Business and Sales Survey "*" indicates required fields Step 1 of 7 14% Please enter the information indicated below.Name* First Last Job Title*Company Name*Email* In the sections below, please number each of the following statements on a scale of 1 through 5,1 being not a problem for us, no impact; 5 being a serious problem, big impactStaffI, or my company:Keep hiring salespeople who don't work out.* 1 2 3 4 5 Are not sure that we have the "right people in the right seats on the bus."* 1 2 3 4 5 Are struggling to really motivate our sales force.* 1 2 3 4 5 Feel daunted by the thought of hiring a sales team that really can perform.* 1 2 3 4 5 Have never managed a sales force before and am winging it, to mixed results.* 1 2 3 4 5 Need to develop my management team to create more consistency and take this business to the next level.* 1 2 3 4 5 We understand hiring B+/A players for all positions in my company is important, but our hiring process is not consistently generating these results.* 1 2 3 4 5 Sense that at least some of our producers are frustrated by their lack of performance, but don't know how to effectively coach them out of the problem.* 1 2 3 4 5 Would like to hire someone inside of our industry, but don't want to hire someone else's loser.* 1 2 3 4 5 Would be in real trouble if our #1 salesperson left.* 1 2 3 4 5 Would be in real trouble if our owner stopped selling.* 1 2 3 4 5 In the sections below, please number each of the following statements on a scale of 1 through 5,1 being not a problem for us, no impact; 5 being a serious problem, big impactStrategyI, or my company:Don't really have a clearly defined "ideal client."* 1 2 3 4 5 Have a clearly defined "ideal client," but aren't sure we are doing the right things to get in front of enough of them or close them at the right margin.* 1 2 3 4 5 Need to separate ourselves from the pack of our competitors, but don't know how, or we think we have done that, but the prospects don't seem to notice or care.* 1 2 3 4 5 Deliver superior service/product to our customers, but aren't getting superior price or margins.* 1 2 3 4 5 Have way too high percentage of our revenues coming from too few accounts.* 1 2 3 4 5 Are getting the "low hanging fruit," but can't seem to crack the tougher ones that would be "ideal."* 1 2 3 4 5 Would be in real trouble if our #1 client left.* 1 2 3 4 5 Have no clear plan to replace lost business.* 1 2 3 4 5 Realize that our clients/customers are not buying all of their stuff from us, and can't figure out how to expand our existing relationships.* 1 2 3 4 5 Understand that in order to grow, we must take business away from our competitors, but struggle with how to do that and still keep our margins.* 1 2 3 4 5 Sales team does not have a system for expanding business with current clients.* 1 2 3 4 5 We are a profitable company, but it is frustrating that sales revenues go up and down from year to year instead of a steady and gradual increase.* 1 2 3 4 5 Don't have a Sales Growth Strategy developed, documented, and understood by the sales team to execute.* 1 2 3 4 5 Not sure how to develop an effective Sales Growth Strategy that the sales team will embrace.* 1 2 3 4 5 After seeing the last 3 years sales results, we need to do something different to have a much better next 3 years sales results* 1 2 3 4 5 Concerned about a possible recession and worried about it negatively affecting our company.* 1 2 3 4 5 In the sections below, please number each of the following statements on a scale of 1 through 5,1 being not a problem for us, no impact; 5 being a serious problem, big impactStructureI, or my company:Don't have a way to effectively hold salespeople accountable.* 1 2 3 4 5 Don't know if our compensation plan is helping or hurting our efforts to grow.* 1 2 3 4 5 Our sales team does not have a consistent selling system.* 1 2 3 4 5 We don't have a documented "best practices" sales process to qualify opportunities effectively.* 1 2 3 4 5 In the sections below, please number each of the following statements on a scale of 1 through 5,1 being not a problem for us, no impact; 5 being a serious problem, big impactSkillsI, or my salespeople are:Not getting in front of enough new prospects.* 1 2 3 4 5 Not closing enough new business.* 1 2 3 4 5 Closing business, but the margins are getting thinner.* 1 2 3 4 5 Not prospecting for new opportunities.* 1 2 3 4 5 Wasting time with people who end up not doing business with us.* 1 2 3 4 5 Winging it, which is causing roller coaster results.* 1 2 3 4 5 Not getting enough good, high quality referrals.* 1 2 3 4 5 Not capturing our share of the business with some existing clients.* 1 2 3 4 5 Not closing business fast enough, and it's taking longer than it used to.* 1 2 3 4 5 Facing a lot more competition than we used to, and we are no longer winning our share.* 1 2 3 4 5 Being used for our information (free consulting).* 1 2 3 4 5 ExecutionOur entire team is not aware of our company's annual goals.* 1 2 3 4 5 We struggle to achieve our annual goals.* 1 2 3 4 5 Our entire team is not aware of our company's quarterly goals.* 1 2 3 4 5 We struggle to achieve our quarterly goals.* 1 2 3 4 5 We finish meetings without people specifically responsible for actions with deadlines.* 1 2 3 4 5 I have more to do than time to get my key priorities accomplished.* 1 2 3 4 5 I hear more excuses than accepting responsibility when deadlines are missed.* 1 2 3 4 5 CashOur top line is growing but our bottom line is not.* 1 2 3 4 5 Our cash is tied up in inventory that doesn't move.* 1 2 3 4 5 It's frustrating we don't achieve our gross margin goals.* 1 2 3 4 5 It's disappointing we don't achieve our net margin goals.* 1 2 3 4 5 We wait until the end of the year to learn if we achieved a profit.* 1 2 3 4 5 How much, in dollars, have these problems cost you or you company in lost revenues or opportunities in the past 12 months?CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
