The Demand Efficiency Podcast

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Demand Generation

Growth

RiSE Accelerator Founder, Mandy Cole on Hiring 400+ sales reps in one year, and the value of continually seeking feedback.

Episode Outline

[04:39] Mandy’s background

[07:16] Discovering that running a company, it's evident it's an emotional business.

[10:13] Take time to really take a step back and use data as your foundation.

[11:18] While that looks great in a spreadsheet, it doesn't work in real life because until you have a process that's documented and that you can measure, and that is getting consistent results.

[12:04] Think deeply what needs to happen to hit your goal and direction you’re going to, based on what you have so far, make some assumptions on conversion, what type of pipeline you need, how many new opportunities

[14:34] Consider how many demos there, do they need to have a week or how many discovery calls depending on what type of sales cycle they are, how many discovery calls?

[16:35] Where is our product actually fit right now? And how are we going to attack that?

[17:04] Figuring out how to hold people accountable and then the second part was how to implement that correctly with the team

[19:22] The way to break the sales process into the four main categories

[20:19] Why Mandy really loves mentoring people and leading a team in house


Mandy's inspirations

Mark Roberge

Jeremy Liew

Connect with Mandy

Mandy Cole

Twitter

Episode Outline

[00:23] Johanna’s background

[03:10] The perfect plan that had to change

[04:36] Building conviction quickly while testing

[05:44] Organizing a globally-distributed team for success

[06:46] Approaching the bigger picture

[13:45] Solidifying a plan and budget for 2021 with all the unknowns

[16:35] How has Johanna adapted her leadership style to empower teams through these times?

[18:11] Mentors and inspiring people

[19:31] How does Johanna unwind?

Johanna’s Inspirations

Erik Fjellborg

Connect with Johanna

LinkedIn

Website

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