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Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership with Cameron Marijosius Part 2

30 Day Leadership

22:24 - Creating a positive social contract - Cameron shares the importance of establishing a social contract when starting a new team or working with a group of people. The cost of not consistently developing your leadership skills is enormous. The cost of not consistently developing your leadership skills is enormous.

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What Makes a Great VP of Marketing in SaaS: A Deep Dive with Jason and Dave Gerhardt, ex-VPM of Drift

SaaStr

Jason Lemkin prefers sharing his thoughts through LinkedIn posts rather than engaging in conversations, finding it more efficient for his communication style. CEOs who are not interested in revenue and prioritize product development tend to hire CROs over CMOs. When CS is part of sales, there’s a lack of focus on customer care.

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Playbook to Achieving CEO-CRO Harmony with Algolia CEO Bernadette Nixon and CRO Michelle Adams (Pod 610 + Video)

SaaStr

Algolia’s Bernadette Nixon (Chief Executive Officer) and Michelle Adams (Chief Revenue Officer) have spent the past few years developing this relational toolbox. A tenant of leadership is not just building trust, but vulnerability. Do it with accountability, alignment, transparency, and sufficient communication. Key takeaways.

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Six Startup Disciplines for Challenging Times

Tom Tunguz

First, transparent communication. David Sacks wrote Happy Talk versus Hard Talk , which is an excellent post on how to communicate during a crisis. As you articulate communication plans, speak with transparency, candor, and gravity. Estimating this ahead of time is an important exercise before developing a new financial model.

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Successes and Setbacks on the Road to $1B with Alessio Artuffo, President and COO at Docebo

SaaStr

It’s essential that messaging doesn’t get confused when communicating with these different use cases. Between 2016 and 2023, you see the ACV (average contract value) going up and up. As a result, the contracts got bigger because they were working with bigger companies. Leadership injections as you scale are tricky.

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Don?t Hire the Wrong Outsourced Sales Professionals: 6 Handy Tips

Sales Hacker

A viable and proven option is handing over some or all of your sales efforts to outsourced sales professionals. It’s true that outsourcing your sales to a third-party provider can yield favorable results. There are many outsourcing companies, but which of them can actually hold a sales quota and get results?

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These 6 hidden reasons explain why your outsourced software testing isn't working

Audacix

Far too often we receive mayday calls from prospects who have invested a lot of money, but more importantly time, into selecting and working with a outsourced test automation services provider, only to be rewarded with a never-ending tug of war that inflicts much damage to their professional reputations. If you pay peanuts, you get.