How to Build a Super High Retention Sales Team with Twilio's SVP and GM
1. How to Build a Super High-Retention
Sales Team with Twilio’s SVP & GM
Alice Katwan
SVP & GM,
North America Sales
Twilio
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2. 12M
# of job
openings in the
US in Dec’21 (1)
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4.3M 2:1
Ratio of engaged
vs disengaged
employees (2)
# of people quit
their jobs in
Dec’21 (1)
(1) Source: WSJ
(2) Source: Gallup Organization’s latest study
The Great Resignation/ Realignment
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Key Strategies to Attract, Nurture and
Retain your Sales Talent
Attracting great
talent
Investing in your
people’s development
Create incentive
programs that drive
successful behaviors
Be intentional about
the culture you want
to build
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5. #1
ATTRACT AND INVEST IN YOUR
TALENT
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Leverage Your Network!
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HIRE WITH DIVERSITY
(not just ethnicity/gender, but also skills/geographies/experience etc)
9. #2
INVESTING IN YOUR PEOPLE’S
DEVELOPMENT
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Have your team take ownership of their
career path
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Alice’s Toolkit
✅ Team meetings to discuss
what’s top of mind for
everyone
✅ Regular 1:1s (be intentional
about not canceling)
✅ Skip-level roundtables
✅ Monthly office hours with reps
✅ Employee engagement council
13. #3
CREATE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
THAT ENABLE POSITIVE
OUTCOMES
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Reward the Right Behavior
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The Carrot vs.
The Stick
16. #4
BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE
CULTURE YOU WANT TO BUILD
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(INTERNAL & EXTERNAL)
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Develop genuine connections & take time to
get to know people personally & professionally
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Our NAMER
Leadership
team in Napa
last week
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22. Closing thoughts
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Recap: How to build a high retention
sales team
Your reputation
matters!
Leverage your
extended
network
Diversity really
does matter
Encourage
teams to take
ownership of
their career
path
Be intentional
about the culture
you are building
Reward
behaviors that
align with your
business
priorities
25. THANK YOU
You can reach me to
akatwan@twilio.com
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26. APPENDIX
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Editor's Notes
What’s your actual hiring checklist?
What’s your actual hiring checklist?
What’s your actual hiring checklist?
What’s your actual hiring checklist?
What’s your actual hiring checklist?
What’s your actual hiring checklist?
What’s your actual hiring checklist?
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
What’s your actual hiring checklist?
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags
Where to invest and develop and where to look for red flags