Categories: Customer Success | Sales Messaging | Scaling Sales
A recent piece by McKinsey notes that 80% of startups who landed Series A funding failed within eight years (n=3164). Using interviews with B2B SaaS leaders who beat those odds by scaling from startup to over $100MM in ARR, McKinsey's recent playbook examines how these companies set up their organizations, common challenges they overcame and the actions leaders can use to emulate these pathways to success.
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Categories: Economic Change | Sales Messaging | Sales Negotiation
Today's sales environment is highly competitive. Recent economic hurdles mean that many buyers are adopting more complex purchasing processes, and sales organizations are looking for any way to preserve vital margins. You have ambitious revenue goals for the year - you can't afford for your sellers to resort to discounting to close deals.
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Categories: Podcasts | Sales Kickoff | Sales Leadership
Scot Loeffler knows a thing or two about leadership. He knows about leading a change initiative, getting the most out of high performers, and what it takes to be elite. Scot has worked with some of the most recognizable names in college and pro football as a quarterbacks coach or coordinator. In 2018, he became Head Coach at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) and began the task of turning their football program around. Recently, Coach Loeffler sat down with John Kaplan and John McMahon on the Revenue Builders Podcast to share his experiences and insights on leadership. In a candid discussion, Scot and the hosts break down the strategies he leveraged to engineer a new era of success for BGSU football and how the same tenets apply for leaders of any high-performance team.
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Categories: Podcasts | Sales Kickoff | Sales Leadership
Force Management Co-Founder John Kaplan and five-time CRO John McMahon recently had an in-depth discussion on the Revenue Builders Podcast about sales kickoffs. Combining their years of experience, they hashed out what works and what doesn't when it comes to planning and leading a kickoff event as a revenue leader. Listen to the full podcast conversation here. Today, we're sharing the top leadership tactics that Kaplan and McMahon have seen make a successful SKO that drives productivity, revenue and valuation. Keep reading for four things that all the best SKOs do.
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Categories: Podcasts
Last month, the Revenue Builders Podcast shared stories from the sales world and beyond of leaders who built, coached and motivated elite teams. From Bowling Green University football coach Brian White to accomplished Human Resources expert Hollie Castro, these leaders have some wisdom to impart on building great relationships and coaching greatness out of the individual. We even get a special one-on-one episode from our hosts on the topic of sales kickoffs, how important they are to teambuilding and alignment, and how to get the most value out of them as a leader. Dig in to the below episodes to stay up-to-date with the latest in sales trends and strategies from some of the brightest minds in the industry. We publish two episodes per week, sharing lessons for sales leaders at all stages of their careers. Make sure to subscribe to the Revenue Builders podcast on your favorite podcast player, so you never miss an episode.
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Categories: Sales Kickoff | Sales Leadership | Sales Training Initiative
The sales kickoff (SKO) is where you the stage for what’s coming, explain what’s changed and chart the path for success in the next year. But let’s get real. Rallying the troops and rah-rah speeches are great, but they are not what helps land high-value accounts or meet the growth imperative. Moving the needle comes by taking direct action on the day-to-day selling motion. The top performers on your revenue teams appreciate nothing more than having obstacles removed from their path. Clear the runway for them to go after and successfully land high-dollar targets by making efficiency an overt theme across your SKO. In a conversation with John Kaplan on the Revenue Builders Podcast, Tenable COO Mark Thurmond refers to this leadership function as Removing the Friction. In this clip, Mark breaks down how he approaches these conversations and digs into the nuts and bolts of removing roadblocks that impede productivity:
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