Peter Koning — January 13, 2020 The agile movement really has changed the way we lead our people. Giving them more freedom and autonomy to do their job often improves the quality, productivity and happiness of the people. Because knowledge workers (or highly educated people) don’t need a boss to tell them what to do, … Continue reading How Much Autonomy Should Teams Get From Their Agile Leader?
Josh Bean — December 22, 2019 Motivating your sales team month after month is no easy task. Not all sales incentives are created equal. A gift card to a chic boutique might motivate one sales rep but bore another. A sales incentive is effective only if it’s something your team actually wants. And while we’re … Continue reading 10 Sales Incentives That Actually Motivate Sales Teams
Uri Haramati — November 27, 2019 Follow @uriharamati The SaaS industry is now worth $ 116 billion worldwide. According to Analytical Research Cognizance, the market will grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 21% until 2023. Gartner predicts that combined revenue from SaaS companies will hit $ 278 billion within three years. Capterra, one … Continue reading How Product Teams Can Differentiate in the Crowded Enterprise SaaS Market
Stephanie Lee — November 18, 2019 We all know what it’s like to send a qualified prospect our highest converting sales pitch, only to receive total radio silence in return. We get stuck wondering why our prospect didn’t respond, what happened since the last time we spoke, and what we should say next. In fact, … Continue reading How Top Sales Teams Write the Perfect Follow-up Email After No Response
Steve Johnson — November 19, 2019 Follow @sjohnson717 Years ago, I was in the San Francisco airport watching another traveler shuffle a handful of index cards. I instantly recognized the cards as user stories. (In those days, before everything was stored in JIRA, we used index cards—a technique I still recommend to new product managers.) … Continue reading Are Product Teams Just Paying Lip Service to Customers’ Needs?
Shalini Duggal — November 19, 2019 Human Resources (HR) is a complex profession (but that’s what you like about it, right?) and the challenges you face come from many directions. Some of those challenges, like tight labor markets and economic volatility, are beyond your control. Others may arise perennially but can be affected by how … Continue reading 5 Biggest Challenges for HR Leadership Teams
Teresa Becker — October 29, 2019 As a CSM or customer success team manager, you’ve probably heard the term ‘customer advocacy’ tossed around a time or two. There’s no denying that this customer engagement trend is here to stay. Although they are true champions of your brand and your product, advocates are definitely shaking things … Continue reading What Does the Growth of Advocacy Mean For Customer Success Teams?
Marketing operations expert Kimi Corrigan offers advice from her MarTech East session on the role of project managers and how workplace culture affects feedback. Wendy Almeida on October 22, 2019 Kimi Corrigan on stage at MarTech East in Boston. Marketing operations expert, Kimi Corrigan from Duo Security at Cisco, led the MarTech East session, “How … Continue reading MarTech Overtime: How marketing operations teams can be more effective
Varun Tyagi — October 9, 2019 Let’s face it – it’s easy for anxiety and boredom to creep into any job, including customer support. Listening to customers’ rants, complaints, and arguments incessantly can be a challenging exercise. Not to mention the equally daunting and exhausting task of following-up and responding to one angry customer after … Continue reading A Simple Method to Boost Your Support Team’s Productivity
Darleen DeRosa — September 20, 2019 Follow @onpoint_llc — September 20, 2019 rawpixel / Pixabay “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy’s famous opening sentence from Anna Karenina may overstate the case a bit, but there’s something to be said for the fact that successful teams … Continue reading 5 Habits of Resilient Teams
