Symmetrics Group Blog Sales Restructuring Decisions in a Virtual Selling Environment

You’ve heard the phrase, “we’re all Inside Sales now.” It’s meant as a nod to virtual selling solidarity. Not to be taken literally. But still, it made us think. So many of our clients have had to make, or are in the process of making, sales org restructuring decisions to fit economic realities. The now outdated “Inside/Outside” sales terminology can muddy the waters on these decisions, particularly if your company doesn’t have clearly defined sales roles, which is a common enough occurrence. Leaders looking hard at their sales organizations to determine if they need to restructure an “Outside Sales” force that can no longer work outside should ignore the terminology altogether and look instead at the specialization of roles required to achieve their revenue targets. Especially if they have personnel decisions to make.