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Turning America orange

A pharmaceutical brand ranked third in a three‑product market and trended short of a $300 million annual sales goal, creating an urgent need to change territory‑level performance and daily sales behavior.

RESULTS

The program drove measurable performance gains, with 71% of representatives moving their territory to #1 from third place, total sales reaching $315 million, and exceeding the sales goal by $15 million through sustained engagement across the US.

Industry

Life sciences

Problem space

Sales team motivation

Challenge

A pharmaceutical brand ranked third in a three‑product market and trended short of a $300 million annual sales goal, creating an urgent need to change territory‑level performance and daily sales behavior.

Solution

The team launched a six‑month incentive that asked sales representatives to compete against themselves using heat‑map visualization across 492 territories, with each territory intensifying in color as performance moved closer to first place.

Results

The program drove measurable performance gains, with 71% of representatives moving their territory to #1 from third place, total sales reaching $315 million, and exceeding the sales goal by $15 million through sustained engagement across the US.