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How should a VP Sales weigh the revenue-predictability risk of aggressive margin multipliers against the cultural benefit of signaling that 'execution, not price, is how we win'? At what point do multipliers become a distraction from growth
Quick take Aggressive margin multipliers in sales compensation plans are a double-edged sword: they can powerfully reinforce a culture of value selling over discounting, but they introduce significant revenue predictability risk. When the multiplier component becomes too large or complex, reps optimize for the multiplier,
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