A Sad Story About a Poorly Designed Sales Contest

banana_peel-1This post originally appeared on the Fantasy Sales Team blog, and is republished here with permission.

Early in my career, I remember our CEO calling the entire sales team into the conference room. There were about 30 of us. With tremendous enthusiasm he announced a new SPIFF program with … drumroll … a prize of $20,000! To win, each rep needed to achieve the following:

  • Q3 bookings of $275,000 or more
  • Q4 bookings of $275,000 or more
  • Sell 25 of any Product
  • Sell 10 of Product A
  • Sell 4 of Product B in Q3
  • Sell 4 of Product B in Q4

A Sad Story About a Poorly Designed Sales Contest

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