What You Mean
- Honor the hope you bring to the organization
- Relationships really matter.
- Active participants in every deal
Map the Team
- Owner Interview: How is this all supposed to work?
- Use API thinking. Multiple inputs per output. Each output belongs to somebody. Somebody may have multiple outputs.
Meet Everybody
- The 30-minute intro meeting.
- Your background
- Their background
- Their outputs
- Their inputs
- Gripe about sales
- Send a follow-up. Remember key dates (like birthdays) & participate!
Relational Plan
- Who will need to participate in the sales process?
- How will they participate?
- Who are the recipients of the sales process?
- What do they receive?
- Accountability:
- Recurring Meetings: Regular reports (like standup).
- One-Off Updates: Milestone-based (like slack).
- Make your checklist of what you need to give to whom when. Give before they have to ask.
Communications Plan
- Tools & preferences: How do people like to be talked to?
- Comms Efficiency Protocol: DM -> Email -> Thread ->
Approvals Plan