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Three Slightly Ranty Thoughts on “Back” to Normal

Johanna Rothman

They hired me because they were in danger of going out of business due to their inability to release a working product. That's because they had an architecture that couldn't scale, people who couldn't do the work, and a mess of a product. Instead, tell the manager to create the environment where the team can release the product.).

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

And —rather than selling physical products, they deal in less tangible resources like time, insights, and expertise – billed either by hour or by project. And it’s those common links that inform tech investments, transformation strategies, and how firms respond to the disruptive forces that define the modern business landscape.

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What To Do When a Sales Prospect Says No

LSA Global

However, salespeople are human, and when a sales prospect says no — to a sales meeting , to a demo, or to the sale itself — they may be tempted to think that “no means no” and stop or delay pursuing their ideal target client. Instead of talking about yourself and your product, you’re asking about them. How have you prepared for that?”

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Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 6, Managers Want Commitments

Johanna Rothman

You know you need more feedback and resilience in your project/program, so you’ve created a product value team to reassess the roadmap on a regular basis. They need to plan on revenue from products and services. You will need to train your managers in how to think empirically, not just in plans. Your managers are not yet.

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How to Build a Better Sales Playbook

LSA Global

Like a playbook in sports that plans for the most frequent and most important in-game situations, a sales playbook is a unique collection of sales scenarios, strategies, plans, tactics, and tools to help a sales team consistently win when the stakes are high. Sales Strategy. Sales Culture. Sales Talent.

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When Sales and Marketing Aren’t Aligned, Both Suffer

Harvard Business

A new product line had failed, and the company believed the problem was either poor product delivery times or lack of effort by the sales force. The product line was priced to grow market share, yet the sales force compensation was structured to incentivize salespeople based on profit margin maximization.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

If you’re in the same boat – wanting to break in, but without a strategy – check out what we have to say below, and feel free to sign up for a Power Half Hour. I eventually built up a little demo reel, and I started presenting that to other companies. It’s unfortunate, but my flight training isn’t reflected in my GPA.