Posts in Organization
Seven Wildly Effective Habits of a Sensational Fractional Sales Leader

As a fractional CMO/VP Marketing for many companies, I got a front-row seat watching a terrific fractional sales leader in action. The CEO hired us to provide the company with a "kick in the pants" to the organization and be catalysts for growth.

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Empowerment, or the Perception of Feeling Empowered

Empowerment allows a team of people to achieve defined goals without explicit leadership intervention as each individual operates autonomously within their set of skills and responsibilities.

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Moving Beyond the Founder - Scaling Through Sales

If there was a playbook for scaling with a perfect record, it would be legendary and omnipresent. There is not! One of the standard steps, though, seems to be the hire of a VP of Sales. This type of VP stays in place less than a year and in hindsight turns out to be a costly endeavor for a cash-strapped start-up.

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Bringing Together a Disconnected Team – 12 Tools

The cornerstone is “global,” the idea of having a disconnected team spread out around the world. I suggested a few ideas on how to bring the disconnected team together earlier, and in this article, I want to expand on this and provide a broad list of tools. 

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Leadership Styles – The Ultimate Checklist

Sit back and think about the leaders around you. I am sure as you do this, each one of them will come to you associated with a label that is reflective of their leadership style. Your label may not be scientific. Maybe your label is simply “Good,” or “Bad,” relative to your own experience. 

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The 5 Levels of Leadership

True leadership isn't a matter of having a certain job or title. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first of the five levels every effective leader achieves.

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