The Growth Puzzle – Your company is missing its forecasts

Is your B2B company missing its forecasts? Is that derailing strategic planning, board meetings and fundraising? My colleague, Philippe Bouissou, applied his 4 alignment axis model to the question of forecast accuracy, marketing attribution and the role of revops. His answer is misunderstanding of revops, false specificity in attribution and misalignment. The misalignment is betweenContinue reading “The Growth Puzzle – Your company is missing its forecasts”

5 Signals of Optimized Growth Potential…That Light Up Your Team

If your company is only measuring growth in ARR, it isn’t effectively measuring its growth. Revenue growth is the cornerstone of business success. Your revenue growth rate is your momentum, powering your perception in the market, including your ability to raise money and attract employees. If your growth is suboptimal, people and money are moreContinue reading “5 Signals of Optimized Growth Potential…That Light Up Your Team”

Urgency: The Difference between a Sale and a Fail

Among prospective customers, urgency is the difference between a sale and a fail. Many people incorrectly assume selling requires creating urgency in the prospective client’s mind. This mindset is both hubristic and harmful: Manipulating someone into altered priorities is a speedy way to make them resent you. In subscription sales, especially, it’s a recipe forContinue reading “Urgency: The Difference between a Sale and a Fail”