I try to make my blog as independent as possible from my job. I try to share some knowledge about the compensation management industry, various SPM vendors, best practices, etc. However, sometimes there is a fine line between both, since they are so closely related. This is one of those times I will cross the line and blur this distinction, to promote an event hosted by OpenSymmetry. Why am I promoting this event? Because the event is free, because it’s directly related to what I believe you care about, and because my boss said that if I didn’t… I’m joking.
“We” are hosting a series of webinars where leading sales performance management solutions will be demonstrated in an anonymous setting.
Participants of the webinars will learn about:– Which functionality are offered by each sales performance management solution– What key characteristics distinguishes solutions from each other– Under which conditions and requirements are the solutions expected to provided the best value– How compensation plans can be configured and maintained within each solution– Which other important features such as reporting and modeling are available with each tool
- If you don’t have a compensation system at the moment, but if your company could use one “some day”, that will give you the best possible overview of the solutions on the market.
- Even if your company could not care less for an SPM solution, maybe you will end up in a role where the knowledge of these solutions will be important, and maybe give you a competitive edge.
- Even if you don’t work in a role that is related to compensation, knowing about these systems could open up some doors, some day.
- If you DO have a comp system, why not find out about the other solutions on the market. Maybe you will learn how things could be done differently, maybe its time to change to another system, maybe its just fun to compare the strengths and weaknesses of your current system compared to other solutions.
- The demo is “anonymous”. I’m guessing you might get a friendly follow up call from OpenSymmetry, but no pressure selling from the vendors.
- If some day you would like to work at OpenSymmetry, I imagine having some knowledge of various incentive compensation systems would be an asset.
Ok… So I *know* how many readers I get on this blog every day. I also *know* that many come to this blog to read what I have to say about the various solutions. And finally, I *know* that not even half of my readers signed up for these webinars. Maybe this is because I’m doing a too good job at reviewing the applications here, and that you feel you don’t need to see them, but I’m telling you, seeing the systems in action is what is really needed to truly appreciate what they can do.
October 20th: Merced Systems
October 23rd: ZS Associates
October 27th: Xactly
October 30th: Versata
November 3rd: nGenera
November 6th: Callidus Software