If you are like most Chief Sales Officers you know you have a tough job. Experts claim that they average about eighteen months on the job before getting fired. In fact, we contend that being a sales leader in today’s market is the loneliest job in the world! The pressures you get from both above and below are tremendous.
Every day you get beat up by your boss, your board, your people, and when they’re done, your customers…
Where do you turn? Sales Summits are peer-groups of sales leaders who meet every other month in half-day sessions with closed doors with an experienced, ex sales executive facilitator to discuss their issues. No pitches from consultants, no bull, just a confidential, safe, honest, open discussion with other sales leaders with whom you can discuss your issues. Members have used the group to:
- Evaluate possible acquisitions and discuss best practices for acquiring companies from the sales perspective
- Plan expansion into new geographies – Europe, Asia, South America, etc
- Determine if they have the best mix of people – should they hire, fire? What is the profile of the best salesperson?
- Network to find the best talent. On more than one occasion members have referred talent to other members saving many thousands of dollars to a search firm
- Network to find a new job for your self! Companies get acquired or new CEOs bring in their own people. The group has an excellent track record of helping members find new positions.
- What is the situation and why is it causing you problems?
- What have you done already to solve it?
- What possible solutions are there?
- What specific help do you need from the group?
Not everyone who shows interest will be accepted into the group. We are highly selective and look for people with the right background, the right job and the right company. We have, however accepted people from startups with a small span of control but who have the right level of experience. For example, one member ran worldwide sales for a $100 SaaS company but now is with a startup with one direct report. His span of control is unimportant. What is important is his level of expertise.
If you have interest, please get in touch and have an introductory phone call to see if it’s a fit.
Not everyone will be accepted
We will not accept all sales leaders into a forum. You’ll have an interviewing process with current forum members and a try-out period. As you might suspect, with such a tight-knit group we’ll be looking for members who will make a big commitment to the group.
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