OpenView Labs

JULY 1, 2020

IT teams scrambled to respond to the work-from-home lockdown by developing new procedures for provisioning home equipment, deploying new collaboration tools, beefing up their VPN networks and redesigning their service desk support procedures. There’s a Difference. If Phase I was a sprint, Phase II will be a marathon.

Underperforming Technical Team 86

Underperforming Technical Team Headcount Compensation Leadership 86

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Lexi Reese, Gusto COO uses her 20+ years of experience to provide advice on building high performing teams using authenticity, empathy and logic. Lexi explains the importance of team trust, driver and passenger mindsets, and much more. I think the foundation of high performance teams is that they share five things.

Scale 177

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Scaling Leadership 177

Totango

DECEMBER 23, 2021

To help you and your team combat this dangerous phenomenon, we’re going to do a series of articles over the next few weeks discussing various burnout and mental health topics. Decreased productivity, a high turnover rate, low engagement, and employees with poor mental and physical health all lead to heavy financial burdens for companies.

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team Customer Success Scale Leadership 98

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As the president of Sales Xceleration, a firm specializing in assessing and implementing sales strategy , sales processes, and sales execution to drive growth, I’ve seen how job hopping can affect otherwise stable sales teams. But also the cost it has on their careers — and your sales team. This trend especially impacts sales teams.

Sales Hiring 79

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Compensation 79

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

Companies which don’t use mental models risk unleashing mayhem with poor choices or becoming bloated and bureaucratic by reducing the volume and speed at which decisions are made - both scenarios are undesirable and will impact growth. OKRs are a useful mental model - they make it crystal clear what people and teams should be striving for.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

OPEXEngine

MAY 4, 2021

The most sure-fire way for aspiring CFOs to attract the notice of CEOs and boards is to bring a strategic mindset, communicate well and showcase a background in operational finance, recruiters say. ” Many leadership paths. Hopefully it will be communicated during the interview process. Public accounting widest path.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Finance Communication Strategy 52

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As cross-functional leadership teams across the country clamor to prioritize and agree upon the top threats to address, many underestimate the importance of effective change management. Some changes are seemingly smaller — say, the addition of new required fields for a sales team to complete in converting leads to opportunities.

Sales Recruiting 77

Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Management 77

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 19, 2023

I socialized with them at elegant black-tie events, fine client dinners, and weekend leadership retreats. Maybe it goes without saying, I never heard them mistake the mail room guy or the security guard for a leadership team member.) It comes down to respect and credit that each team member deserves on a fundamental level.

Sales Recruiting 85

Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Sales 85

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 23, 2020

They could have a lack of trust from above due to a predecessor doing a bad job. It starts with overcoming those 2 bad habits we mentioned earlier by developing a learner’s mindset and finding the right solution by staying curious. What if your prospect is communicating an unusual need? Notice the theme developing here.

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Underperforming Technical Team Sales Sales Funnel Leadership 82

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

Sanj started working at Salesforce back in 2005, when the company had around 1,000 employees and a few hundred million in revenue, and he was a part of its growth for 14 years, holding several leadership positions in multiple markets in EMEA. It’s very transparent, very collaborative, and filled with really smart, amazing people.

Scale 210

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 210

SaaStr

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Jon Perera, CMO at Highspot, says the place to start is sales and marketing alignment—a system that aligns strategy, communication, execution, and goals between the two departments. From the get-go, ensure alignment between sales and marketing teams on goals and anticipated outcomes. Create dynamic alignment on goals. Key takeaways.

Scale 261

Scale Sales Hiring Marketing Venture Capital 261

Scytale

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Evolving Role and Responsibilities of a CISO The CISO’s primary responsibilities include: Developing and implementing enterprise-wide information security strategies and policies. The CISO coordinates with technical teams to contain breaches and prevent future attacks. This includes compliance with regulations like the GDPR.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team compliance Automotive 52

Scytale

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Evolving Role and Responsibilities of a CISO The CISO’s primary responsibilities include: Developing and implementing enterprise-wide information security strategies and policies. The CISO coordinates with technical teams to contain breaches and prevent future attacks. This includes compliance with regulations like the GDPR.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team compliance Automotive 52

User Pilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs. TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs. This is the main focus of the article.

Strategy 104

Strategy Underperforming Technical Team User Experience SaaS 104

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

TL;DR Product managers often don’t get the due recognition for their work and their role is often marginalized by frustrated leadership or other teams. Allocating time for a specific research stage is often a no-go for leadership, so make the habit of interviewing customers continuously. Average ships per person in the team.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Management Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 103

ChurnZero

APRIL 1, 2022

Like many people with leadership aspirations, Sharon saw the vice president title as her dream designation: “I knew that a VP role would be harder to attain because there are fewer of them within a company structure.”. How to help teams with imposter syndrome as a leader. How to help teams with imposter syndrome as a leader.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Strategy 98

Chart Mogul

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

At the Product-Led Institute, we developed the “Triple-A” sprint, which focuses on rapidly identifying problems, building solutions, and measuring impact. The Triple-A sprint gives you a way to build a sustainable growth process and can be used by any team in your business. You aren’t communicating your value well enough.

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Underperforming Technical Team Development Churn Metrics 69

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 25, 2020

But should you build your own in-house marketing team or hire an agency partner? Digital agencies are companies that help other businesses perform a specific function such as marketing, development, or design. They act as a substitute for an in-house team, serving the same labor function but outside of the organization.

Sales Hiring 145

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 145

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

You can have the great product and a great team, but the market of small or very niche. The second one is the team, obviously depending on how earlier the team has a huge factor because you may be so early in your journey that there’s nothing else to point to, but the track record of the team. Jyoti Bansal: Yeah.

Sales Recruiting 242

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 242

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2024

How should you handle presenting challenges to your C-suite team when you’ve just joined the company? Lattice had a product-led growth flow on the website while the sales team was still trying to sell the PLG companies The good news is Lattice had a lot of activity and initiatives at play. Can you start and stop a PLG motion?

Scale 218

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Revenue 218

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Modern sales teams need competent professionals with a variety of talents, skills and abilities. But in a hyper changing landscap e, which are the most crucial sales skills and traits that reps must possess (or develop) in order to exceed targets and deliver consistent sales success? Communication/Storytelling.

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Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development Development Social Media 102

Sales Hacker

MARCH 19, 2021

As someone who’s grown from an Inside Sales Consultant with absolutely no technical experience in sales to my most recent role as VP of Sales for Zillow Group Rentals, I have spent nearly a decade hiring hundreds of sales professionals and developing a handful of those hired into leadership positions and beyond. Coachability.

Sales Hiring 130

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales Leadership 130

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 10, 2021

Know why you’re training your team before you start. Learn how the team follows up with every lead in record time after virtual events and turns them into revenue. Keith: Many people know of Sandler sales and sales leadership training. around the country, around the world, their focus is going to be leadership at all levels.

Scale 104

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Consulting 104

Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A recent Towers Watson study revealed that businesses with a strong employee experience sustained a 4% bump in revenue while those with a poor experience saw revenue fall by 1%. Development Programs. 41% of employees consider career development and personal growth opportunities important to their job satisfaction ( SHRM , 2017).

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Data Sales Hiring 52

Chart Mogul

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

At the Product-Led Institute, we developed the “Triple-A” sprint, which focuses on rapidly identifying problems, building solutions, and measuring impact. The Triple-A sprint gives you a way to build a sustainable growth process and can be used by any team in your business. You aren’t communicating your value well enough.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Development Churn Metrics 52

CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 11, 2022

However, there is another form of QBR that is crucial to a Customer Success team’s success: the QBR of the Customer Success team itself. Many CSMs have worked on a team where their procedure remains unchanged from quarter to quarter. Participation is encouraged at all levels of the Customer Success team.

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Underperforming Technical Team Customer Success Business Forecasting 52

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I had resources available to learn more about leadership and that helped me give more to my reps than just “make more calls” and “send more emails.” Every day, sales managers work side by side with their reps in customer meetings, planning sessions, and team meetings. So, like many new managers, I crashed and burned many times.

Underperforming Technical Team 65

Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review Software Review Sales Enablement 65

User Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2024

Create visually appealing and persuasive ad creatives that communicate your value proposition to potential customers. Host product webinars to reach your target audience Develop webinar content that educates your audience on industry trends, common challenges, and how your product addresses these issues. Traffic analytics on Hubspot.

Acquisition 106

Acquisition Strategy Social Media Underperforming Technical Team 106

OpenView Labs

MARCH 24, 2021

For either one, the bottom line is that the cost of a bad hire is significant. I’ve talked a lot about the hidden costs of a bad sales hire. Develop a bulletproof hiring process that celebrates candidate experience. Spend time with your team and buyers to understand their needs and potential blindspots.

Sales Hiring 56

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Company Culture Interviewing 56

Sales Hacker

MAY 27, 2021

That means thinking of the sales team as remote-at-heart, not remote-by-default. Running a sales team without face-to-face communication. You’ve heard it before: communication is 93% nonverbal. That means that communication in your team has been slashed to the bare minimum. Communicating your needs.

Underperforming Technical Team 111

Underperforming Technical Team Sales Software Review Technical Review 111

ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2022

Does your Customer Success team have a shallow view of onboarding? Q: What should you do if the team you’re onboarding wasn’t part of the buying decision and isn’t thrilled to be learning a new tool? I have the internal handoff from pre-sales to post-sales customer teams. I have two handoffs.

Scale 98

Scale Onboarding Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 98

InsightSquared

MARCH 8, 2021

Focus on the things that you can control and work to win, understanding as you engage with your team, or anyone really. I started my professional career in finance and found my favorite days were the ones helping develop and train new team members. Liz Brown – Services Architect. I’ve been at InsightSquared for 9 years.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review 62

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Thought Leadership. Thought leadership describes the esteem and authority a company is held in in a particular industry. Is the content insightful and communicated in a clear and concise manner (this also affects how they will communicate with you)? A Well-rounded Team. Clear Communication.

Artificial Intelligence 136

Artificial Intelligence Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Machine Learning 136

SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2020

As for Carolyn, prior to joining PagerDuty she spent 5 years as the GM of Method Communications San Francisco Office and before that spent time on the other side of the pond with a close to 7-year stint at Orange as Head of Corporate PR and Head of US Communications. How do you communicate for impact? Communications.

Scale 179

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Branding 179

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

And what better way to develop this other than enlisting the help of an expert digital strategy consultant who can do a broad set of activities, each of which is directed towards helping you meet your goals. Getting a consultant can be useful for streamlining client communication too. Give You the Biggest Bang for Your Buck.

Consulting 123

Consulting Strategy Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 123

Sales Hacker

MARCH 28, 2019

To begin, perform an audit of your own sales team, and answer these questions: How are women compensated in comparison with men of their same role level? By the way, even if you don’t find there are gender differences on these three criteria (good job), this exercise can help you improve how you manage your team in myriad other ways.

Sales Hiring 79

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales Management 79

Sixteen Ventures

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Most companies handle Account Expansion poorly and therefore experience very poor results. Do this… Have one team dedicated to bringing in net new Good-fit customers and a different, separate team dedicated to growing the relationship with those successful customers. Okay, so you want to grow fast?

Underperforming Technical Team 58

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Compensation Customer Success 58