Martech

MAY 17, 2023

For your firm or in-house agency to have the flexibility to quickly and easily adapt to any shift in the market, new disruptive technologies, business opportunities or crises. Principles. Principles. In this article, I’ll cover the third related point: People. Every organization will have a unique vision and strategy. Process maps.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 25, 2020

I’ve been running a series of posts on dealing with the COVID 19 and related crises. As sales people, we want to continue to work with our customers in these times of crises, helping them make sense of what they face and how they move forward. The underlying theme is “how can we be most helpful?”

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 21, 2022

4 Principles to Develop Next-Level Leadership at Your Company. In order for a company to be and remain successful, it must learn how to develop next-level leadership which doesn’t always mean hiring externally. Thank you, Scott Miker , for sharing your insights on how to develop next-level leadership. Thank you, Peter B.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Crises are things that usually rally people to find solutions. From a conversation about talent and supply chain challenges with some of the leadership at Avaya, a cloud communications company that works with some of the world’s largest companies and brands, helping them build experiences for both employees and customers.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 15, 2021

That depends on how we navigate a cluster of overlapping, planetary-level crises that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff termed the “trust crisis.” But even if the timeline is longer, the trend towards bigger government, stronger leadership, and more coordinated international response may endure. Which scenario will emerge?

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 12, 2020

While the magnitude of this situation is unprecedented in our lifetime, we’ve been through similar crises before on a smaller scale, after natural disasters, military actions and political upheavals. Our second suggestion is to collect data, so you can be scientific in your approach to compensation decisions. Are new deals being delayed?

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Lead Fuze

MARCH 1, 2024

Stepping into a leadership role can feel like navigating uncharted waters, but understanding what are attributes of a good leader is the compass that guides you to success. Self-Awareness and Humility in Leadership A good leader knows themselves better than anyone else could—strengths, weaknesses, all on full display.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Treasury, he responded to numerous macroeconomic and sociopolitical factors and crises. Use the five principles of inclusive leadership to create a culture of equality at work. Inclusive Leadership Practices. Larry Summers is a perfect example of a leader who knows when to relinquish control. Sign up now. Lead with equality.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 21, 2020

To some degree, my discovery process has been made easier by the pandemic and the associated economic and social crises. It should be no surprise that the not so secret secret to sustained organizational excellence is based on a strong culture and value system, that everyone lives, and visible leadership based on the culture and values.

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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2022

It’s normal for people to seek inspiration and leadership during times of uncertainty. Crises will be different, but the strategies to move a business through them successfully are standard.”. He highlights the three key strategies that helped TripActions scale and boost their revenue. Develop a well-defined vision.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 20, 2020

But it’s fascinating to see how tragedy brings out the best in people and the best in addressing crises. Everyday, we are learning things that help us deal with the challenges presented by the virus and it’s impact on our lives, companies, nations, and economy. We’ve known this for decades, but we have failed to execute it.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 15, 2022

As much as our customers develop disciplined project plans, with goals, milestones, and so forth, these tend to get displaced by current crises. Despite knowing the customer buying process is very squishy and wandering, we design our processes to be relatively rigid, rigid to the point of being highly scripted. As a result, they get lost.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 9, 2020

With over 20 years of sales leadership under my belt, I am no stranger to transitions, uncertainties, and fluctuations in the market. With the current state of sales , everything is changing fast. Approximately 50% of B2B companies have reduced their budgets. 96% of B2B companies have switched to remote selling. Don’t cut corners.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Performance Management Can’t Be Delegated Or… The Almost Perfect Sales Management Article Performance Management–A Question Of Leadership. Some of the laundry list items include: Make sure the team makes the number, develop the strategy, manage the forecast/pipeline, manage performance, recruit, train, coach, and on and on.

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Salesforce

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In my 20+ years of sales leadership, I’ve spent hundreds of hours thinking about sales forecasting techniques that lead toward predictable revenue and accurate, actionable data. Extreme weather, economic crises, and global pandemics can dramatically change your forecast. Learn data-based sales forecasting techniques.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The tweet was part of an ongoing conversation in response to a recent New York Times investigation of never-before-reported events that led to Facebook's high-profile crises and missteps over the past few years. One such company is Google, who earlier this week announced its new Google My Business app. The Google My Business App.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 25, 2014

Change Communicating Creativity IBM Mid Market Posts Innovation Leadership Learning Overcoming Crises Problem Solving Professional Sales' As individuals, we can’t continue to play safe if we want to excel and be the best. Are you sticking your neck out? What mistake have you made this week? We’re All Going To Mess Up.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 29, 2015

Related Posts: Curiosity, Critical For Sales And Leadership Creating Urgency Don’t Cheat Your Customer By Not Closing Are You Creating A Sense Of Urgency With Your Customers? Execution Overcoming Crises Professional Sales Results Sales Effectiveness' I reread the article several times, thinking I may have misunderstood.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Accountability Coaching Execution Leadership Lean Sales And Marketing Learning Overcoming Crises Problem Solving Professional Sales Responsibility Sales and Marketing Tools Sales Effectiveness Sales Management Sales Strategies Sales Training Time Management' .” It stimulated a lot of thoughtful conversation. No related posts.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 25, 2014

There may be performance issues, They may be sales strategy, or process, or systems/tools/training, or people, or coaching/leadership issues. It’s a combination of leadership, strategy, sharp day to day business management/systems/processes/tools/programs, the right people, great coaching. Performance can always be improved.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Sales managers live in a world of constantly shifting priorities, crises, and challenges. Even for the very best it’s a huge challenge, but too often, those thrust into sales management roles, particularly first line sales management, aren’t prepared for their sales leadership responsibilities.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 27, 2014

Performance Management–A Question Of Leadership. Accountability Change Execution Innovation Overcoming Crises Problem Solving Professional Sales Responsibility Results Sales Effectiveness Sales Management' ” (The visual below may help.). Reality (Sometimes) Sucks! No related posts.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 30, 2013

As sales people we can provide tremendous leadership in facilitating the customer’s buying process. Accountability Communicating Customer Experience Customer Satisfaction Execution Overcoming Crises Responsibility Results Sales Strategies' We want to establish relationships with our customers. We want to be helpful.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2014

Where was sales in providing the customer insight and leadership in helping them understand and develop their requirements? I missed an opportunity to truly help my customer, provide some leadership and create value. Don’t get me wrong, I still think RFP’s Suck, we never respond to an RFP that we haven’t written.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Performance improvement in any organization requires attention to all the interrelated components: Strategies, Processes, Systems, Tools, Training, People, Leadership, Coaching, Metrics. If they don’t provide leadership in helping you do this, you may want to reconsider whether they are the right partner. .”

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 6, 2014

People are crying for leadership. Related Posts: Leading By Example Performance Management–A Question Of Leadership Do You Deserve To Be A Manager? Related Posts: Leading By Example Performance Management–A Question Of Leadership Do You Deserve To Be A Manager? Read my post, Proving Math Works ). No related posts.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Recently, I was doing pipeline, deal, and territory reviews with several sales teams. In the reviews, they were clearly struggling–they had new sales processes, new tools to help them in executing their deal strategies, developing their accounts, and managing their pipelines. Some parts of the sales process didn’t apply.

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Territory Sales Pipeline Trust 96

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Change Creativity Execution Future Of Buying Innovation Leadership Overcoming Crises Sales Strategies' Yet we very seldom analyze and quantify these issues. Sometimes, mistakenly we treat them as sunk, even though we keep paying and paying and paying. arrogance (thinking we are the best and don’t need to change).

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Sales Coaching, Dirty Secrets Or Misunderstanding What… Accountability Customer Satisfaction Leadership Learning Overcoming Crises Professional Sales Responsibility Results Sales Effectiveness Strategy Value Proposition' ” But I think it’s an important one. Do they recognize your contributions in creating that value?

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 1, 2014

I get a lot of calls and notes from people genuinely interested in performance improvement. Often, it’s managers saying, “My team isn’t doing what they need to be doing,” or “This one person isn’t really cutting it.” We tend to think, “If only these weren’t in my way, I could do fantastic.”

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 23, 2014

Accountability Coaching Communicating Leadership Learning Overcoming Crises Performance Metric Friday Professional Sales Responsibility Results Sales Effectiveness Sales Management Time Management' People want to avoid the review process. Too often, no performance plans are in place.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

At the highest level, I believe the Sales Management Operating System has 5 major pillars: Leadership: This embodies the overall culture, values, and purpose of the organization, as well as the role of the leader in the organization. Yet too often, that’s what happens with too many organizations. Crisis after crisis.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 29, 2013

They are leaders–even though they may not be in a leadership role. I was speaking to a client a few weeks ago about some “performance” issues he saw in the organization. He was relatively new in his job and was besieged with performance issues. But he only made it in the core product line. He just refused to do it.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 8, 2015

No organization can sustain itself and grow, unless they are committed to learn, change, execute, make mistakes, learn… No organization can sustain growth or leadership, unless they can leave a past that no longer works behind. If you’re a millennial, or even Gen Z, don’t get too comfortable. Sales Road Kill.

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Technique Growth Presentation Technology 88

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 12, 2014

What outcomes are they producing–whether it’s meeting their quotas, whether it’s developing their people/providing the right leadership and coaching, or anything else. But then you start looking at the results of those activities. The issue is activity–but are we doing the right volume of the right activities?

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 1, 2014

My friend, Gary Hart , stirred the pot a little by posing the question, “Is there an ROI in developing critical thinking skills?” ” I think it’s an awesome question, I think unconsciously, that may be in the minds of many business and sales leaders as they look for solutions to help improve the performance of sales people.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Business Acumen Communicating Future Of Buying Insight Selling Leadership Overcoming Crises Problem Solving Professional Sales Responsibility Results Sales Effectiveness Sales Strategies' Often, in talking about deals with sales people, there are things that just don’t make sense. They may be responding in a very unusual manner.

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