B
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54%
54% -- share of companies basing sales compensation on behavioral components for best-in-class sales organizations (2026)
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54%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
240
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Aberdeen Group
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Tier B
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Aberdeen Group
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Methodology
Aberdeen Group research study of more than 240 sales organizations; industry average comparison of 29%
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best-in-class sales organizations: 54% share of companies basing sales compensation on behavioral components. Source: Aberdeen Group (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/best-in-class-behavioral-compensation-aberdeen
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