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Sales Physician Revenue Performance Assessment
Leadership Gap Report
Newco Technologies (sample) · September 18, 2026 · 32 respondents
Participation
| Role | Invited | Completed |
|---|
| Executives | 2 | 2 |
| Sales managers | 3 | 3 |
| Sales professionals | 30 | 27 |
Individual answers are never shown. A role with fewer than 3 respondents is marked "directional": read it as an indication, not a firm result.
Scores by role
Overall Revenue Health64At Risk
Market Insight67At Risk
Sales Readiness60At Risk
Sales Execution64At Risk
| Capability | Team | Executives2 peopledirectional | Sales managers3 people | Sales professionals27 people |
|---|
| Market Insight™ | 67 | 70 | 66 | 59 |
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| Customer Understanding | 71 | 71 | 75 | 66 |
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| Target Market Intelligence | 68 | 71 | 65 | – |
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| Target Account Intelligence | 62 | 67 | 63 | 56 |
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| Executive Access | 54 | 56 | 60 | 45 |
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| Value Messaging | 57 | 67 | 51 | 54 |
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| Market Positioning | 78 | 83 | 72 | – |
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| Proof & Credibility | 72 | 79 | 64 | 74 |
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| Customer Outcomes & Value Realization | 72 | 67 | 78 | – |
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| Sales Readiness™ | 60 | 69 | 60 | 50 |
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| Tactical Sales Capability | 77 | 75 | 83 | 71 |
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| Sales Coaching | 58 | 75 | 61 | 38 |
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| Sales Development & Reinforcement | 49 | 50 | 53 | 43 |
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| Marketing Support | 52 | 69 | 47 | 40 |
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| CRM & Sales Technology | 58 | 63 | 58 | 52 |
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| Sales Process | 63 | 75 | 58 | 54 |
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| Organizational Alignment | 68 | 75 | 61 | – |
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| Sales Execution™ | 64 | 68 | 65 | 58 |
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| Opportunity Creation | 62 | 63 | 64 | 59 |
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| Early Opportunity Influence | 62 | 63 | 67 | 56 |
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| Discovery Effectiveness | 62 | 67 | 64 | 56 |
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| Customer Commitment | 56 | 60 | 53 | 54 |
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| Opportunity Qualification | 56 | 58 | 61 | 50 |
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| Opportunity Strategy | 54 | 50 | 56 | 58 |
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| Value Creation & Recommendations | 69 | 83 | 64 | 61 |
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| Value Defence & Negotiation | 60 | 63 | 56 | 61 |
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| Pipeline & Forecast Health | 55 | 63 | 56 | 46 |
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| Growth Through Customer Success | 90 | 92 | 89 | – |
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| Continuous Learning & Revenue Improvement | 81 | 83 | 82 | 77 |
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85+ Healthy 70–84 Developing 50–69 At Risk <50 Critical
Biggest gaps
Sales Coaching 37 points, significant
Executives rate Sales Coaching 75; sales professionals rate it 38. directional
- "Sales managers consistently provide structured coaching that improves the capability and confidence of customer-facing professionals." (39 points apart)
- "Our organization views coaching as an ongoing leadership responsibility that continuously improves customer-facing performance rather than as a response to performance problems." (38 points apart)
Marketing Support 22 points, notable
Executives rate Marketing Support 63; sales professionals rate it 40. directional
- "Our marketing resources are practical, current and consistently used because they help customers better understand problems, opportunities and outcomes—not simply our products and services." (33 points apart)
- "Marketing consistently provides customer-facing teams with relevant insights, content and tools that improve the quality of customer conversations." (21 points apart)
Sales Process 21 points, notable
Executives rate Sales Process 75; sales professionals rate it 54. directional
- "Customer-facing professionals advance opportunities only when customers demonstrate meaningful progress through commitment or by taking the appropriate action." (36 points apart)
- "Our sales process is consistently understood, applied and reinforced across customer-facing teams, managers and leadership." (22 points apart)
Pipeline & Forecast Health 18 points, notable
Executives rate Pipeline & Forecast Health 63; sales professionals rate it 44. directional
- "Leaders consistently use pipeline reviews to improve customer progress, coaching effectiveness and opportunity quality rather than simply reviewing revenue projections or sales activity." (32 points apart)
- "Revenue forecasts are consistently based on observable customer commitments, customer actions and objective qualification evidence rather than salesperson optimism or historical probability." (17 points apart)
Visibility gaps
Where a role often answered "Not sure", people cannot see whether this happens. That is a finding in itself.
- Executives answered "Not sure" to 50% of statements on Sales Development & Reinforcement.
- Executives answered "Not sure" to 50% of statements on Opportunity Strategy.
- Sales professionals answered "Not sure" to 35% of statements on Pipeline & Forecast Health.
- Executives answered "Not sure" to 33% of statements on Value Creation & Recommendations.
- Executives answered "Not sure" to 33% of statements on Value Defence & Negotiation.
Next step
Sales Physician is preparing your full Revenue Optimization Plan, which will set out the probable root causes behind these results and a prioritized 90-day plan.