This document discusses sustaining sales force capability improvements through ongoing training and development. It emphasizes assessing current skills and processes, customizing training programs, and measuring impact. Key steps include diagnosing needs, reviewing solutions, initiating training, verifying implementation of action plans, and embedding skills long-term. Sustained capability enhancement is a journey that requires thorough preparation, focused follow-up, and proving the value of investment through performance impact. Senior leadership support, cross-functional experts, customized materials, and clear post-training plans are cited as critical success factors.
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DRIVEADVICE PROPOSITION
1. D R VE
ADVICE
Your Solution to Sustained Sales
Force Capability Enhancements
2. Sustained Capability Improvements
D R VE
Training Improves Performance
Focus on the Key Matters
Keep the Right Structure
Use Real Experience
3. Sustained Capability Improvements
D R VE
Training Improves Performance
Focus on the Key Matters
Keep the Right Structure
Use Real Experience
4. Communication Channel Investments
Sales Force
>55%
OF TOTAL WORK FORCE
Every Customer Interaction Counts!
Right Target & Right Frequency, with
Right Knowledge, Skills & Attitude
5. Why investing in sales force capabilities
CFO
What happens if people
are trained and leave!
CEO
What happens if people
are not trained and stay?
6. Better Skills, Higher Performance
Baseline
Post Training
4
Brand Performance (e.g. Market Share)
3
2
Skills Level
1
Bottom regions cluster Average regions cluster Top regions cluster
7. Sustained Capability Improvements
D R VE
Training Improves Performance
Focus on the Key Matters
Keep the Right Structure
Use Real Experience
9. Sustained Capability Improvements
D R VE
Training Improves Performance
Focus on the Key Matters
Keep the Right Structure
Use Real Experience
10. The lets have a training process
ISSUE
TRAINING
OBSERVATIONS
IDENTIFIED DELIVERED BRIEFED
11. Sustainability requires more!
ISSUE
TRAINING
OBSERVATIONS
IDENTIFIED DELIVERED BRIEFED
identify your ambition level
include right materials, tools & processes
involve the right audience and advocates
plan to measure change and impact
plan how to maintain momentum
12. First things first
PROCESS & TOOLS SKILLS & ATTITUDE
COMPANY READINESS PEOPLE READINESS
13. The Journey towards Real Impact
DR I V E
DIAGNOSE REVIEW INITIATE
Setting Ambition Level
VERIFY EMBED
Customising Design
Delivering Training
Measuring Impact
Following Through
14. Assess to understand
DR I V E
DIAGNOSE
Assess current tools, processes and
skills versus ambition levels
Design Journey details, incl. Project
Teams setup and Program Advocates
Ensure Senior Leaders approval and
project prioritisation
15. Tailor to apply
DR I V E REVIEW
Prepare Project Team - familiarisation
concepts and project objectives
Create and customise program &
content, presentations, exercises, case
studies and guides
Prepare enhanced Tools & Processes
16. Practice to motivate
DR I V E INITIATE
Prepare Facilitators - Train the Trainer
Workshops
Roll Out in cascaded top-down
format, from National Sales to Sales Rep
Create immediate post course Action
Plans and follow through immediately
17. Monitor to celebrate or correct
DR I V E VERIFY
Monitor implementation quality of
individual & team Action Plans and Tools
Set up Follow-up days to share
improvements or additional Best Practice
Measure applied skills versus ambition
levels and sales performance
18. Communicate to maintain
DR I V E EMBED
Install regular Quality Assessments
Launch communication tools and
platforms
Prepare for next steps
19. Sustained Capability Improvements
D R VE
Training Improves Performance
Focus on the Key Matters
Keep the Right Structure
Use Real Experience
20. About Vincent M. Verschuren
Over 20 years experience in international
pharmaceutical sales, marketing, training &
development
Sales Force Training, aiming at
sustained capability enhancement, is
a Journey, that starts from thorough
assessment and solution
building, followed by focussed follow-
up and impact measurement, proving
its worthwhile investments
21. Key Success Factors by experience
Senior Leaders Support providing
appropriate and timely project prioritisation
and endorsement
Mutual understanding of the project
scope, roles & responsibilities between to
quick & fruitful cooperation
Cross functional Experts supporting the
Journey throughout as local advocates
further building capabilities
22. Key Success Factors by experience
Cascaded roll out provides consistency
and knowledge & skills to thoroughly
support and follow up
Maximum material customisation
increases understanding and speed of
implementation
Clear individual and team post course
roll out plans will ensure the required
follow up of implementation
23. D R VE
ADVICE
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