244 (Lead) How to Navigate Firing, Hiring, and PIPs as a Leader (Ken Amar, Agoge Prospecting School)

FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS

• Clearly communicate metrics, quotas, and potential performance improvement plans (PIP) during onboarding
• Design compensation plans that allow top performers to earn substantial rewards. To gain approval from finance, include decelerators where reps who don't reach 70% of quota earn no commission.
• When turning around an SDR team,iIntroduce new talent by hiring fresh SDRs and replacing underperformers to inject new energy into the team.
• Use a pod system (e.g., 4 AEs to 2 SDRs). This allows AEs to focus on key accounts while SDRs work on B and C tier accounts, generating additional meetings.

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