OnStrategyHQ

JULY 14, 2023

Play Watch the video Q: How much time should I spend measuring and communicating my progress? Finding the right balance is crucial when measuring and communicating strategy and progress. Most of your time is spent creating the narrative around the progress and communicating the strategy. Try using a communication matrix.

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Strategic Communications

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Effective corporate communication has always been important. It’s critical that corporate communications and HR staff work together to create a strategy and plan for moving forward. Strategizing for Internal Communication Success. My first task was to create an internal communication plan for the organization.

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Planview

APRIL 29, 2022

In this post, we’ll show you how to become a modern PMO that enables your organization to adapt to an ever-changing professional landscape. Accelerating product cycles, technology disruptions, and a growing remote workforce are testament that we need to modernize the way we plan, prioritize, and execute projects.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2020

If you’re still leading the same way you have been for years, now is the perfect time to adapt your leadership style to better meet the needs of your organization during challenging times. Continue reading to learn what sales leaders should prioritize in 2021. Sales Leader Priorities for 2021. Model a positive mindset.

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CMOE

JUNE 6, 2022

Studies show poor communication between team members can cost businesses dearly. By some estimates, ineffective communication can cost as much as $1.2 Simply put—communication is critical to your team and the overall organization’s success. The Importance of Team Communication. trillion each year.

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CoSell

AUGUST 7, 2020

He loves seeing a fast path to help his sales reps save time, save effort, and prioritize Co-Selling Partners. Look for strengths such as: • Collaborative mindset • Diversification in customers • Excellent interpersonal communication Problems How can you respond proactively and quickly to problems? He believes he is a ‘cowboy at heart.’

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Strategic Communications

MAY 13, 2022

The white paper needed to include: a focus on the new national campaign theme, a focus on the new local campaign theme, a focus on the areas served, a focus on the organization’s new direction for the coming year, a focus on…OK, hopefully, you get the point. If you focus on everything, you’re focused on nothing!

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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Delivering A Next-Level Customer Experience In this Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount talks to Clare Dorrian, SugarCRM's CMO, about putting people first, building human connections, and prioritizing the customer experience in a saturated market. In a highly competitive market, differentiation is key.

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CMOE

MARCH 17, 2022

There’s an art to conveying opportunities, issues, and changes to your workforce—it requires strategic and proactive communication. Ineffective communication costs small companies $420,000 a year. Good communicators take a strategic and proactive approach. What Does It Mean to Communicate Strategically?

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Upland

MAY 22, 2024

Prioritization and Targeting: AI can analyze numerous factors like customer size, industry, past purchases, and even sentiment in communication to prioritize whitespace opportunities. This saves sales reps time sifting through broad data sets and allows them to focus on qualified leads within existing customer accounts.

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ClearPoint Strategy

JULY 7, 2021

If there is one phrase that represents both enormous potential and challenges to organizations today, it is big data. When done right, dashboards provide valuable insight into the health of an organization and strongly influence executive decision making. And yet data-driven decision making is more important than ever. Click To Tweet.

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Apptivo

JULY 1, 2022

If you do not prioritize the needs and requirements of the customers, you will probably fail. Data Integration for better communication. When you develop a CRM strategy, it is very much important to prioritize data integration. With CRM, you can access the data through the web and enhance the communication potential.

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Zendesk

MAY 3, 2021

According to the CX Trends report , companies plan to invest more in customer experience across the organization. Zendesk helps agile retailers mature a typical digital interaction from simple text to data-informed conversations, enhanced with dynamic imagery, curated product carousels, and proactively communicated offers.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Left, right, and center, traditional organizations are replacing Waterfall project management with Agile planning. One of the key takeaways of the webinar is that the PMO’s raison d’être is to align the activities of the delivery organization with the strategic goals of the business.

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AchieveIt

JANUARY 2, 2024

Does your strategy, the backbone of your organization’s success, live across various spreadsheets and documents? At AchieveIt, we prioritize a swift onboarding experience, aiming for a four to six-week implementation process. Or perhaps you use an obscure planning tool that only you, the strategy leader, fully comprehend?

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2024

Without clear visibility into these areas, it becomes increasingly difficult to prioritize tasks effectively, ensuring that outcomes align with top business priorities. This misalignment disrupts the entire workflow, causing upstream teams to wait and downstream teams to deal with non-prioritized outputs, slowing down the organization.

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OnStrategyHQ

MAY 17, 2023

Core Values: Outlining the behaviors and values you expect from your team and organization. Definition The mission statement describes an organization’s purpose or reason for existing. Outcome A short, concise, concrete statement that clearly defines the scope of the organization. Output: Phrases to use in a mission statement.

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Nutshell

JUNE 5, 2019

In this article, we’ll compare seven leading CRM solutions that include email communication features, to help you understand which solution might be right for you and your team. Without a CRM database, email communications are hidden away in personal email inboxes, unable to be leveraged by anyone else on the team.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

7 Common Barriers to Sales Transformation Barrier 1: Siloed Mindsets and Departments One of the most persistent challenges in many organizations is the presence of siloed mindsets and departments. It’s easy to prioritize quick wins over sustainable growth initiatives. This is a definite growth killer.

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Sales Gravy

JULY 21, 2023

and Jeb Blount discuss the essentials of sales messaging, how poor communication skills damage your brand, the stories we tell ourselves and our prospective customers, and what the advent of automation tools like Chat GPT means for salespeople. If you're a leader and observe this trend within your organization, rest assured you're not alone.

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ClearPoint Strategy

MARCH 15, 2021

Linking budget to strategy allows an organization to use resources efficiently to further its mission. Closer alignment between strategy and budget also ensures an organization’s longevity through trying times. In today’s world, hospitals and health systems face increasingly challenging circumstances.

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Arpedio

MARCH 6, 2024

Rather than focusing solely on closing deals, account management prioritizes the establishment of robust, enduring relationships built on trust, transparency, and value. Book demo Key Principles of Effective Account Management Communication Effective communication lies at the heart of successful account management.

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Mike Kunkle

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Nowhere is this truer than with the commercial organization. It shifts the focus from “revenue enablement” (which – I’m sorry – is internal, seller- and company-centric) to the broader functions of the commercial organization, in a more buyer- and customer-centric paradigm. One that I will expand over time from this foundation.

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Insightly

MARCH 25, 2024

CRM software allows organizations to centralize and organize customer data, like contact information, communication and purchase history, miscellaneous preferences, and more. Consider your CRM a hub for managing customer relationships, facilitating communication, and driving sales growth. Why is Lead Management Important?

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Planview

APRIL 29, 2024

This isn’t a revelation: Organizations have been dealing with failed strategies for decades. To determine how organizations can excel at strategy implementation, Planview commissioned Economist Impact (the research arm of The Economist) to develop a global study on why strategies fail. Middle managers get a voice.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 1, 2019

Almost half of organizations report having a weak relationship between their sales and customer success teams; and a third report that service plays no role in generating sales. For companies that have prioritized customer success, they know that service teams touch existing customers 10 times more than salespeople.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Target Account Selling (TAS) is a strategic sales methodology that prioritizes the identification, engagement, and cultivation of relationships with specific high-value target accounts. Ultimately, TAS empowers organizations to not only meet but exceed their revenue targets while delivering exceptional value to their most coveted clients.

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ClearPoint Strategy

JULY 7, 2021

If there is one phrase that represents both enormous potential and challenges to organizations today, it is big data. When done right, dashboards provide valuable insight into the health of an organization and strongly influence executive decision making. And yet data-driven decision making is more important than ever. Click To Tweet.

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Organization Healthcare Decision-making Government 52

Arpedio

APRIL 11, 2024

By harnessing AI capabilities, sales teams can make data-driven decisions, prioritize leads effectively, and deliver tailored experiences that resonate with prospects and customers. By leveraging predictive insights, sales teams can prioritize leads, optimize sales strategies, and anticipate customer needs.

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Arpedio

APRIL 29, 2024

BANT stands for Budget, Authority, Need, and Timeline, and it provides a structured approach to qualifying leads and prioritizing prospects. It is crucial to identify who has the authority to make purchasing decisions within the organization. By determining the timeline, you can prioritize leads and allocate resources accordingly.

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Strategic Communications

APRIL 11, 2024

It’s an issue that I find that many people—even very smart business people and sometimes even extremely smart communication professionals, don’t really fully understand. That’s true whether you’re a Fortune 100 global organization, a small to medium-sized business, a “mom and pop” shop, or a solopreneur.

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Insightly

APRIL 29, 2024

Defining the Role of CRM in an Organization At its core, a CRM system is a centralized hub for managing interactions with customers and prospects across various touchpoints. This collaboration leads to better coordination, improved communication, and a more holistic approach to customer relationship management.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Lead Scoring and Prioritization Sales and marketing teams can develop and refine a lead scoring system that identifies and prioritizes potential customers based on specific criteria. Consistent communication and feedback loops fine-tune criteria and scoring mechanisms to optimize the quality and conversion rates of leads.

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Planview

JANUARY 30, 2024

As organizations rush to capitalize on AI strategies, many of them meet the same challenge they’ve met before – strategic drift. Strategic drift could cost organizations up to $1.4 However, survey results indicate that many organizations lack the necessary mindset, structures, and culture to affect “the people side” of change.

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Arpedio

MARCH 20, 2024

Organizational change and stakeholder buy-in Implementing ABS often requires a cultural shift within the organization, moving away from a transactional sales approach towards a more strategic and collaborative mindset. Misaligned goals, conflicting metrics, and lack of communication can lead to inefficiencies and missed opportunities.

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Arpedio

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A stakeholder matrix is a visual representation and organizational tool used to identify, categorize, and assess the significance of various stakeholders involved in a client’s organization or account. Here are some reasons why a stakeholder matrix is essential: 1. Ready to increase customer lifetime value?

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Planview

JUNE 27, 2023

Strategic planning is a difficult process — even when there’s strong collaboration and open communication between groups. Organizations need to align their strategic vision with effective planning to achieve success in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. But the reality is more complicated.

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