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How to Motivate a Sales Team to Improve Each Rep’s Performance (3 “Types” and 12 Tips)

Sales Hacker

People are motivated in one of three ways: Intrinsically. Intrinsically Motivated Salespeople. Intrinsic motivation stems from feeling accomplished through personal reward rather than rewarded through external means, like money. How to Recognize Intrinsically Motivated Sales Reps. What Are Motivational Styles?

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How to Be a Leader that Inspires Your Sales Team

Openview

If you expect them to stay late at the end of the quarter to catch up on quotas, you’d better stay with them. They’ll be intrinsically motivated to meet your expectations. A quota is a good place to start, but you can do better. Rewards should accelerate, not plateau, after quotas. Extrinsic Motivation.

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How to Design a Sales Comp Plan to Get You to $100M (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

This will include diving into the pros and cons of the various comp design models, including MBOs, detailed incentive structures and flat commission rate payouts, as well as the nuance between using comp design as a motivational factor but not as a substitute for good management. So most of our reps weren’t hitting their quota.