Thyme To Assess

Strategy
Organisation
Execution
Talent

TAKE THE TEST - how effective are your sales operations? Are you focusing on the right areas to drive the biggest improvement gains?

THYME TO ASSESS is designed to provide you with a quick and accurate snapshot of where you are most likely to get the best return on your investment in sales. It takes no longer than 10 minutes to complete and will provide you with an overview of where your sales organisation is, where they need to get to, and what to prioritise to drive results fast. It's THYME TO ASSESS!

Strategy

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We always do this well
Our business strategy is documented, clear and the sales team understand their role supporting the objectives.
Sales and marketing have a joint business plan that is documented and agreed that supports the business strategy.
Morale in sales is high! There is a real team spirit and can do attitude.
The whole company effectively supports sales in their pursuit of revenue.
Sales performance is great and we are consistently over achieving targets.
Sales effectiveness initiatives are in place and are progressing to plan.

Organisation

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The cost of sales and sales organisation structure are optimal.
We are enjoying healthy growth and our teams deliver great customer experience.
There is an effective management focus on sales development through training, education and situational coaching.
The majority of our sales team are achieving quota.
We have good adoption of sales systems that deliver quality and timely information to support sales.
We have an effective sales process and methodology which is adopted throughout the sales team.

Execution

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We always do this well
Our sales team has a healthy pipeline of opportunities encompassing early and late buying stages.
Leads are good quality, in our sweet spot and well qualified.
We consistently provide an excellent sales experience that ensures we win a good proportion of high quality deals.
Our team effectively identifies all key stakeholders and engages the buying group to drive consensus.
We are very easy to do business with!
Our win rates are high and we do not lose often.

Talent

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We have sufficient candidates that are of good calibre and we can fill open positions fast.
There is a robust onboarding process and we are happy with the time to effectiveness of new talent.
The sales team is highly effective.
The sales organisation is set up to ensure that the sales team have ongoing training, development and coaching.
Attrition in sales is low and we have a healthy balance of experienced representatives and new talent.
The team are effective and performance issues are identified quickly and managed appropriately.