Sales Onboarding - Accelerating New Hire Productivity

SALES ONBOARDING
ACCELERATING NEW HIRE
PRODUCTIVITY
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Agenda
SALES ONBOARDING: ACCELERATING NEW HIRE PRODUCTIVITY
#1 Discuss components of a best-in-class Onboarding Program
#2 Measure and monitor key Performance Indicators of new hires
#3 Use best practices to improve Onboarding Effectiveness
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Thanks to our Sponsor
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A comprehensive sales readiness platform for inside sales, field sales, and partner
enablement — Onboard. Coach. Reinforce. Update.
Proven high adoption. Trusted as the strategic sales enablement partner by companies,
like AppDynamics, CrowdStrike, MongoDB, Nutanix, Qualtrics, and many more.

Mohit Garg
Co-Founder & CRO, MindTickle
Mohit Garg is the co-founder of MindTickle, a SaaS platform for sales
readiness. Mohit is responsible for the company’s marketing and sales
initiatives across North America and Europe. He previously held senior
positions in management consulting at Diamond Management &
Technology Consultants and PwC. He has extensive experience in building
product companies and a proven track record in Silicon Valley startups,
including Aruba Networks and Iospan Wireless.
Meet the Speakers

Tracy Meersman
Director of Sales Enablement, CrowdStrike
Tracy Meersman is the director of learning and sales enablement at
CrowdStrike, one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Silicon
Valley. She previously led sales enablement at Intel Security, Perquest, EMC,
and ADP and has extensive experience in solving complex sales onboarding
and training challenges. She is passionate about helping others exceed
their potential.
Meet the Speakers

We will be taking audience questions at the end of the speaker presentations.
Please send in your questions to the moderator via chat.

What We Will Be Talking About
Driving Business Impact Through
Next-Gen Sales Onboarding

State of the Industry
Source: Sirius Decisions 2016 survey
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State of the Industry - Continued
Source: Sirius Decisions 2016 survey
Key Takeaways
#1 The typical onboarding program is about 90
days
#2 Companies rely on the managers to determine
readiness to engage prospects & customers
#3 Companies are tying onboarding success to
first deal and/or quota attainment
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State of the Industry - Continued
60%74% 2X
Source: Multiple Analyst Reports, MindTickle survey of 50+ fast growing tech companies
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Companies have a
formal Sales
Onboarding Program
Faster ramp up of sales
hires who go through a
structured Sales
Onboarding Process
More topline revenue
per rep earned by
companies with an
Agile and Structured
Onboarding Process

Here are a few real-life examples of results achieved
Hyper-growth companies such as CrowdStrike and other tech Unicorns
that implement a well-designed Onboarding program achieved the
following results*
*Source: MindTickle data – real results from a broad range of customers
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• Reduced new hire ramp time by up to 58%
• Reduced time to first $50K sale from 192 days to 85 days
• Improved revenue from rep with < 12 months tenure by 21%
• Improved new hire pipeline at 180 day mark by 19%

CrowdStrike:
How we onboard our new sales reps

SALES ONBOARDING AT CROWDSTRIKE
The Big Picture

Please go ahead and add your response to the chat window:
- How many from the audience have a personalized onboarding program?

IS
● PERSONALIZED

IS
● Personalized
● SCALABLE

IS
● Personalized
● Scalable
● STRUCTURED & MILESTONE BASED
Welcome to CrowdStrike
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IS
● Personalized
● Scalable
● Structured & milestone based
● COMPREHENSIVE WITH BLENDED
LEARNING & ACTIVITIES

IS
● Personalized
● Scalable
● Comprehensive with blended
learning & activities
● INCLUSIVE OF RECALL &
REINFORCEMENT

IS
● Personalized
● Scalable
● Comprehensive with blended
learning & activities
● Inclusive of recall & reinforcement
● ALIGNED TO REAL WORLD SELLING

ABOVE ALL SALES ONBOARDING AT CROWDSTRIKE
● Caters to sales reps' natural competitive tendencies
● Aids bi-directional feedback for improved coaching
● Provides real-time progress to managers

- How are you measuring the impact of your onboarding programs?

IMPACT AT CROWDSTRIKE
1. 70% Sales reps achieve/exceed quota
2.Sales reps rate the overall program at 4.8/5
3.99% of Sales reps recommend the program

Attributes of a Best-in-class Sales Onboarding Program:
The MindTickle Sales Onboarding Framework

ATTRIBUTES OF A BEST-IN-CLASS SALES ONBOARDING PROGRAM
Best Practice
Sales
Onboarding
1.
Structured
milestone driven
approach
2.
Includes
experiential
learning
3.
Incorporates
managers-driven
coaching
4.
Tracks new hire
progress and
engagement
5.
Defines ideal new
hire profile &
measures the new
hires against it
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- What is the duration of your formal onboarding program?
- What are some best practices from your programs?

- Week 1- Week 2
1. STRUCTURED & MILESTONE DRIVEN SALES ONBOARDINGT
Date of Joining
Milestone 1: New Hire consumes pre-
boarding (non-proprietary) content as
soon as they sign the offer letter and
terms.
STRUCTURED EXPERIENTIAL INVOLVE MANAGERS ANALYTICS IDEAL VS REAL
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- Week 1- Week 2
Date of Joining
Milestone 2: New hire starts new hire
orientation and pre-bootcamp
activities.
1. STRUCTURED & MILESTONE DRIVEN SALES ONBOARDING - Continued
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Week 2Week 1- Week 1
Week 3
- Week 2
Date of Joining
Pre Boot camp
Pre Boot camp
Milestone 3: New hire is
certified on Product, Success
Story, and Elevator Pitch.
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Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6
- Week 2
Date of Joining
Boot camp Pre Boot camp
Milestone 4: New hire is knowledge
and message certified, and meets
first major sales readiness milestone.
Ex.: First discovery call
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- Week 2
Date of Joining
Post Boot camp Boot camp Pre Boot camp
Milestone 5: New hire completes
shadowing exercises and a check
ride with a panel of SMEs, manager
and / or seasoned reps
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- Week 2
Date of Joining
60-90 Days
Milestone 6: New hire meets second
major milestone.
Ex.: First sale
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90-120 Days
- Week 2
Date of Joining
FULLY RAMPED
60-90 Days
Ongoing reinforcement to maximize readiness

2. INCORPORATES A BLEND OF LEARNING AND REAL-LIFE ACTIVITIES

• Get managers to review reps’ pitches as a part of onboarding
• Facilitate peer to peer learning opportunities
• Enable and promote shadowing
2. INCORPORATES A BLEND OF LEARNING AND REAL-LIFE ACTIVITIES

3. INCORPORATES MANAGER-DRIVEN COACHING
• Get managers for Role-
play and check-rides
• Send weekly progress
reports
• Get managers to review
certify pitches as a part
of onboarding

• Data driven progress tracking of new hire progression
• Reporting with multiple views – Training, Enablement, and Sales Leadership
• Reporting by region, role, etc.
4. TRACKS NEW HIRE PROGRESS AND ENGAGEMENT

• Measure rep readiness against the ideal profile/cometency model
5. MEASURE AGAINST IDEAL REP PROFILE AND BUSINESS METRICS
New Reps
Competency
model for
sales team
Sales Manager

• Correlate with KPIs e.g. pipeline at 180 days, #PresidentClub < 12/18/24
months, revenue from <24 months, 1 year attrition rate
5. MEASURE AGAINST IDEAL REP PROFILE AND BUSINESS METRICS

SUMMARY
KEY TAKEAWAYS
1. A well-structured milestone based approach that is personalized for the sales rep’s needs achieves
best results
2. Investing into the right technology for delivery, tracking and administration makes onboarding scale
3. Blend knowledge with experiential learning activities
4. Follow up with recall and reinforcement activities
5. Map onboarding outcomes to business results - leading indicators (e.g. pipeline) and lagging
indicators (e.g. revenue, quota attainment)

Questions?

A comprehensive sales readiness platform for inside sales, field sales, and partner
enablement — Onboard. Coach. Reinforce. Update.
Proven high adoption. Trusted as the strategic sales enablement partner by companies,
like AppDynamics, CrowdStrike, MongoDB, Nutanix, Qualtrics, and many more.
Call us on 1(800) 231 5578 or email info@mindtickle.com to set up an appointment.
Schedule a call
with us for a deeper dive
into Sales Onboarding.

Thank you!
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