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E989: The Next Unicorns: Culture Amp CEO & Co-founder Didier Elzinga is building an employee analytics platform that keeps workers satisfied & motivated, shares insights on the changing role of culture, what modern employees value & maintaining culture while scaling – E7 of 10-ep miniseries

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Why You Have to Pay Commission to Sales People

What sales person does not want to have compensation tied to performance? Or are you hiring non-sales people and calling them ambassadors or something? No, no, we have died in the world of sales people. You see, you're hiring cutthroat sales people. And then removing the scoreboard. They still have a scoreboard as everybody else. So they see what their sales are. But they don't get a commission check. Correct. Do you want to know what? Yeah, I'm perplexed. Why does it work? Well, you've got to reverse it the other way and go, why do we think you have to pay commission to sales people? It feels fairer

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