Very good question insofar commissions are the reasons that attract us in business.
Michael LeBeouf, in his book The Greatest Management Principle in the World, contends that "Any behavior which gets rewarded will tend to be repeated." He advocates paying close attention to how employees get rewarded for performing (or not performing) the various aspects of their jobs.
Incentive, or performance based compensation, is nothing new. Commission plans for salespeople are common because their productivity is so easy to document. But small businesses tend to eschew these compensations plans thinking that "we're mom & pop; we're different." In the competitive environment we're faced with today, you have no choice; you must use every management tool available to maximize your marketing firepower.
Guerrillas are not only intolerant of non-performers, but they lavishly reward their stars, setting a higher standard of excellence for the whole organization. The problem is how to reward your people appropriately, particularly if they're not directly responsible for easy-to-measure activities like sales revenue.
For a good overview of the compensation plan, it will bring affiliated to read the article on the subject.
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Very good question insofar commissions are the reasons that attract us in business.
Michael LeBeouf, in his book The Greatest Management Principle in the World, contends that "Any behavior which gets rewarded will tend to be repeated." He advocates paying close attention to how employees get rewarded for performing (or not performing) the various aspects of their jobs.
Incentive, or performance based compensation, is nothing new. Commission plans for salespeople are
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