Building a Thriving Sales Culture with PatientPop SVP Sales Justin Welsh | SaaStr Software Community

20 Jan 2020 · 36 min
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Justin Welsh (former SVP Sales, PatientPop) presents an 8-step playbook for building a thriving sales culture at SaaS companies. He defines culture as the team’s daily attitudes and behaviors in pursuit of company objectives (not perks). The playbook covers: 1) hiring the right people (mission/values alignment, ‘velocity lane’, curiosity and coachability), 2) clear goals and monitored behaviors, 3) learning & development (how, well, why), 4) segmented career paths and bootcamps, 5) comp plan that pays back base then escalates commissions, 6) frequent recognition (daily mantra, leaderboards, contests, quarterly awards), 7) surprise & delight (personal rewards, open office hours), and 8) feedback loops (anonymous solution-oriented suggestions, quarterly eNPS, elected Senate team). The talk includes examples, comp-plan details, recruiting strategies, and an audience Q&A.

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