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.
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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Sales Hacker
MAY 19, 2021
This helps us with our prospecting strategies but it also helps our reps develop their skill set and become stronger in their role. When a customer says that now is bad timing, I know that my rep didn’t understand the customer’s pain enough to drive value and offer a solution to their current problems. This is actually gold for us.
Intercom, Inc.
JULY 29, 2021
And so, Mark Rudden and his team had to figure it all out by themselves. Fortunately, Mark had quite a bit of experience working and scaling teams in demanding, hypergrowth environments. Building a great sales team: How Intercom fosters and maintains its sales culture. Onboarding, but make it remote. Kieron: Interesting.
Intercom, Inc.
JULY 11, 2019
But as the business becomes more successful – and there are resources to build a support team – additional layers begin to separate executives from their customers. Since 2010, he’s helped the company grow to more than 40,000 customers and helped scale the support team to more than 500 employees to assist those users. Short on time?
OpenView Labs
MAY 20, 2021
The same was true when I ran the People function at a software development consultancy that doubled its headcount to ~100 while reducing attrition from 40% to 5% voluntary in 18 months. The question becomes: “Who do I want on my team—and why?”. A final comment on purpose: It should come from your team.
Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 21, 2018
Whether you’re at an early-stage startup that’s just made its first sales hires, or part of a fast-moving sales team in a large organization, the key to success often comes down to efficiency. That means your focus should be on building the right customer profile and developing precise messaging to reach them. Short on time?
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