levers                                    .         .




          Helpful Resources
                                                                .         .




                                                                    .




Analysis
   http://amzn.to/AnalyzingPerformanceProblems
   http://amzn.to/AnalysisImprovingPerformance
   http://bit.ly/FirstThingsFast
   http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/analysis/analysis.html
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_performance_technology
   http://www.pignc-ispi.com/articles/Vol42_05_08.pdf
   http://www.ue295.com/xtranet/html/timeline/harless.html




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          Performance Levers                                       .         .




          Helpful Resources
                                                                   .         .




                                                                       .




Selection
For those interested in exploring assessments, here are some unbiased
educational resources:
 http://www.uniformguidelines.com/index.html
 http://wdr.doleta.gov/opr/FULLTEXT/99-testassess.pdf
 http://www.shrm.org/about/foundation/research/Documents/assessment
   _methods.pdf
And some companies to research:
 http://rocket-hire.com – Dr. Charles Handler evaluates vendors
 http://www.profilesinternational.com
 http://www.selfmgmt.com/en/default.aspx
 http://www.peopleanswers.com
 http://www.previsor.com
 http://www.thebrooksgroup.com
 http://www.objectivemanagementgroup.com
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          Performance Levers                           .         .




          Helpful Resources
                                                       .         .




                                                           .




Performance Improvement
   http://bit.ly/Wallace6Pack
   http://bit.ly/BusinessProcessChange
   http://bit.ly/PerformanceConsultantsFieldbook
   http://amzn.to/HandbookImprovingPerformance
   http://amzn.to/HumanCompetence
   http://amzn.to/WhiteSpaceRevisited
   http://amzn.to/CompensatingTheSalesForce
   http://amzn.to/MgtPerformanceImprovementPlans
   http://amzn.to/TrainingAintPerformance
   http://amzn.to/FundamentalsPerformanceTechnology
   http://amzn.to/HandbookHPT
   http://amzn.to/HandbookHPT2
   http://amzn.to/SeriousPerformanceConsulting
   http://amzn.to/PerformanceArchitecture

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          Performance Levers                                     .         .




          Helpful Resources
                                                                 .         .




                                                                     .




Best Practices
   http://amzn.to/MakingTheNumber ~ http://www.makingthenumber.com
   http://bit.ly/BestPracticeKnowledgeManagement
   http://bit.ly/IdentifyingOrgBestPractices
   http://www.csoinsights.com/sales-research-data
   http://www.csoinsights.com/Topics/Sales-Process-Best-Practices
   http://slidesha.re/BestPracticesWorldClassSales
Sales Best Practices Research
 http://www.achieveglobal.com/resources/?cat=1
 http://www.millerheiman.com/research_center/sales_best_practices_study
   /index.html
 http://www.huthwaite.com/en/Resource%20Center/Whitepapers.aspx
 https://sec.executiveboard.com/Public/Default.aspx
 http://www.salesbenchmarkindex.com
 http://salesmanagement.org
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          Performance Levers                                         .         .




          Helpful Resources
                                                                     .         .




                                                                         .




Sales & Sales Management Training
   http://www.scribd.com/doc/46526471/Basic-Instructional-Design-Principles
   http://www.esresearch.com
   http://bit.ly/MagerSixPack
   http://bit.ly/EvidencedBasedTraining
   http://bit.ly/JobAidsPerformanceSupport
   http://amzn.to/BeyondTransfer
   http://amzn.to/TheFourLevels
   http://amzn.to/MeasureTrainingResults
   http://www.ecsellinstitute.com/6-pillars-philosophy




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Aligning Performance Levers for Breakthrough Sales Results 08-2011

  • 1. Aligning Performance Levers For Breakthrough Sales Results Mike Kunkle August 2011
  • 2. Performance Levers The Plan Agenda  Overview:  Background, Definition, Six-Project Approach, Why It’s Worth the Effort  Walk-through of the Six Projects  Case Example  Appendix with Helpful Resources “Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.” Mike Tyson 2 2
  • 3. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  A sad but true tale “Karen, we need sales training!” Karen reviews sales training. 3
  • 4. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  A sad but true tale Karen selects sales training. Note: Miller Heiman is a fine company. This is neither an endorsement nor a condemnation. 4
  • 5. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  A sad but true tale Karen delivers sales training. Training Expenses 5
  • 6. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  A sad but true tale “Karen, what happened!?” 6
  • 7. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  A sad but true tale A Xerox According to a Sales Performance International study, most sales professionals forget at least study 50% of what they learned in training programs in less than five weeks. For over 44% of 6,000 showed “Karen, what happened!?” sales professionals surveyed, they forget in less than one month. Further, salespeople only that 87% of remember 16% of content from sales training workshops after only 90 days. the knowledge According to ES Research Group, 85-95% learned in sales of sales training results in no long-term training is lost within impact in performance. 12 weeks. A study at Columbia University found that up to 95% of what is taught in training programs is Something needs to change! wasted through a failure to transfer learning to the workplace. 7
  • 8. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  An alternative Performance Lever Alignment Performer Organization Analysis Function Performance Sales & Sales Lever Manager Alignment Selection Position The Six Performance Lever Projects Task Sales & Sales Performance Manager Lever Training Identification Real Sales Best Practices Performance Capture Improvement 8
  • 9. Performance Levers Overview | Definition Performance Levers  Critical competencies, knowledge, skills, behaviors and conditions which must be present for ethical, sustained high-performance to occur.  Conditions include other organizational elements such as compensation, processes, policies, systems, technology, tools, culture, and more. Examples: Appointment Setting Competencies Knowledge Skill/Behaviors Conditions  Assertiveness  How products work  Tracking lead results  Compensation  Attitude  How to organize leads  Setting appointments  Processes, Policies & Procedures  Energy Level  How to set appointments  Opening a sales call  Systems, Technology & Tools  Verbal Skill  How to use collateral  Probing for needs  Performance Management  Sociability  Sales process stages  Presenting solutions  Reporting  Independence  How to get answers  Negotiating  And more… 9
  • 10. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  Imagine an 8-cylinder engine, firing on all 8 cylinders. 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 10 10
  • 11. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  What happens if it’s only firing on 4 cylinders? 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 11 11
  • 12. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  What if more than one system isn’t working right? System 1  Engine System 2  Drive Train 12 12
  • 13. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  How is this different in organizations? System 1 System 2  Hiring  Learning | Development System 3  Compensation System 4  Processes System 5  Coaching | Management System Et Cetera  And More… 13 13
  • 14. Performance Levers Overview | Definition  How is this different in organizations? It’s Not! 14 14
  • 15. Performance Levers Overview | Definition Types of Levers It’s “Systems Thinking”  Organization (Company) Organization  Function (Department) Function  Position (Role / Job) • Task (subset) Position Task Competencies Knowledge Skill/Behaviors Conditions  Assertiveness  How products work  Tracking lead results  Compensation  Attitude  How to organize leads  Setting appointments  Processes, Policies & Procedures  Energy Level  How to set appointments  Opening a sales call  Systems, Technology & Tools  Verbal Skill  How to use collateral  Probing for needs  Performance Management  Sociability  Sales process stages  Presenting solutions  Reporting  Independence  How to get answers  Negotiating  And more.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_Thinking 15 15
  • 16. O Performance Levers F P T Overview | Definition Sales Training + Levers = Sales Effectiveness Sales Training Sales Effectiveness *  Is an important part of “sales effectiveness”  Includes much more than training  Preceded by a training needs analysis  Preceded by a performance gap analysis  Based on learning objectives  Based on performance objectives  Improves workplace behaviors and  Improves knowledge, skills, or attitudes outcomes  Requires instructional design and/or  Also requires performance consulting skills training delivery skills  Output includes courses, curricula, training  Output includes learning systems, events (e-learning, self-directed, processes, policies, technology, systems, classroom/instructor-led, field training) best practices and more  Tactical: Focused on who, what, why, how,  Strategic: Focused on organizational when & where alignment to support high performance * Also referred to as Sales Force Effectiveness, Sales Enablement or Sales Performance Development 16
  • 17. O Performance Levers F P T Overview | Definition Where to Start? I used to consider…  What can you control (or most strongly influence)?  Within that span:  What is the easiest win? (low-hanging fruit)  Where is the biggest gain? (most mileage)  What is the biggest pain? (biggest problem solved) Logical… but these days, to get started… 17 17
  • 18. O Performance Levers F P T Overview | Definition …I Suggest This: Get sourcing, selection, and promoting right:  Identify the right competencies by role (sales/mgt) Selection  Upgrade processes for sourcing and hiring employees  Upgrade processes for developing and promoting employees Do a Position-level Performance Lever analysis:  Put strong focus here - on the Position levers Position  Identify Levers, capture Best Practices and upgrade learning systems  Get this right for frontline Sales & Sales Management Roles Levers  Align as many supporting organizational levers as you can  Show results  Then start “tying strings” (aligning) to other levers and functions Pure training task analysis: Identify Levers, capture Best Practices and: Task  Conduct a great task analysis Importance Difficulty Frequency Levers  Write the tasks into training  Gather importance, difficulty and frequency to make good training decisions 18 18
  • 19. O Performance Levers F P T Overview | Definition Selection + Sales & Management Levers + Supporting Org Levers Train the Sales Select for the Position Levers Competencies Train the Sales Management Levers Territory Consultative What & How to Train Competencies Sales Planning Align Management Selling Compensation How to Diagnose Levers Account Technology & Pipeline Account Selection Tool Use Management Development How to Coach Remove Policy & How to Manage SOP Barriers Performance Improve Internal Track Success Service Metrics Note: These are just examples and may not be right for your organization 19
  • 20. O Performance Levers F P T Overview | Definition What are They in Your World? Start Thinking Now…. Varies by Role But What Should You Add / Subtract For Your Company? Will Include…  Document and discuss ideas with top producers & leaders  Hiring Competencies  Agree on a hypothesis  Recruiting | Selection  Perform the analysis | Conduct the research  Compensation – Survey(s)  Reporting – Interviews | Focus Groups And May Include… – Observation  Product Knowledge  Setting Goals & Objectives Your Performance Lever Mix  Lead Management  Technology | Tools  Account Selection  Consultative Selling Skills  Pipeline Management  Account Management  Account Development  Follow-up | Follow-through  Training | Coaching  Action Planning  …and more… 20 20
  • 21. Performance Levers Overview | Definition High-Level Overview: DIY “How To”  Performer Analysis (Who To Study)  Sales & Sales Manager Selection (How to Select, Promote & Develop)  Assessments, competencies, sourcing, interviewing, selection, tracking, validation  Performance Lever Identification (What Really Drives Performance)  Interviews to create hypotheses for Performance Levers (sales reps & sales managers)  Surveys to confirm / hone Performance Levers  Best Practices Capture (Details of Each Position/Task Lever)  Interviews / focus groups / observation to gather Best Practices  (Re)Design Training for Sales & Sales Managers (Share the Knowledge)  Learning systems: pre-work, training, post-work, reinforcement, measurement, reporting  Align Other Levers (Support the Levers Every Way Possible)  Measure, report, feedback, adjust, repeat Which becomes…. 21
  • 22. Performance Levers Overview | Definition – The Six Projects Performer Analysis Performance Lever Project Series Performance Sales & Sales  Performer Analysis Lever Manager Alignment Selection  Sales & Sales Manager Selection  Performance Lever Identification  Best Practices Capture  Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales & Sales Performance Manager Training Lever Identification  Performance Lever Alignment Best Practices Capture 22
  • 23. Performance Levers Overview – Why Go Through All This? Just a few of the many reasons…  Better hiring | shorter-ramp up for new hires and promotions  Geometric growth for incumbents (vs. incremental)  Greater customer satisfaction & loyalty  Break out of “80/20 prison”  Improve “average” performance levels across the organization  Rewards and incentives that drive the right behavior  Systemic alignment fosters clarity and focus – people “feel better” (reduced frustration and cognitive dissonance) But most importantly, we do it for the bottom-line results… 23 23
  • 24. Performance Levers Overview – Why Go Through All This? The Outcome | Bottom-line Results (Real Examples):  A $398MM sales revenue increase, a $9.96MM net profit increase and a 400% return on investment  Increased sales per rep by 47% through changes in territory management and sales coaching  Increased sales results 600% over previous year while decreasing net operating expenses by 21%  Improved average profitability per rep by 11% in 4 months  Improved processing efficiency (order pull-through) by 16% in 6 months.  Newly-hired and trained 4-month employees outperformed a control group of untrained 5-year employees  Increased loans closed per FTE in the 3-month period after training by 2.3 per month (average revenue increase of $183K per class or $36.6MM in 12 months) 24 24
  • 25. Performance Levers DIY | How To – The Six Projects Performer Analysis Performance Lever Project Series Performance Sales & Sales  Performer Analysis Lever Manager Alignment Selection  Sales & Sales Manager Selection  Performance Lever Identification  Best Practices Capture  Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales & Sales Performance Manager Training Lever Identification  Performance Lever Alignment Best Practices Capture 25
  • 26. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performer Analysis Performer Analysis Performance Lever Project Series Performance Sales & Sales  Performer Analysis Lever Manager Alignment Selection  Sales & Sales Manager Selection  Performance Lever Identification  Best Practices Capture  Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales & Sales Performance Manager Training Lever Identification  Performance Lever Alignment Best Practices Capture 26
  • 27. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performer Analysis Performer Analysis Performer Analysis  WHAT: Identify top, average & low producing sales reps. Performance Sales & Sales Lever Manager Identify top, average & low producing sales Alignment Selection managers.  HOW: Analyze a year of sales data & create a weighted scoring system across multiple metrics/products. Sales & Sales Performance Manager Lever Some discussion & surveys with managers. Training Identification  WHY: Best Provides a mix of performers to study in various Practices ways, to determine true differentiating factors. Capture 27
  • 28. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performer Analysis Example of Performer Categories n= New = >30 days, <271 days Top New Reps Often “top” includes tiers: 39 Top = In the Top Quartile of all metrics  4% | 10% | 15% | 25% Seasoned = >365 days (many 5+ years) Top Seasoned Reps 307 Top = In the Top Quartile of all metrics Average Reps Selected randomly, between mean and median production 298 Low Producer Reps Selected randomly from the bottom 20% 348 Top SM Producers Top = In the Top Quartile of all metrics, personal production 15 Top SM Team Top = Top Quartile all metrics, w/o SM results + survey of their Mgr 52 Managers Top = In Top Producer group personally + Top Quartile all metrics w/o SM Top SM Both 5 results + survey of their Mgr Average SM (Team) Selected randomly, between mean and median production 79 Low Performing SM Selected randomly from the bottom 20% 32 (Team) 28
  • 29. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performer Analysis Example of Sales Metrics Metrics Quarterly Weighting * Create a weighted scoring system… # of Sales Med-High (2-3) $ Volume Low (1) Pull-Through Rate Med (1-2) Avg # Sales/Day/Rep High (3-4) Avg $ Vol/Day/Rep Med-High (2-3) Cross-Sell Percent Med (1-2) * Review the last 12 months & the last quarter. Weight the quarter more heavily. Blend the scores. 29
  • 30. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performer Analysis Example of Analysis – Sales Reps Low High 4th Quartile Mean Avg. Sort Descending Median Highlight 4th Quartile Apply Weighting Repeat & Total 30
  • 31. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performer Analysis Example of Analysis – Sales Reps Low High 4th Quartile Mean Avg. Sort Descending Median Highlight 4th Quartile Apply Weighting Repeat & Total 31
  • 32. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performer Analysis Example of Analysis – Sales Managers Consider things like:  Avg Productivity  Avg # and $/rep /time  Engagement: % of team producing and/or goal %/rep  Total Team Sales: $ and #  Avg Time to 1st Sale (new reps)  Pipeline Stats & Pull-through %  Cross-sell Ratios or Penetration  Trend Indicators (actual # last month, avg/month over 13 weeks, avg/month past year)  Survey Their Managers  Remove the “luck” factor  Remove “inherited territory”  Remove “one great rep” 32
  • 33. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performer Analysis Partner with Smart People with SAS, SPSS, or Minitab * to Crunch Data for Validity, as Needed * Of course, learning research methodology and statistics is a viable option for the brave… 33 33
  • 34. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Sales & Manager Selection Performer Analysis Performance Lever Project Series Performance Sales & Sales  Performer Analysis Lever Manager Alignment Selection  Sales & Sales Manager Selection  Performance Lever Identification  Best Practices Capture  Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales & Sales Performance Manager Training Lever Identification  Performance Lever Alignment Best Practices Capture 34
  • 35. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Sales & Manager Selection Sales & Sales Manager Selection Performer Analysis  WHAT: Psychometric assessments that measure thinking styles, behavioral traits and interest. Performance Sales & Sales Lever Manager Alignment Selection  HOW: Most vendors now offer online assessments.  WHY: The assessments will help you identify competencies. You can identify statistically Sales & Sales Performance validated patterns that predict success, based Manager Lever Training Identification on your top performers. You can use the results to further develop & Best coach your current leaders. Practices You can better identify future leaders, who are Capture like your very best today. 35
  • 36. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Sales & Manager Selection Methods  Competency Identification  Interview Methods  Other Checks  Psychometric Assessments  Job Matching  Blended Models My Favorite? Blended w/ Psychometric + Job Matching Sources:  Professor Mike Smith, University of Manchester, August 1994  John E. Hunter and Ronda F. Hunter, Validity and Utility of Alternative Predictors of Job Performance, Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 96, No.1, 1984, p. 90  Robert P. Tett, Douglas N. Jackson, and Mitchell Rothstein, Personality Measures as Predictors of Job Performance: A Meta-Analytical Review, Personnel Psychology, Winter 1991, p.703. Michigan State University’s School of Business. 36
  • 37. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Sales & Manager Selection Psychometric Assessments  Thinking | Cognitive Factors  Behavioral Traits One-third of the  Occupational Interests Hiring Decision Get it right:  Normative vs. Ipsative  Focus on Predictive Validity  Use the same Performer Categories from your other Analysis  Compare top | middle | bottom to look for differentiating factors  Hire, develop and promote based on those factors, as well as performance data (whenever possible)  Bring in experts 37
  • 38. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification Performer Analysis Performance Lever Project Series Performance Sales & Sales  Performer Analysis Lever Manager Alignment Selection  Sales & Sales Manager Selection  Performance Lever Identification  Best Practices Capture  Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales & Sales Performance Manager Training Lever Identification  Other Performance Lever Alignment Best Practices Capture 38
  • 39. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification Performance Lever Identification Performer Analysis  WHAT: Identify the knowledge, skills, behaviors or conditions that must exist for ethical, sustained, Performance Sales & Sales Lever Manager high performance to occur. Alignment Selection Formulate hypotheses about what the levers are for frontline sales and sales management roles. Confirm and validate the levers through research.  HOW: Through discussion, surveys, interviews, focus Sales & Sales Performance Manager Lever groups, and observation of frontline sales reps Training Identification and their managers. Best  WHY: Practices This will confirm where to focus your efforts Capture capturing Best Practices, which provides training content. 39
  • 40. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification Formulating the Hypotheses  Start with some known practices  Talk with:  Executives  Other leaders  Frontline sales reps  Frontline sales managers  Sales operations and support staff  And possibly, customers  Label the big buckets and detail the tasks  Don’t get married – you’re just dating  Build the surveys to confirm the hypotheses 40
  • 41. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification Identify the high-level Survey Design Performance Levers (hypotheses) Document the potential tasks for the Performance Lever Ask what you’ve missed 41
  • 42. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification Survey Design Clearly define Performance Lever Define the role Add instructions for completing the survey 42
  • 43. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification Survey Design (Scales)  Rate the statement provided. Using empathy statements to acknowledge a prospect’s situation/feelings  How much do you agree it’s a Performance Lever?  If rated 1-2, next question.  If rated 3-5:  Importance & Difficulty  And in some cases:  Frequency: Actual & Should  In addition, you should ask what you missed, by Lever, and a handful of other questions – such as normal demographics & Continue | Start | Stop. 43
  • 44. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Identification Look Familiar? Partner with Smart People with SAS, SPSS, or Minitab * to Crunch Data for Validity, as Needed * Of course, learning research methodology and statistics is STILL a viable option for the brave… 44 44
  • 45. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Best Practices Capture Performer Analysis Performance Lever Project Series Performance Sales & Sales  Performer Analysis Lever Manager Alignment Selection  Sales & Sales Manager Selection  Performance Lever Identification  Best Practices Capture  Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales & Sales Performance Manager Training Lever Identification  Performance Lever Alignment Best Practices Capture 45
  • 46. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Best Practices Capture Best Practices Capture Performer Analysis  WHAT: Document the best practices and differentiating behaviors of top performers, which can be Performance Sales & Sales Lever Manager replicated and trained. Alignment Selection  HOW: Through discussion, interviews, focus groups and observation of the frontline sales reps and managers identified during Performer Analysis. Sales & Sales Manager Performance Lever  WHY: Training Identification To share best practices broadly and (re)design training around them. Best Practices Capture 46
  • 47. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Best Practices Capture Data Collection Methods  Interviews  In-person, phone, webinar  Focus Groups Getting the Straight Scoop  In-person, webinar  What really happens “out there”  Account for the Hawthorne effect  Field Observation  Trust, truth and strict confidentiality  5-10 top performers  Autonomy, mastery and purpose *  3 average  2 in ninth decile  More, pending time, resources & budget * Thank you, Daniel Pink (author of Drive) 47
  • 48. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Sales & Sales Manager Training Performer Analysis Performance Lever Project Series Performance Sales & Sales  Performer Analysis Lever Manager Alignment Selection  Sales & Sales Manager Selection  Performance Lever Identification  Best Practices Capture  Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales & Sales Performance Manager Training Lever Identification  Performance Lever Alignment Best Practices Capture 48
  • 49. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales & Sales Manager Training Performer Analysis  WHAT: (Re)design sales and sales management training (learning systems) around your best practices. Performance Sales & Sales Lever Manager Ensure that your training includes the right Alignment Selection content and produces ethical, sustainable, high performance in the real world.  HOW: Develop courses and implement learning and transfer systems, incorporating what you’ve Sales & Sales Performance Manager Lever learned in this research. Training Identification  WHY: Best To improve training, further share best Practices practices, and improve work performance of Capture frontline sales reps and sales managers. 49
  • 50. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales Training is the Easy Part Teach Position Performance Levers and Tasks! Teach sales reps:  If new, yes, do onboarding and orientations, but then…  Focus on the major Performance Levers  Teach the Performance Lever Tasks  Create and share Performance Support  Share Knowledge but Focus on Behaviors & Skills  Build-in extensive Transfer Plans Teach Them The Replicable Best Practices of Top Performers 50
  • 51. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Sales & Sales Manager Training As You Develop Sales Manager Training, Remember… Frontline Sales Management is the Pivotal Role! Teach managers:  What you teach reps (in advance)  How to diagnose and identify issues with Performance Levers  How to coach to improve levers (behavioral coaching)  How to develop motivational action plans (management science)  How to reinforce, reward, and manage performance  NOTE: Other Lever – Reward managers for the above behaviors Teach Them To Get Results Through Others 51
  • 52. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Alignment Performer Analysis Performance Lever Project Series Performance Sales & Sales  Performer Analysis Lever Manager Alignment Selection  Sales & Sales Manager Selection  Performance Lever Identification  Best Practices Capture  Sales & Sales Manager Training Sales & Sales Performance Manager Training Lever Identification  Performance Lever Alignment Best Practices Capture 52
  • 53. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Alignment Performance Lever Alignment Performer Analysis  WHAT: Review policies, practices, processes, procedures, systems, compensations, and other Performance Sales & Sales Lever Manager organization factors. Alignment Selection  HOW: By sharing study results with other organizational leaders and discussing how you can best support the Performance Levers and Best Practices. Sales & Sales Performance Manager Lever If you have an OD team, get them involved. Training Identification  WHY: Best To align as many other organizational elements Practices as possible to support the performance levers Capture and best practices – to create an environment which supports sales success as much as possible. 53
  • 54. Performance Levers DIY | How To – Performance Lever Alignment Recommended Initial Focus for Alignment  Get sales compensation right – rely on experts, if needed  Get out of the “Sales Prevention Business”  Ask frontline reps and managers, you’ll hear plenty to fix  Eliminate restrictive policies designed for situations that occur once a quarter  Conduct a Force Field Analysis* with top sales performers and sales managers – remove restraining forces first * Thank you, Kurt Lewin, for Force Field Analysis 54
  • 55. Case Example Sales Performance Levers Applied to:  B2B Financial Services  Wholesale Mortgage Origination Channel  Low Base | High Commission
  • 56. Case Example B2B Financial Services Company The Business Situation and Problems  Good growth rate – Wall Street darling  Original team was doing very well (top 20% delivering 80% of production)  New Hires struggling – annualized NH turnover was growing fast  Sales training was one week in a classroom, all lecture  There was no reinforcement, planned transfer or evaluation  Reporting was fragmented, hard to interpret, not actionable  The best of the new sales people were promoted into management, but…  No management training and managers each managed their own way  Coaching was rare  Performance management was, “You did X last month. You need to do Y next month or you’ll be fired”  If you had industry sales experience, wanted the job, and could fog a mirror, the job was yours  Few understood the complex compensation system. 56 56
  • 57. Case Example B2B Financial Services Company Challenge from the President  The President told our Performance Development team: “I believe in this group and what you were hired to do. But I want to be clear. If you can’t deliver on your promises about improving performance, you won’t be sitting at this table this time next year.” 57 57
  • 58. Case Example B2B Financial Services Company Performance Projects  Analysis of past and past results | current state | current results. (Point A)  Discussion with senior management on strategic direction, goals and performance objectives. (Point B)  Analysis of traits, habits, skills and practices of carefully selected Top, Middle and Low Performers…  Individual Interviews | Multiple Surveys | Focus Groups | Observations  “Hiring Right” project – what’s the “right stuff” for our roles? How do we hire, develop and promote people effectively?  Process analysis and documentation review for possible Lean projects.  Review of compensation and incentive programs and practices for sales.  Review of sales management practices.  Customer Interviews, Surveys, and Focus Groups.  So, basically, we ran The Six Projects (and included customer feedback) 58 58
  • 59. Case Example B2B Financial Services Company How We Created a Performance Enhancing System  Vetted the analysis, identified the levers and communicated everywhere  Created 3-week sales training curriculum for new hires (2 weeks remote + 1 week in class) – taught all levers, changed behaviors in class & certified  All new managers went through the program and were certified  Taught incumbent managers separately and certified  Developed a coaching program for managers (and yes, certified them)  Aligned comp, performance management and reporting/metrics  Started work on the supporting levers  Constant communication | monitoring with dashboard reports  Quick feedback loops, performance hotline, adjusted course as needed  Transitioned leaders to take ownership and accountability  Top-down, C-level support was critical 59 59
  • 60. Case Example B2B Financial Services Company Some Results  Reduced average ramp-up time to minimum acceptable performance for newly-hired/trained reps from 6 months to 3  Increased average purchase from $156K to $167K  Reduced turnover from 44% to 28% (new hire one-year from 78% to 24%)  Increased size of “top producer” performers from 9% to 14%  Increased New Customer “Stick Rate” (stat not available)  Decreased “order” processing time by 16%  Improved order pull-through from 47% to 54% But most importantly… $398MM Increase in Revenue  $9.9MM Increase in Net Profit  400% Training ROI 60 60
  • 61. Case Example B2B Financial Services Company Real-World Tips & “Gotchas” From This Case  Analysis of traits, habits, skills and practices of carefully selected Top, Middle and Low Performers  Validate performer status closely: Especially rule out “inherited a great territory” and other factors that mask “earned” top-producer status  Methods: Individual Interviews | Multiple Surveys | Focus Groups | Observations  You must see what they’re doing!  Insert the Voice of the Customer – whenever possible: talk to them and listen!  Be ruthless on process reviews. Streamline!  Forget “sales experience.” Assess | Hire | Train | Develop  Listen most closely to the real top producers, those moving up steadily, and superstar new hires who leap out of the gate  Agree on what success looks like, with executives, upfront, and how it will be measured 61 61
  • 62. Appendix  Helpful Resources  http://www.slideshare.net/MikeKunkle/aligning-performance-levers-for-breakthrough-sales-results-082011 Aligning Performance Levers For Breakthrough Sales Results
  • 63. . Performance Levers . . Helpful Resources . . . Analysis  http://amzn.to/AnalyzingPerformanceProblems  http://amzn.to/AnalysisImprovingPerformance  http://bit.ly/FirstThingsFast  http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/analysis/analysis.html  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_performance_technology  http://www.pignc-ispi.com/articles/Vol42_05_08.pdf  http://www.ue295.com/xtranet/html/timeline/harless.html 63 63
  • 64. . Performance Levers . . Helpful Resources . . . Selection For those interested in exploring assessments, here are some unbiased educational resources:  http://www.uniformguidelines.com/index.html  http://wdr.doleta.gov/opr/FULLTEXT/99-testassess.pdf  http://www.shrm.org/about/foundation/research/Documents/assessment _methods.pdf And some companies to research:  http://rocket-hire.com – Dr. Charles Handler evaluates vendors  http://www.profilesinternational.com  http://www.selfmgmt.com/en/default.aspx  http://www.peopleanswers.com  http://www.previsor.com  http://www.thebrooksgroup.com  http://www.objectivemanagementgroup.com 64 64
  • 65. . Performance Levers . . Helpful Resources . . . Performance Improvement  http://bit.ly/Wallace6Pack  http://bit.ly/BusinessProcessChange  http://bit.ly/PerformanceConsultantsFieldbook  http://amzn.to/HandbookImprovingPerformance  http://amzn.to/HumanCompetence  http://amzn.to/WhiteSpaceRevisited  http://amzn.to/CompensatingTheSalesForce  http://amzn.to/MgtPerformanceImprovementPlans  http://amzn.to/TrainingAintPerformance  http://amzn.to/FundamentalsPerformanceTechnology  http://amzn.to/HandbookHPT  http://amzn.to/HandbookHPT2  http://amzn.to/SeriousPerformanceConsulting  http://amzn.to/PerformanceArchitecture 65 65
  • 66. . Performance Levers . . Helpful Resources . . . Best Practices  http://amzn.to/MakingTheNumber ~ http://www.makingthenumber.com  http://bit.ly/BestPracticeKnowledgeManagement  http://bit.ly/IdentifyingOrgBestPractices  http://www.csoinsights.com/sales-research-data  http://www.csoinsights.com/Topics/Sales-Process-Best-Practices  http://slidesha.re/BestPracticesWorldClassSales Sales Best Practices Research  http://www.achieveglobal.com/resources/?cat=1  http://www.millerheiman.com/research_center/sales_best_practices_study /index.html  http://www.huthwaite.com/en/Resource%20Center/Whitepapers.aspx  https://sec.executiveboard.com/Public/Default.aspx  http://www.salesbenchmarkindex.com  http://salesmanagement.org 66 66
  • 67. . Performance Levers . . Helpful Resources . . . Sales & Sales Management Training  http://www.scribd.com/doc/46526471/Basic-Instructional-Design-Principles  http://www.esresearch.com  http://bit.ly/MagerSixPack  http://bit.ly/EvidencedBasedTraining  http://bit.ly/JobAidsPerformanceSupport  http://amzn.to/BeyondTransfer  http://amzn.to/TheFourLevels  http://amzn.to/MeasureTrainingResults  http://www.ecsellinstitute.com/6-pillars-philosophy 67 67