incentive compensation

Compensation managers know that, although budgets are tight, top performers still insist on being rewarded. This complimentary SuccessFactors white paper shows how you can create a strong compensation program. Download it today.

This report outlines 7 reasons why Finance needs to get a better grip on incentive sales compensation to wield it to the company’s advantage.

Compensation managers know that, although budgets are tight, top performers insist on being rewarded. Like never before, the pressure is on to structure incentive plans that ensure that rainmakers stay with an organization. This complimentary SuccessFactors white paper shows how to create a strong compensation program. Download it today.

This best practice is enabled by analytical insights, social collaboration, and real-time access to information on any device, so you can better manage sales performance, motivate sales people and mentor best practices, while ensuring that incentive compensation plans supports your strategy.

Optimizing incentive compensation: aligning what you say with how you pay CSO Insights’ ICPM study* found that 69 percent of organizations use three or more metrics to build their sales compensation plans, but modeling and planning this sales strategy can quickly become too complex as a spreadsheet-driven exercise. It is crucial to get these incentive compensation structures right, because sales reps receive up to 60 percent of their income from incentive comp. In this white paper, we discuss the disconnect between sales behavior and incentive compensation structure and provide recommended steps towards optimizing your compensation plan.

To ensure that you provide the right incentives that help your company achieve growth and success, you need to think strategically about the design process of your sales incentive compensation plans. With careful consideration and thoughtful design, you can inspire your teams and empower them to perform above and beyond the competition. Read on to find out how.

Optymyze jumps to a new high in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales Performance Management. Named a Leader for the third consecutive year, Optymyze distinguished itself through agile operations, a strong business model, and excellent market execution. Gartner Research, the world’s leading research and advisory firm, also recognized our efforts to deliver innovative solutions and respond to client and market needs. This objective vendor comparison from Gartner is a must-read for any company considering an SPM solution. Access the full 2018 report! • Practical guidance on evaluating SPM solutions • An in-depth review of Optymyze and 10 other vendors • Analysis of SPM vendor capabilities and industry trends. Get instant access to the full 2018 Gartner research report!

"A recent CSO Insights’ study* found that 69 percent of organizations use three or more metrics to build their sales compensation plans, but modeling and planning this sales strategy can quickly become too complex as a spreadsheet-driven exercise. Download this white paper to find: • The disconnect between sales behavior and incentive compensation structure • A recommended approach you can take to optimize your compensation plan • Three key steps to better predict and control sales revenue *CSO Insights 7th Annual Incentive Compensation and Performance Management (ICPM) study"

Incentive compensation represents the potential of delivering optimal sales results. But with up to 60% of sales reps’ income coming from incentive comp, it is crucial to get this right. Our study data has shown that ineffective compensation structures can lead to disengaged reps, high turnover, money left on the table, and low margins. The way we have designed and managed incentive compensation plans in the past may inhibit the sales force and prevent the business from scaling at the needed rate. Modeling and planning quickly become too complex for a spreadsheet-driven exercise.

This model captures leading market characteristics and stages of innovation for the next three to five years in order to aid executives, managers and practitioners in planning SPM initiatives that best match corporate needs and capacities for implementing new technologies.

SPM solutions are becoming attractive, not only because early adopters are achieving success, but also because there is increasing pressure on compensation teams to deliver more. Organizations are demanding more than just accurate commission statements that are delivered on time. They need visibility, analysis and oversight into the entire variable compensation process; increasingly, they are relying on their sales operations, compensation and cross-functional teams to provide more sophisticated insights into what is working and what isn't.

Download this free e-guide to gain an understanding of predictive analytics concepts, how to align your data sources to unlock the value of the data in your organization, analyze the correlations, and reap the benefits of analytics in optimizing sales performance.

Download this very brief guide now and reflect on the 9 Indicators. If you answer "no" to two or more of the questions listed within, there is undoubtedly sufficient ROI to strongly consider replacing your current incentive compensation system.

In this whitepaper, you will learn the highlights of interviews with 229 executives worldwide and how they assess the challenges and opportunities faced by global businesses as they optimize sales resources to develop territories and incentive compensation plans.

In this whitepaper, you will learn the highlights of interviews with 229 executives worldwide and how they assess the challenges and opportunities faced by global businesses as they optimize sales resources to develop territories and incentive compensation plans.

In this whitepaper, you will learn the highlights of interviews with 229 executives worldwide and how they assess the challenges and opportunities faced by global businesses as they optimize sales resources to develop territories and incentive compensation plans.

Discover the tremendous value a sales performance management solution can deliver to your organization by automating the entire process of managing incentive compensation.

Read this new paper and learn why more organizations are responding to this dilemma by choosing cloud-based ICM.

Territory management and crediting are an integral part of every sales compensation program. Download this paper to understand how you can get clarity, transparency and consistency around territory management and sales crediting.

This survey based whitepaper, based on interviews with 229 executives worldwide assesses the challenges and opportunities faced by global businesses as they optimize sales resources to develop territories and incentive compensation plans. This is critical in response to emerging market opportunities and complex global economic challenges.

This survey based whitepaper, based on interviews with 229 executives worldwide assesses the challenges and opportunities faced by global businesses as they optimize sales resources to develop territories and incentive compensation plans. This is critical in response to emerging market opportunities and complex global economic challenges.

This survey based whitepaper, based on interviews with 229 executives worldwide assesses the challenges and opportunities faced by global businesses as they optimize sales resources to develop territories and incentive compensation plans. This is critical in response to emerging market opportunities and complex global economic challenges.

Over 100 companies participated in Xactly’s inaugural Sales Compensation Administration Best Practices Survey and provided us with information around the processes, approaches, and technologies they use to design and administer their sales compensation programs. The primary focus of this study was to better understand how sales compensation programs are typically managed and to provide companies with information so that they can self-assess where they stand in relation to their peers.

A trending topic amongst Sales Leadership is whether to SPIF, or not to SPIF. Do Sales Performance Incentive Funds (SPIFs) motivate or distract? With Salesforce and Xactly, it all comes down to how you use them!

Sales Compensation planning season is right around the corner, and there’s no better time than now to start preparing! Join compensation expert Robert Blohm, Xactly’s VP of Strategic Services, for an on-demand webinar which will share industry best practices regarding preparation efforts to help ensure you are ready. We’ll cover everything you need to do BEFORE you start designing. With the right preparation, your new plans will be grounded in reality and guided by the best thinking in your organization. Prepare to succeed.