Most members of the C-suite do not fully understand the nuances of account-based approaches. Most leadership teams view it as a “targeting” strategy to build the pipeline vs. a business strategy that should change how all teams communicate and engage with future and existing high-value accounts. They do not understand that ABM or a Strategic Account Strategy is a revenue-generating initiative that aligns with the company’s broader growth objectives. Account-based GTM approaches require alignment, integration, and orchestration between all teams to create the right account experience that lands and expands key enterprise accounts. As Sangram Vajre mentioned on LinkedIn before... Alignment begins with identifying where the teams can grow the most and how they need to work together to drive that growth. Most companies start with a high-level pie-in-the-sky type of strategy. They create a vision and set revenue goals, but when execution starts, every team pulls in a different direction. My article below shows how to align account-based strategies with the CEO, CRO, CFO, CCO, CPO and the COO: https://lnkd.in/eqv_sdii
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The Shadow Strategy...I like it. It's not new news, there’s often a gap between what we plan in the boardroom and what’s really happening in the market, but we can view it as an intelligence gap, not a performance problem. It’s feedback. It’s the market talking. The smartest thing to do is use it to sharpen our strategy.
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The "Shadow Strategy": Are Your Sales Team's Reality and Your Boardroom Vision Worlds Apart? There's the elegant strategy you confidently presented to the board, detailing market segments, value propositions, and premium pricing. And then there's the "shadow strategy" your sales team is actually employing, day-in and day-out, to survive and meet quota. ▪️The Boardroom: "We are the premium solution for enterprise clients, commanding top-tier pricing." ▪️The Trenches: "We're discounting 40%, offering extended pilots, and bundling free services just to get a foot in the door because the market isn't buying our 'premium' story." This chasm isn't merely a sales execution problem; it's a profound strategic misalignment, a fundamental leadership blind spot. Your sales team isn't just selling; they are your most vital, real-time R&D and market feedback mechanism. They are screaming that the product-market fit is off, the pricing model is unsustainable, or the competitive landscape has shifted dramatically. But in the insulated echo chamber of the boardroom, are those desperate signals being heard, or are they dismissed as "sales needing to work harder"? CEOs: How many actual sales loss reviews have you personally attended in the last quarter, not just read about in a summary? Sales Managers: What unfiltered, painful truth from the front lines have you delivered to your executive team recently, knowing it might challenge their core assumptions? #SalesStrategy #CEO #SalesLeadership #ProductMarketFit #Leadership #Strategy #GoToMarket #SalesFeedback
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