The Recovery Mechanism · Finding 16 of 16

Does AI improve sales team performance?

Finding
AI increases sales capacity, not execution quality. 60% of rep time is spent on non-selling activities and 54% of sales organisations have deployed AI agents to reclaim it.

The data

Dimension
Figure
Rep time spent on non-selling activity
60%
Sales organisations that have deployed AI agents
54%
Reps unable to accurately assess their own execution quality
76%

What it means for revenue leaders

AI agents address time spent selling. They do not address the quality of what happens when reps sell. Ifexecution quality holds constant while capacity rises, the result is mediocrity at greater scale.

How this was measured

Execution quality data from 500,000+ dual-scored capability assessments. Capacity and AI deployment figures sourced from Salesforce State of Sales 2026.
Source: Global Sales Capability Index 2026 (Uhubs). Based on 500,000+ dual-scored sales capability assessments across 45 countries and 30+ role types, 2020–2026. Published April 2026.
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