Contents
New remuneration concepts as a competitive advantage
Remuneration as a management and control instrument
Motivation through well-designed remuneration systems
Traditional remuneration systems have lasting deficits
- More power is not worth it.
- Neglect of important sales targets.
- No team orientation.
- Unfair remuneration.
- Incorrect variable income components.
- Neglect of income and costs.
Success factor 1: Effective remuneration requires tangible variable components
- Labor law aspects.
- Usual variable income components (statistical values).
Success factor 2: Compensation of income and costs
- The contribution margin in field and office sales.
- Management of employees via contribution margins.
Success factor 3: The remuneration of several performance criteria
- Operational criteria in the remuneration system.
- Strategic criteria in the remuneration system.
Success factor 4: Target bonuses instead of commissions
- Turn company goals into employee goals.
- Alternative remuneration models with target bonuses.
Success factor 5: Exciting versus boring remuneration
- Additional performance must be worthwhile for employees.
- Variants of an exciting remuneration process.
Success factor 6: Remuneration of "soft" performance criteria
- Promote employee skills and behavior.
- Self-assessment and external assessment.
Success factor 7: Team-oriented remuneration approaches
- The involvement of office staff, call centers, etc.
- The involvement of managers in sales.
The changeover to a new remuneration system
Aspects of collective bargaining law
Supplementary contracts and company agreement
Case studies
Learning environment
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Your benefit
You will learn from Dr. Kieser, a professional for modern sales remuneration,
- how to increase sales credit with the help of modern remuneration,
- how to manage and lead with remuneration,
- how to integrate the back office (sales, marketing, product management, service, etc.) into variable remuneration systems,
- how modern sales remuneration leads to fair employee remuneration that is free from randomness,
- how contribution margin-oriented remuneration systems work,
- how remuneration models can be designed in an "exciting" way that makes extra work worthwhile,
- where the correct variable income components are located.
Participants are familiarized with the development of a motivating remuneration system for field and office staff. The essential features of modern remuneration systems in sales are conveyed and it is shown how to proceed in order to win employees over to the new remuneration system. Significant limits and possibilities under labor law are highlighted.
Methods
Practice-oriented training with exercises, discussion of case studies, work aids/checklists, trainer input, discussion and exchange of experience.
Recommended for
Entrepreneurs, managing directors, sales managers, sales managers and marketing managers, managers from sales, accounting and controlling.
Further recommendations for "Motivating remuneration in sales"
Attendees comments
"The trainer responded very well to the individual needs of the participants."

Seminar evaluation for "Motivating remuneration in sales"







Variable remuneration in sales - training
Performance-related remuneration in sales today is much more demanding than in the days of traditional commission. Variable remuneration in sales integrates employees into differentiated (operational and strategic) targets. As a result, remuneration in sales has developed into an extended management and control instrument. In addition, the training "Motivating remuneration in sales" shows how variable remuneration can be designed to be highly motivating, so that employees find it much more worthwhile to perform better.
The training shows how commissions are being replaced by target bonuses: almost 50% of sales representatives are now remunerated exclusively with target bonuses in addition to their fixed salary. This is an instrument through which the company can communicate in a much more differentiated way which priorities the employee should set in his work.
Furthermore, the training "Motivational remuneration in sales" shows how office staff can also be integrated into the remuneration system and be remunerated in a motivating way. However, the focus of variable remuneration in sales is not solely on the aspect of leadership and management, but the training "Motivational remuneration in sales" makes it clear that the curve of variable remuneration is extremely steep, both "upwards" and "downwards". Studies have repeatedly shown that companies that manage and remunerate their employees in a target-oriented manner not only achieve better growth rates, but also better returns on sales.
Start dates and details

Thursday, 04.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 09.12.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thursday, 12.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.