Most transformations fail not because the strategy is wrong — but because the organization cannot execute it.

When Lucrum Partners released our 2026 GTM Predictions, we framed the upcoming year around a simple but urgent message: Growth in 2026 belongs to the prepared.

The revolving door of executive sales leadership is spinning faster than most companies realize. CROs and VPs of Sales are burning out, being replaced, or walking away, not because they’ve lost their edge, but because the systems they’re asked to run are fundamentally misaligned with how growth actually happens today.In short, leadership churn is often the symptom. The underlying cause is a misfit between what leaders are accountable for and the systems they’ve inherited.

Too many CEOs today are still staring into the mirror, uncertain about what they want their firm to be in the market. They say, “We want to be viewed as a strategic partner”, but their go-to-market reality tells a different story. Instead of conviction, they drift in the sea of sameness.

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