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In 2025, sales enablement is no longer a support function—it’s a strategic lever. Or at least, it should be. Recent insights from Gartner’s 2025 Sales Excellence and Innovation Report offer a clear warning: if enablement functions fail to evolve into strategic consulting arms to the C-suite, they risk becoming irrelevant in driving growth, retention, and quota performance. At Lucrum Partners, we’ve worked closely with B2B organizations attempting to modernize their go-to-m

Most enablement and RevOps teams aren’t built for this mission. They’re still trained for peacetime operations—coordinating onboarding, pushing out content, and managing platforms. Meanwhile, sales leaders are deployed into combat zones with no forward intelligence, no air support, and no real-time guidance from headquarters.

As we approached 2025, CEO sentiment across industries was marked by uncertainty. Predictions of an impending recession, escalating tariffs, and geopolitical instability dominated Q4 earnings calls. Boards braced for impact. Growth plans were revised. Many leaders entered the new year hesitant—some paused hiring, while others slowed strategic investments. But as Q1 closed, many of those storm clouds never fully materialized.

The Disconnect in B2B Sales Despite rapid advancements in sales technology and enablement tools, modern B2B buyers remain unimpressed. According to Gartner, fewer than 20% of sellers are able to align their conversations with business impact—a stark indicator of misalignment between what buyers need and what sellers deliver.

Over the past few years, the role of sales operations has undergone a profound transformation. No longer just a back-office function focused on CRM hygiene and forecasting reports, today’s sales operations must operate as a strategic command center—one that fuels growth, enables executive decision-making, and equips sellers with the tools, intelligence, and systems they need to win.

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