Culture Isn't Something You Announce
Every company claims to have a culture. Most of them declared it and waited for it to arrive. Culture doesn't arrive — it accumulates. Here's how high-performing sales teams actually build it.
You hired a VP of Sales. Now get out of their way
Most leaders know the obvious ways a VP of Sales hire goes wrong. There's a third failure mode nobody names — and the leader doing it genuinely believes they already handed it over. This one's harder to fix because it doesn't feel like a problem.
The quota math nobody does
The quota a rep receives on day one is the output of a dozen assumptions made upstream. Most companies never document them. That's the problem.
47% of My Team Made President's Club. Here's the Only Thing We Did Differently.
When 14 of 30 sellers made President's Club, nobody added headcount, changed the quota, or ran more training. We changed the structure. Here's what happened — and why the science behind it matters.
The Sales Playbook That Actually Gets Used
Coaching isn't the solution. It's the final step. And most companies skip everything that comes before it. Here's the hierarchy that actually works—and why your playbook is the foundation that makes coaching effective.