Commercial success: the two ingredients that make the difference

Commercial success no longer depends solely on closing deals. Skills, attitude, and aligned compensation schemes are now the two key ingredients for sustainable performance.
The art of selling MCR Selling article

Gone are the days when a sales rep would go from "hard" direct prospecting to closing!

Sales staff have become ambassadors - for a brand, for a customer service, for the deployment of agreements signed at head office, for the promotion of sales operations organized in collaboration with the Marketing Department...

As we all know, 60% of the purchasing process today takes place before the1st contact with the salesperson. Its impact is no less, but simply lies elsewhere, in the creation of trust and lasting relationships with customers, and in collaborative work within the company.

Financial motivation needs to be coherent. Is their performance primarily measured by their individual contribution to the company's development strategy, or is itprimarily measured by collective performance?

Should the variable component of total remuneration be 10, 15 or even 25% if a large number of parameters play a part in sales performance?

The keys to training your teams for high intensity, transforming your sales methods and securing your negotiations in a market under pressure.

Should their variable portion be individualized if their mission is more collaborative?

Today, MCR's compensation schemes are aligned with the company's strategy, of course, but with a mechanism that responds to a specific context and mission. In some cases, it is triggered collectively, while in others it is based on individual performance.

Far from advocating variable remuneration linked to mission completion, MCR proposes to give weight and value to the quality of this completion, subject to the economic results achieved.

The variable in support of ongoing transformations: new posture, new tools, new services .... This quality of action can be rewarded if it is decisive in sustaining performance.

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MCR Selling supports salespeople in developing new skills that make a difference, while MCR Consultants aligns compensation systems accordingly. These are the two ingredients for success!

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If you have any questions on this subject, don't hesitate to send us an e-mail: mcr@mcr-consultants.com

And if commercial excellence is a topic that interests you, we invite you to check out our white paper eBook: Commercial Performance.

Sales training is no longer enough: skills that can be directly applied in the field must be developed.

Operational training, development of sales and management skills, team support... let's strengthen sales effectiveness and execution discipline.

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