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The Truth Behind Why Your Best

Sales Reps Leave

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Your top rep walked into your office, collected his commission

check and resigned.

He contributed 20% of your new revenue number last year.

He made more money than your sales leader.

Yet, he left.

Your fiscal year came to an end.

Why did you lose your top rep?

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Here’s a secret…It’s NOT all about the money

We regularly survey sales forces.

The number one complaint is

LACK OF COACHING FROM THEIR BOSS!

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Want proof?

Download the Sales Exit Interview Guide

Interview recently departed reps.

You’ll be surprised what comes out ahead of sales compensation

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Exit interviews fail to give companies insight for

two reasons:1. They don’t happen2. They’re done in-

house

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Most companies let their people walk out the door on the last

day. Last Paycheck is

provided.

Badge and PC turned in.

SEE YA!!

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You are losing an opportunity to improve your work force.

• Management concerns• Training needs• Lead generation challenges• Sales process issues• Competitive intelligence• Compensation problems

Exit interviews can teach you about:

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Why continue treating symptoms

when you can address root causes?

It’s also difficult to extract meaningful information if exit interviews are done in house

• DIRECT MANAGER– The #1 reason people leave is because of their managers. Good luck

getting valuable insight if he’s doing it.

• INDIRECT MANAGER– A peer of the direct boss is giving the interview. Might as well have

your manager in the room.

• HR – Reps do everything possible to steer clear of HR. Suddenly they’re

going to open their hearts to them?? NOT A CHANCE

Consider your options:

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We’ve reviewed hundreds of exit interviews conducted by

companies.

Conclusion…

Lots of fluff.

Does your interview look like this?

Need a quick fix?No time or resources to implement exit interviews?

Here are 3 easy things you can do to improve

employee retention immediately

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#1 - CoachingSo many managers invest time in their lowest performers.

‘C’ players don’t make the number.

Instead of wasting valuable time at the bottom, OVER SERVE THE TOP.

The best athletes in the world have coaches: Tiger Woods, Kobe

Bryant, Serena Williams.

Why??

THE BEST WANT COACHING!

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CEO Tip…Spend a ½ day in the field with your top reps twice

per quarter.

Give them coaching and feedback on their sales calls.

Not sure how?

Read this before heading into the field.

#2 - Recognition

PEOPLE NEED THE LOVE.

Its about acknowledging and appreciating their

efforts

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MAKE PERFORMANCE PUBLIC

Do you have a scorecard showing the stack ranking of

your sales team?Being publicly recognized as the ‘top rep’ is a huge point

of pride for sales reps.

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Bonus Tip

This picture show a weekly ‘Bell Ringing’ ceremony at

PeopleAnswers.

Every Friday, new deals get recognized in front of the entire company. The rep rings the bell and talks about how he won the

big deal.

Easy and Effective.

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#3 – Environment

Does your workplace look and feel like a morgue?

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You’re a growing company with young, vibrant

employees

STEP IT UP!!

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Fortune released it’s 2013 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For.

Take a read through some of the aspects of the Top 10:

“Sports contest”

“Creative anarchy”

“Talent shows”

“Red Zone report”

“Gift Cards”

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Tip for the CEO: Create an Events Team

Make it their charter to create quarterly events for the company

Include a few top reps on

the team

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This picture is from an SBI client, Operative Media. Twice/year, they have the Operative Olympics in

Central Park

Team uniforms mandatory.

½ day of sports, mental challenges and laughs.

The day ends at the local watering hole for beers and great stories.

The ROI with the team is 100X the cost of the

event

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Exit interviews are a highly underrated way to

diagnose issues in your sales force.

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If you aren’t doing them, you’re missing an

opportunity to keep your best people happy

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Need Help?

Download this Sales Exit Interview Guide

to help get you started.

GOOD LUCK!

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