The Spirit Model: Sales Performance through Individual Realization, Impact, and Transformation

Garrett Hart

doi:10.2478/bsaft-2025-0005

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The Spirit Model: Sales Performance through Individual Realization, Impact, and Transformation

Scientific Bulletin

Volume 30 (2025): Issue 1 (June 2025)

By: Garrett Hart

Open Access

|Jun 2025

Abstract

Sales organizations face persistent challenges in aligning employee engagement, retention, and performance with organizational objectives. The Sales Performance through Individual Realization, Impact, and Transformation (SPIRIT) model introduces a conceptual framework integrating self-determination theory and leader-member exchange to combine individual autonomy with relational support to address deficiencies in sales leadership. The model's components – individual realization, impact, and transformation – operationalize leadership practices through targeted interventions, feedback systems, and technology integration. While untested, SPIRIT provides a theoretical contribution to understanding the interplay between intrinsic motivation and relational dynamics to create a foundation for future empirical studies.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsaft-2025-0005 | Journal eISSN: 3100-5098 | Journal ISSN: 3100-508X

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Published on: Jun 24, 2025

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leader-member exchange theory,

motivation,

sales leadership,

self-determination theory

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