Posts in Leadership
Top Sales Leaders Optimize the Blending of Gut Instinct and Data

In the dynamic world of sales, making big decisions can be a daunting process for any leader. The pressure to achieve targets, drive revenue, and outpace competitors necessitates a careful balance between gut instinct and data-driven insights.

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The Thoughtless Leader

Someone that is unoriginal, a Leader whose words lack any sense of originality. And worse, they are directly regurgitating – repeating without analyzing or comprehending - what others have said before. 

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Sales, Coaching, and Consulting. Same Difference?

Sales leaders are much more than just managers. They are expected to be consultants, providing their expertise and guidance to their clients and teams. Similarly, consultants are expected to be sales-driven, constantly seeking new opportunities to generate revenue for their organizations.  

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6 Signs of Really Bad Sales Management

It is a very personal list. Because what I may consider bad Sales Management is looked upon very favorably by someone else. So, what follows is simply the summary of observations and interpretations over decades of working as and with Sales Managers.

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What is "Senior Sales Leadership" for a Startup?

When it comes to hiring a senior sales leader, there are two main types of candidates to consider: those with big company experience and those with entrepreneurial experience. Each has its pros and cons, and the decision criteria for choosing the right candidate for your business will depend on several factors. 

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Scaling Draper & Olsen: Navigating the Pitfalls of a Growing Services Firm

A gifted founder CEO, often with a vague-at-best exit strategy, who’s both the lead technician and the company’s best/only salesperson. And a resistance to standardization, usually attributed to the bespoke, variable, heuristic, or technical nature of the work itself. 

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When the Going Gets Tough, Go Fractional

I get asked quite often about the state of the Fractional Industry and what I am seeing on the supply and demand side. My answer runs the risk of being self-serving, and at the same time, as an industry, I feel we need to tell the story. If we don’t, who will?

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Integrating Sales and Marketing Teams: A Strategy to Improve Your Customer's Buying Journey and Boost Sales

Are you struggling to close deals and are losing customers to your competitors? The reason could be that your sales and marketing efforts are not fully integrated.

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Do Great Sales VPs Make Great CROs?

In the course of helping clients find their ideal CROs, I hear the gamut of perspectives from both the client side and the executive side on the role of Sales Head and the Chief Revenue Officer. The terms and roles are often used interchangeably, and the definitions of each role vary widely. 

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Building and Leading a Global Sales Team

In a world where every start-up business wants to quickly expand and leave a mark on the world, the obvious question is how to do this successfully. For most businesses, it does start with building out a global sales team; Taking the service or product developed in one part of the world and selling it in another. 

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