Patrick Stakenas

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Sales Performance Management is coming into its own…

by Patrick Stakenas  |  October 23, 2012  |  Comments Off

It seems that the days of sales organizations using purely Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) are drawing to an end as best of breed vendors build out their product suites to include elements of training management, behavioral management and coaching systems.  In a recent research by Gartner top best of breed vendors cited most ICM deals are [...]

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What will the VP of Sales role look like in 10 years?

by Patrick Stakenas  |  July 18, 2012  |  2 Comments

The VP of Sales, Head of Sales, Chief Sales Officer… (pick your title) role continues to evolve and change as technology, processes and legislation continue to evolve.  10 years ago the sales organziation was run on spreadsheets and “Big Data” wasnt a term.  Mobile accessability was very limited, virtual offices were less prevelant and almost all training was [...]

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The Face of Sales Performance Management (SPM) Will Dramatically Change in 2012 and Beyond

by Patrick Stakenas  |  March 15, 2012  |  3 Comments

Over the past few days (at the Gartner Customer 360 Event in Orlando) I have heard from numerous IT leaders and business executives (both enterprise and vendors) on Sales Performance Management (SPM)… Their views and approach to SPM continue to lend overwhelming support to viewing SPM as an enterprise strategy – not specifically standalone technology. [...]

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