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Brian Shea
Nov 25, 20243 min read
Why Sales Leaders Face a Clear Mandate in 2025 to Invest in Sales Effectiveness as a Strategic Advantage
As we close out 2024, B2B sales metrics are sounding alarms. According to Corporate Visions, win rates for closed-won deals have dropped...
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Brian Shea
Sep 30, 20244 min read
Avoiding the B2B Sales "Rake": How to Win Over Executive Buyers
67 percent of professionals believe they fall short in persuading executives to make immediate purchase decisions
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Brian Shea
Sep 22, 20243 min read
A New Reality for Revenue Leaders: Navigating Layoffs and Adapting GTM Playbooks in a Shifting Market
Last week, the Federal Reserve announced a ½ point reduction in the interest rate, a move that, on the surface, seems beneficial for...
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Brian Shea
Sep 2, 20244 min read
The CEO's Complex Mandate: Leading Through Continuous Transformation
CEOs face an increasingly complex mandate: not just to lead their organizations, but to ensure long-term viability
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Brian Shea
Jun 10, 20242 min read
Understanding the High Turnover in Executive Sales and Revenue Roles
With 45,000 open roles for senior revenue leaders, why is there such a high turnover for these executive roles?
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Brian Shea
May 30, 20243 min read
"The Truth About B2B Sales Best Practices: Are They Really BS?"
Nearly two-thirds of CEOs did not have confidence in their teams' ability to execute the company's 2024 growth strategy. Why make it harder?
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Brian Shea
May 13, 20243 min read
Unveiling the Significance of 2Q: A Crucial Phase for B2B Sales Revenue Success
The dreaded annual new sales budget process. The #CFO introduces the #GTM team with the following year growth targets and assumptions....
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Brian Shea
Mar 21, 20243 min read
"Why Clarity in Hiring a Sales Leader is Essential for CEOs"
Sales leader (VP, SVP) tenure is at an all time low of just 17 months. Not long ago, the average tenure of a VP of sales was sitting at a...
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Brian Shea
Mar 21, 20242 min read
Hey 6sense - Don't Bury the Lead!
After reading this recent blog from 6sense, I felt a tectonic plate shifting under my feet. https://6sense.com/blog/higher-outbound-win-r...
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Brian Shea
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Why Your Next Sales Leader Must Be Analytics-Driven: Insights for Founder-Led CEOs
As a #founder-led CEO, you've likely navigated numerous challenges in building and scaling your company. One pivotal moment arrives when...
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Brian Shea
Dec 12, 20234 min read
Future-proofing Your Business: Revenue Enabled Leadership a MUST for Founder-led CEOs in 2024
Creating a repeatable, winning revenue generating formula for B2B marketplaces is incredible hard for founder-led CEOs. In just the past...
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Brian Shea
Nov 30, 20233 min read
Lucrum Partner's 2024 (non AI) GTM New Year's Predictions
Don't shoot the messenger. Our 2024 prediction for executive teams is to expect even more sales pipeline turbulence caused by increasing...
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Brian Shea
Nov 15, 20232 min read
CEOs Should NOT Publish a 2024 GTM Strategy Without a North Star
Headline: Data-driven organizations outperform their competitors. (But you likely already knew this) CEOs today can no longer rely on...
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Brian Shea
Aug 25, 20232 min read
CEOs - Has Your Organizational Design Created a Blindspot Between Sales & Marketing?
After reading "No Forms. No Spam. No Cold Calls" by #LataneConant, I am further convinced how detrimental obsolete organizational designs...
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Brian Shea
Aug 16, 20233 min read
Building Scalable B2B Go To Market Muscles
"No Pain, No Gain" I don't believe that phrase came out of pipeline review or forecasting meetings. But perhaps it should have. Sales...
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Brian Shea
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Too many sales leaders have forgotten this childhood lesson
We all remember the Tupperware "Shape-O" toy. It was a round puzzle that taught young children how to fit the right blocks into the right...
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Brian Shea
Jul 11, 20232 min read
"We've been managing the wrong sales metrics........"
In a recent revenue engine maturity workshop, or simply put, the "why aren't we scaling?" session, the infographic below served as the...
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Brian Shea
Jun 29, 20233 min read
Understanding the Spaghetti Bowl of Modern B2B Selling
LucrumPartners.co was founded on a single principle. Most emerging growth and founder led B2B firms don't have a playbook to effectively...
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Brian Shea
May 30, 20232 min read
Why Emerging Growth CEOs Need Andy Reid's Game Planning
NFL teams spend approximately 3-5% of their revenue in the form of research and development. The NFL R&D is their scouting departments....
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Brian Shea
May 9, 20233 min read
Can Private Equity Port Co's Be Like Mike?
Some of us remember August 1991 debut of the "Be Like Mike" campaign. It was created by Gatorade, it featured a memorable jingle, and...
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