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Revenue Churn and your POST-SALE Investment
Client churn & NRR challenges abound. What's going on? SIMPLE MATH: → A 5-yr partnership at $1M/yr contract = $5M → $1M of that $5M is...
Feb 19, 20241 min read


There Are Three Things That Matter-GPC
There are only 3 things that matter to your Board, Wall Street analysts, etc. G.P.C. 1️⃣ GROWTH Top-line revenue expansion 2️⃣ PROFIT...
Feb 9, 20241 min read


Vitamins or Painkillers
Painkillers = Good | Vitamins = 'Meh' I'm talking about what you're offering. • Your product • Your service • Your process It should...
Feb 8, 20242 min read


The One Thing
The best sales people don't sell… They believe... ...so genuinely, so completely, with certainty... ...that what they're a part of......
Feb 6, 20241 min read


A Problem Well-Defined is a Problem Half-Solved
Revenue or Profitability problem(s)? Here are 5 approaches I use with clients to clarify... ...what problems they actually need to solve....
Feb 1, 20242 min read


Executional Debrief Report
What if you could SCORE how action-oriented you were in Q4? If you were clear on outcomes? Yesterday, I sent an exec a Q4 debrief report....
Jan 23, 20241 min read


Your OKRs Will Not Save You
OKRs kind of stink. Really. Sure. Intel used them. Google uses them. So... ...what's wrong with OKRs? ______________________ → THEY'RE...
Jan 20, 20241 min read


Client Quote
7X'ing a sizable business. It's not easy. But it also doesn't have to be so terribly hard. This client endorsement makes me happy. As an...
Jan 18, 20241 min read


The Character of The Happy Warrior
Business is war. Or at the least, war-like. What are we warring against? We battle against... → Volatility, uncertainty, complexity,...
Jan 12, 20242 min read


GTM Process Engineering
"It's the hashtag#CRO / hashtag#CMO / hashtag#SalesRep 's fault!" Lean thinking states that we blame the process, not... ...the person...
Jan 11, 20241 min read


24 Critical Questions for 2024!
24 critical (and brief) questions for 2024! [ Strategy / Execution / People ] Scorecard Give yourself 1 point for each of the...
Jan 9, 20242 min read


How Do You Create Unique Value?
"How will you win?" #CEOs often don't (or can't) give me a straight answer. There's a standard list of moves in the competitive strategy...
Oct 2, 20231 min read


The Rumelt Strategy Chain
Results lagging? Operational friction slowing your path toward #profitable #growth? This 3 step framework is a powerful beginning point...
Jul 25, 20231 min read


Level Up Your Execution With a Bowling Chart
Level up your #execution with a Bowling Chart. Given the increase in focus on profitable, efficient, effective execution...dialing things...
Jun 27, 20231 min read


3 Elements of The Countermeasure
"We can't have another month/quarter like that last one..." If you've said these words, you need a countermeasure. The 5 min of this...
Jun 26, 20231 min read


Explain What You Do and How You Do It
There's so much value in explaining to 4th graders what you do & how you do it, as I did today. 4 important take-aways: 1. COMPELLING...
Jun 16, 20232 min read


Unexceptional Performance with Exceptional Execs/Orgs is Unfortunate But Natural
It's hard for exceptional #CEOs to admit that they (or their orgs) aren't delivering. Can you be exceptional & deliver unexceptionally? ...
May 24, 20231 min read


Need To Get Buy-in?
Need to get buy-in? From clients & prospects? Employees & candidates? Board & Investors? More info is unlikely the best place to start....
May 19, 20231 min read


Back to Basics - Biz Isn't Growing? It's 2 of 3 Things
Let's not overcomplicate things. No single #GTM will likely solve for ❌'s next to the other two (see the video). Similarly, it's hard to...
May 17, 20231 min read


The Reason For Your Unpopular, Difficult Decisions
Every great leader must make difficult & unpopular decisions, to solve the #100MillionDollarProblem...or day-to-day. What makes it far...
May 16, 20231 min read
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