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Ideas for field-sales teams that move

Practical playbooks on tour optimization, leading reps, and getting more done — for sales managers across Europe and the USA.

Tour optimization

Book the Hotel: The Overnight Math Your Expense Policy Gets Wrong

Your expense policy makes reps drive home every night so it can save on hotels, then drive back the next morning. Here's how to spot "boomerang days", do the overnight math properly, and plan multi-day tours that get back hours of selling time every week.

October 21, 2026 6 min read
Tour optimization

Ribbons, Donuts and Starbursts: The Territory Shapes That Eat Your Week

Two reps, same account count, same quota — one drives 60 km a day, the other 180. The difference usually isn't discipline or software. It's the shape of the polygon they were handed. Here's how to diagnose and redraw it without starting a revolt.

September 18, 2026 6 min read
Working smarter

Cap the Pile: Why Fewer Open Deals Close More Revenue

Your reps don't have a time problem. They have a work-in-progress problem. Here's how to set a hard cap on active deals — and why the pipeline you're proudest of is probably the one strangling your quarter.

September 7, 2026 6 min read
Managing teams

The Orphaned Territory Playbook: What to Do When a Field Rep Quits

A field rep resigning isn't a staffing problem — it's a knowledge evacuation. Here's how to make territories survive turnover, cover the gap without burning your remaining team, and ramp a replacement who inherits relationships instead of a spreadsheet.

August 27, 2026 7 min read
Tour optimization

Build Route Plans That Survive 10:47 a.m.

Every optimizer produces a beautiful plan. Almost none of them produce a plan that survives a 25-minute wait at the second stop. Here's how to design field-sales days for graceful degradation — and the four metrics that tell you whether yours actually hold up.

August 16, 2026 6 min read
Working smarter

Process Scar Tissue: The Rules Nobody Remembers Writing

Every mandatory field, approval chain and weekly report in your company was created on the worst day of someone's quarter. Most of them outlived the problem they solved — and your reps are still paying the tax. Here's how to find and remove process scar tissue.

August 5, 2026 6 min read
Managing teams

Stop Watching Your Reps. Build Self-Correcting Ones.

Field sales was remote before remote was cool. Yet most managers still lead it like an open-plan office — chasing check-ins instead of building reps who fix their own mistakes. Here's a better playbook.

July 25, 2026 7 min read
Tour optimization

Stop Optimizing for Miles: Route Your Reps by Revenue Per Hour

Most route planners minimize distance. That's the wrong goal. Here's how to redesign territories and cadence around revenue per selling hour — and reclaim the windshield time quietly draining your team.

July 21, 2026 7 min read
Working smarter

Stop Automating Tasks. Start Automating Decisions.

Most automation projects target the wrong thing. The real drain on your reps isn't data entry — it's the hundred small decisions they make before selling anything. Here's how to automate the choices, not just the clicks.

July 17, 2026 6 min read
Managing teams

Your Best Rep Might Just Have a Better Territory

Before you crown a top performer or put someone on a PIP, audit the one variable most sales managers never measure: territory fairness. Here's how — and why it changes how you coach, motivate, and hold reps accountable.

July 13, 2026 7 min read
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