{"id":5416,"date":"2022-03-10T05:15:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T05:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getvymo.com\/us\/blog\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2022-03-10T05:15:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T05:15:57","slug":"listening-to-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/listening-to-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Women\u2019s Day\u2019s theme for 2022 is, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/news-stories\/announcement\/2021\/12\/international-womens-day-2022-gender-equality-today-for-a-sustainable-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d Our Product team dug deep into the data to see how the IWD\u201922 theme percolates into our core belief of\u00a0 \u2018Beyond Diversity\u2019. Here\u2019s what the data revealed: <\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<style>.ld_spacer_69f5635f7aa3d{height:32px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69f5635f7aa3d\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;5419&#8243;]<style>.ld_spacer_69f5635f7aade{height:32px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69f5635f7aade\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These numbers tell a fascinating tale of determination, hardwork and resilience . <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2020\/05\/why-women-are-the-future-of-b2b-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reports after reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> indicate that women outshine men in sales given the right opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We decided to reach out to a few Women in Sales, understand their challenges and do a quick dipstick on how Vymo has added value to their work-life:\u00a0 <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<b>Susan Jones, an agent at one of the leading insurance companies in the USA,<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meets around 300 customers a month. Apart from collections, Susan handles beneficiary payments, change of addresses, and new sales, including asking for referrals and dropping her visiting card and brochures at the customers\u2019 locations.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<style>.ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab06{height:32px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab06\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;5420&#8243;]<style>.ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab25{height:32px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab25\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy day is spent convincing people to get insurance. People only get what they want, but not what they need. This is an everyday challenge for me. Searching for locations shouldn\u2019t be one of them. I find value in their (Vymo) route mapping as I travel around the city.\u201d<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<b>Sandhya (Manager, Apollo Munich, India)<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plans ahead for the month, which is then split into weekly goals. She depends on agent and branch reports sent by the Operations teams to track overall progress.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<style>.ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab42{height:32px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab42\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;5421&#8243;]<style>.ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab5e{height:32px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab5e\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe numbers are important. With Vymo, I can correlate the number of activities per agent with engagement and possible outcomes. It also tells me the location and time spent by each agent.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For <\/span><b>Sheetal Das (Agent, ABSLI, India),<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the workday begins at 9 am as the Scrum has been added as an event in the Vymo calendar. After attending the Scrum, she gets on a zoom call with her manager and the team. The rest of the day goes in planned calls and completing pending tasks.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<style>.ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab79{height:32px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab79\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;5422&#8243;]<style>.ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab99{height:32px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69f5635f7ab99\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI spend 20 minutes daily on the Vymo app. The Lead Management system is user-friendly. The app we used previously didn\u2019t show all details related to activities. But Vymo has it, which is good. The best thing about Vymo is that I can track what I\u2019ve completed and plan what I\u2019m supposed to do.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you, ladies, for the vote of confidence! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;re glad to be able to support you as you go out and seize your opportunities\/ crush your quotas \/bring revenue to the table.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every day we learn something new from our Sales teams working on the ground. Every day we try to make those tiny changes to make the life of an agent simpler. Every day we go beyond\u2026. beyond the ask, beyond the numbers, beyond diversity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vymo believes that a diverse sales team is the way ahead. Women bring in a lot more value to the table &#8211; beyond diversity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/blogs\/voices\/women-in-sales-beyond-diversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to read this article on why our CEO Yamini Bhat believes that <\/span><b>Diversity Hiring is a strategic business decision<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The International Women\u2019s Day\u2019s theme for 2022 is, \u201cGender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.\u201d Our Product team dug deep into the data to see how the IWD\u201922 theme percolates into our core belief of\u00a0 \u2018Beyond Diversity\u2019. Here\u2019s what the data revealed: [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5419&#8243;][vc_column_text]These numbers tell a fascinating tale of determination, hardwork and resilience . 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