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Stop Selling Too Low
You're losing revenue because you're selling lower than you can/should. What I mean is... ...covered in this ~5 min video. ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 0:00 - What I mean by 'selling too low' 0:25 - An illustrative real-world deal 0:55 - The REAL story 1:35 - How it ties to pricing 2:05 - How it ties to close date 2:30 - The lesson is... 2:50 - If you object, based on your product 3:40 - The impact + a key question 4:00 - How we address this 🟩🟩🟩 ACTION 🟩🟩🟩 If you're a #CEO or #CRO
May 111 min read


7 Common Errors Surfaced by Win Rooms
7 common sales errors your org is likely struggling with. [4 MIN VIDEO] You're likely struggling with these given I've yet to enter a B2B org with an enterprise sale where these aren't common. ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Error 1 0:43 - Error 2 1:06 - Error 3 1:28 - Error 4 1:50 - Error 5 2:08 - Error 6 2:31 - Error 7 2:50 - What we do with these thematic errors 3:19 - Aside from the learnings... 3:40 - The core of revenue transformation 🟩🟩🟩 ACTION 🟩🟩🟩 If you're
May 41 min read


3 Common Forecasting Problems
CEOs & CROs: Are you landing more than 5% outside of your forecast? If so, take 3 min with this video. ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 0:00 - Problem One 0:41 - Problem Two 1:40 - Problem Three 🟨🟨🟨 SO THEN 🟨🟨🟨 Which of these three are occurring in your organization? These are all solvable. 🟩🟩🟩 ACTION 🟩🟩🟩 If you're a #CEO or #CRO and tired of getting burned by missed forecasts ▶️ REACH OUT ◀️ And we can talk through how we systematically address these three (among other) forecast
Apr 271 min read


WIN ROOMS | Replace feel-good optimism with tension-informed action to improve win rates
𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹-𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀. 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿. 🟥🟥🟥 THE TENSION 🟥🟥🟥 A Rev(X) Win Room is meant to explore the tension in a deal. It's where assumptions get stress tested. Where optimism meets evidence. But... i͟t͟ ͟d͟o͟e͟s͟n͟'͟t͟ ͟e͟x͟p͟o͟s͟e͟ ͟s͟a͟l͟e͟s͟ ͟r͟e͟p͟ ͟f͟a͟u͟l͟t͟s͟, it exposes opportunity for improvement of bot
Apr 171 min read


You need a post-sales GROWTH ENGINE to make Expansion Revenue INEVITABLE
Your customer success team isn’t commercial. And it’s costing you millions. 🟥🟥🟥 THE PROBLEM 🟥🟥🟥 CS is “supportive.” Helpful. Responsive. ✔️ High NPS. ❌ Low expansion. Renewals feel reactive. Upsell feels awkward -- doesn't happen. 'Sales' is a dirty word. So revenue leaks quietly after the deal closes. 🟨🟨🟨 THE SHIFT 🟨🟨🟨 Post-sales is not service. It’s value realization. A growth engine. Because value drives revenue. Commercial CS means: ✅ Value delivery pro
Apr 161 min read


Deal Qual Goes⬇️ Sales Skills Go ⬆️
I've inspected 100's of B2B sales oppties, and one thing is always true... [90 sec video] 🟩🟩🟩 ACTION 🟩🟩🟩 If you're a #CEO or #CRO and ↳ want to t͟u͟r͟n͟ ͟l͟i͟v͟e͟ ͟d͟e͟a͟l͟s͟ ͟i͟n͟t͟o͟ ͟c͟l͟a͟s͟s͟r͟o͟o͟m͟s͟ ↳ for both sales reps AND sales managers ↳ while also i͟n͟c͟r͟e͟a͟s͟i͟n͟g͟ ͟y͟o͟u͟r͟ ͟r͟e͟v͟e͟n͟u͟e͟ ͟o͟u͟t͟c͟o͟m͟e͟s͟ ▶️ REACH OUT ◀️ Macy Tanking and I can discuss what Rev(X) #WinRooms may look like for your revenue organization. ------------------------ Rev(X) |
Mar 281 min read


Enablement vs Effectiveness
Sales Enablement & Sales Effectiveness are not the same thing. [2.5 min video] ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 0:00 - Central Point 0:12 - Core Question 0:36 - Orientation 1:07 - Context 1:25 - Metrics 1:45 - Proximity to Revenue 1:58 - To Clarify... 🟩🟩🟩 ACTION 🟩🟩🟩 If you're a #CEO or #CRO and want to supplement your Sales Enablement with a Sales Effectiveness layer... ▶️ REACH OUT ◀️ We can help you understand how we partner with Sales Enablement to apply behavioral change mgmt in Re
Mar 261 min read


Highest Leverage, Least Investment
The greatest contributor to revenue variance... ...is sales management quality. [90 sec video] 🟩🟩🟩 ACTION 🟩🟩🟩 If you're a #CEO or #CRO and this video resonates. ▶️ REACH OUT ◀️ Rev(X) helps optimize all layers of the revenue org. ------------------------ Rev(X) | REVENUE // TRANSFORMED 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 (𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧 "𝗔𝗹𝗹" (𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹) 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 �
Mar 201 min read


No Surprises: Revenue & Discipline
No Surprises. You sit in a revenue org? This is one of your many responsibilities. [2.5 Min Video] ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 0:00 - The Mandate 0:15 - Why (in the Macro) 1:00 - Why (In the Micro) 1:30 - Between Macro/Micro 1:45 - How the org needs to think 2:00 - How to reduce surprises 🟩🟩🟩 ACTION 🟩🟩🟩 If you're a #CEO or #CRO and need to reduce surprises in your revenue delivery ▶️ REACH OUT ◀️ Macy Tanking and I can talk you through how we leverage systems thinking to improve p
Mar 171 min read


Deal Qualification and WinRooms
Jam session on the most powerful but under-utilized tool in the sales toolbox. [2.5 min edit] from a 15 min convo with Macy Tanking. ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 0:00 - The under-utilization observation 0:30 - How I use it when selling 1:10 - Win Rooms & change mgmt 1:35 - Illustrative example real example 2:10 - Sales rep quotes on Win Rooms 🟨🟨🟨 CONSIDER 🟨🟨🟨 We can turn your biggest deals into a powerful classroom... ...where both reps AND their managers embrace applicable learnin
Mar 161 min read


The Laggard Board - Accountability in Forecasting
"LoserBoard" just sounded too punitive. [3 min video] ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 𝟬:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 & 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟬:𝟮𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟬:𝟯𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟭:𝟭𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟭:𝟰𝟱 - 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝟮:𝟭𝟬 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🟨🟨🟨 REMEMBE
Feb 241 min read


TOUGH LOVE AI & SALES REP COMPLAINTS
TOUGH LOVE: You can't blame your sales reps about this complaint anymore. --AI HAS SOLVED IT-- [3 min video] ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 0:00 - The complaint 0:30 - Why you can't complain 0:45 - How the solution works 1:30 - Unacceptable excuses 2:20 - How we help you deploy this 🟩🟩🟩 ACTION 🟩🟩🟩 If you're a #CEO or #CRO who still has this complaint and wants it to go away for good... ▶️ REACH OUT ◀️ Macy Tanking and I can help you understand the process. --------------------------
Feb 171 min read


Sales is a C Suite Team Sport
This is what it looks like to have your entire C-suite involved in sales. [3.5 min video] ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 0:00 - What it is 0:25 - How it's used 1:10 - Illustrative deal blockers 1:50 - 3 things this does 2:15 - Not just the blockers 2:45 - For Churn & GRR Issues 3:05 - When the C-Suite is involved 🟨🟨🟨 CONSIDER 🟨🟨🟨 ❌ 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀... ✅ 𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖-𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲�
Feb 91 min read


Sales is a Craft (Not a Job)
Your sales people don't have a job. [3 MIN VIDEO] ⬜⬜⬜ CHAPTERS ⬜⬜⬜ 0:00 - The big question! 0:20 - Why think of sales as a craft 0:50 - The variety of roles 1:20 - The lifeblood 1:35 - Vs a "line-person job" 2:00 - The 2nd big question 2:35 - Why it's so exciting & meaningful 3:00 - To love and be 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 selling 🟩🟩🟩 ACTION 🟩🟩🟩 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮 #CEO 𝗼𝗿 #CRO 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 '𝗷𝗼𝗯' 𝗶�
Feb 51 min read


Sales Enablement is not the same as Sales Effectiveness
Sales Enablement is not the same as Sales Effectiveness. This table illustrates nicely. 🟥🟥🟥 THE PROBLEM 🟥🟥🟥 Sales enablement prepares reps. But preparation doesn’t win deals. 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 differs from 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 Enterprise revenue dies in the gap between knowing and applying that knowledge in the field. 🟨🟨🟨 THE PIVOT 🟨🟨🟨 Enablement builds competence. Effectiveness builds performance. One happens off the field. The other happens in live d
Feb 41 min read


What Sales Kick-Offs Really Teach Us
This last two weeks has been Sales Kick-Off Mania. Delivering keynotes & workshops has taught Macy Tanking and me a few things. 🟥🟥🟥 3 MISSES 🟥🟥🟥 (𝟭) 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 Something isn't working today with the current approach to s͟a͟l͟e͟s͟ ͟e͟n͟a͟b͟l͟e͟m͟e͟n͟t͟. (𝟮) 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 Something isn't working today with how s͟a͟l͟e͟s͟ ͟m͟g͟m͟t͟ is managing and leading (𝟯
Feb 21 min read
Fix Retention, Effort, Conversion, and Management Issues by Leveraging Real Deals
Here's the data on why your sales coaching is a problem. 🟥🟥🟥 THE PROBLEM 🟥🟥🟥 [𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘] 60% of reps will leave if their manager is a poor coach. [𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘] 53% disengage when coaching is inconsistent. [𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘] 49% admit they’d sell more with better coaching. [𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘] And 37% of managers admit they aren’t good at it. This isn't getting solved by: • Your big sales kick off event • Sa
Jan 271 min read


Great GTM Strategy Constrains Your Constrained Resources (IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS)
Most growth strateagy plans fail 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 leadership alignment. 🟥🟥🟥 Your exec team agrees on the goal. → Revenue target → Market focus → Strategic priorities Then everyone leaves the room and executes a 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 of it. → Sales optimizes for speed → Marketing optimizes for volume → Product optimizes for roadmap releases No one is wrong. But nothing compounds. 🟨🟨🟨 High-growth companies don’t align once. They 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜�
Jan 261 min read


1 Question, 3 Outcomes - Max Sales Signal
One question. That's it. All you need to accelerate a deal. Or move on. 1 Question. 3 Outcomes. 🟥🟥🟥 THE PROBLEM 🟥🟥🟥 Far too many deals stall because... ❌ The real blockers stay hidden ❌ “Yes” is vague and non-committal ❌ Timelines are assumed, not owned ❌ Sellers mistake interest for intent So deals drift. Weeks turn into quarters. 🟨🟨🟨 THE UNLOCK 🟨🟨🟨 Ask this one question: “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶�
Jan 221 min read


Reps run their 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴
Apply this cartoon* to your sales team. 🟥🟥🟥 THE PROBLEM 🟥🟥🟥 Reps run their 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 when no one is watching. → 𝗨𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁. → 𝗨𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. → 𝗨𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀. Exceptional never shows up by accident. 🟨🟨🟨 THE SHIFT 🟨🟨🟨 Constant deal inspections pull effort forward. They make reps ask: → '𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻?' → '𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁?'
Jan 201 min read
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