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How to Write an RFP for an Incentive Program Vendor
A vendor search for an incentive program is one of the bigger decisions that a procurement team will make, and the RFP…
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Field-tested guidance on designing, launching, and scaling incentive programs that hold up to audit, finance scrutiny, and channel partner skepticism. Drawn from twenty years of Level 6 client work.
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How to Run Incentive Programs Across Multiple States
Prize registration deadlines, state tax withholding rates, gift card escheatment laws and wage classification laws are all handled differently from state to…
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What Is Compensation Modeling and How to Do It Right?
More than 30% of U.S. workers are already covered under some form of pay transparency law, and the EU Pay Transparency Directive…
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What Is Shadow Accounting in Sales Compensation?
The behavior itself is not usually as malicious as it looks from the outside – it’s worth keeping in mind before anyone…
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Should Sales Managers Get Paid on Team Performance?
One of the hardest calls any sales organization has to make is how to pay its managers. Promote a strong-performing rep into…
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Do Commission Caps Help or Hurt Sales Performance?
Commission caps are one of the most hotly debated topics in sales leadership, and the argument has stretched on for years. Finance…
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When Should You Offer Sales Quota Relief to Reps?
Sales leaders usually balance accountability with fairness, and it’s one of the harder parts of this job to get right. Quota numbers…
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How to Phase Out an Old Incentive Program Gracefully
Canceling an incentive program that your employees have been relying on for years is one of the riskiest moves a leader can…
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How to Set Ramp Quotas for New Sales Representatives
When a new sales rep burns out and quits within their first year, it costs the company well over $100,000 – it’s…
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What Are Clawback Provisions in Sales Compensation?
A sales rep celebrates a big commission check, and then a few months later, the company comes back and wants that money…
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How Accelerators Work in Sales Commission Plans
When a rep moves from the mindset of “I hit my number” to “earning double on everything from here,” how they treat…
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How to Prevent Sandbagging in Sales Compensation
Sales leaders know this pattern well, and they can usually see it take shape long before it becomes a big problem. The…
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