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    McKinsey, HBR: How much support do your sales people need?

    McKinsey, HBR: How much support do your sales people need?

    There is some fascinating research just published in the Harvard Business Review by a group of McKinsey consultants. They sought an evidence-based approach to optimising the balance between front line sales people and sales support roles - and their conclusions may surprise ...

    The keys to Improving Sales Forecast Accuracy

    As we're all very well aware, complex sales are complicated. There are subject to a wide range of factors that are outside ...

    Modern Selling - Art, Science AND Engineering

    B2B selling has become increasingly complex. Every sales leader today understands this, and it’s obvious we need to take ...

    Identifying Your Ideal Customers

    Market segmentation has traditionally been based on demographic factors such as company size, sector and location. But these ...

    The 5 characteristics of an effective sales process

    There is abundant evidence to prove that companies with an effective sales process outperform their less disciplined ...

    The modern messaging challenge - and what to do about it

    Let’s face it; today’s B2B buyers are overwhelmed by information, to the point where they often find it hard to distinguish ...

    Understanding the critical difference between "Need To" and "Must Do"

    In pretty much every conversation I've been having recently with CEOs and sales leaders the subject turns - sooner or later ...

    The Challenge with Challenger Selling

    “The Challenger Sale” by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson has been one of the most talked-about sales books of the past ...

    Is Your Messaging Truly Compelling?

    We all know the problem, because we all suffer from it as consumers: today’s buyers are so bombarded by apparently similar ...

    Inaccurate forecasting = inconsistent qualification

    Accurate sales forecasting is a particular challenge in high-value complex sales environments with lengthy sales cycles. ...