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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
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
Feb 12, 20244 min read
"Understanding the Difference: Short Term Growth Vs. Readiness to Scale for CEOs"
Scalable go-to-market (GTM) processes are strategies and frameworks designed to efficiently and effectively bring products or services to...
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Brian Shea
Jan 9, 20242 min read
The Precision Imperative: Revolutionizing Sales Forecasting in 2024
Precision engineering isn't merely about designing machines or instruments; it's a philosophy that transcends industries, driving...
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Brian Shea
Aug 29, 20233 min read
The Top Strategic Business Priorities Being Measured by BOTH CEOs and CFOs.
Know Thy Buyer (and their business)!!! The #LucrumPartners team continues to hear how often B2B sellers are encountering CFOs as key...
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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 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
Jun 1, 20232 min read
CEOs need to pause, pivot and reinvent sales workforce productivity
As confirmed by the recently released the Gartner 2023-2024 CEO survey of top strategic priorities, driving business productivity and rebuil
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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 15, 20232 min read
Gartner: The Future is Bright for Revenue Enablement But Not for Traditional "Sales Management"
Warning: The following will raise the blood pressure of heads of sales. Gartner recently stated that by 2026, 60% of enablement functions...
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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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Brian Shea
May 1, 20233 min read
Dear CEOs, if you want a rainmaker, invest in a sprinkler system not a CRO
Early stage CEOs make a strategic error when they hire a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) too early. CRO's are a common executive function in...
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Brian Shea
May 1, 20232 min read
Private Equity Managers Shouldn't Pay for Last Seasons Performance
If you're a sports fan, you can likely remember a sports team who traded for or signed a high priced free agent star athlete. The...
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Brian Shea
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Has Private Equity shifted from a rocking market to rocky market?
It's April 2023 and Anne Sraders from Fortune's Term Sheet just published "Private equity had a pretty resilient Q1, but the ‘risk is...
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