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Unlocking Success in Sales Succession Planning

The Center for Sales Strategy

Succession planning isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the cornerstone of survival. Identifying and developing future sales leaders ensures an organization's long-term health. Remember, effective succession planning is not just about filling positions but also about fostering a culture of growth and preparedness that aligns with the company’s long-term strategy and goals.

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Mixing Ethnography with Customer Experience: A Deep Dive into Customer Benefits

Customer Think

Article source: [link] Ethnography and customer experience (CX) blend seamlessly to create a richer, more comprehensive understanding of customers. Ethnography’s immersive approach provides context and depth to customer interactions, offering insights into behaviours, needs, and pain points that traditional methods might overlook.

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Don’t Miss These 10 Key Account Management Best Practices

Account Manager Tips

Get the ultimate guide to key account management best practices. 10 actionable strategies to build stronger, more profitable client relationships—today.

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Expectations vs. reality: GenAI in the workplace

Customer Think

Gone are the days of manually organizing schedules, painstakingly compiling performance metrics and developing sales strategies from scratch. Now, there’s an AI for that. The transformative benefits of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the workplace is undeniable, with seemingly limitless use cases enterprise-wide.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Say No to Discounts

Vantage Partners

As an all-too-experienced General Counsel asked recently at a conference: “When you force outside counsel to cut their rates, do you really think the partner is going to be as likely to write off some of their own inefficiencies?

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How to Find Great Topics for Thought Leadership Content

Customer Think

Source: Shutterstock Consistently producing content that connects with potential buyers remains one of the greatest challenges B2B marketers face.

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Better Employee Experience = Happier CFOs

Customer Think

How improving employee experience boosts customer experience and business performance. Plus, it makes it more fun to work at your company. I’ve long been a promoter of focusing on employee experience for any brand that aspires to customer experience leadership.

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"State" Spotlight: Canada

ClearPoint Strategy

Explore ClearPoint's Canadian Customers.

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12 Tips for Keeping Your Marketing Automation System Clean

Customer Think

Marketing operations managers tend to come and go (average tenure mirrors other B2B marketing roles at 2-4 years, especially in tech) and that transitory nature means that it’s more difficult – and less common – for companies to adopt a strategic, long-term vision for their marketing automation system.

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The Coaching Conundrum—Why Sales Leaders Fail to Develop Their Team

Customer Think

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the coaching conundrum sales managers face. They emphasize effective coaching in driving sales performance and highlight the impact of formal coaching processes on win rates and overall team success.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Why? May Be the Wrong Question

Customer Think

I recently heard a coach pose a Why? question to help his client notice the negative results she achieved, hoping she’d recognize the need to make other choices going forward. Her response merely defended and denied her actions. Why? was the wrong question to lead her to her internal deliberations.

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