The Commercial Efficiency Crisis in B2B SaaS Sales with Nick Toman - Ep. 44

Episode notes

There are more people than ever involved in deals on both the vendor side and customer side, and it’s having a massively negative impact on B2B growth. Nick Toman is the Chief Product and Transformation Officer at SBI (Sales Benchmark Index) and is the third and final co-author of The Challenger Sale we’ve had on the show. Nick brings some amazing new sales and business research to dive into with co-hosts Matt Amundson and Craig Rosenberg. Nick unveils the effect that having more sellers involved has on win rates, the three behaviors of B2B salespeople that lead to the best commercial relationships, and why actions that seem like they would slow down deals are actually the key to closing them faster. Matt sparks an interesting discussion around sales compensation and the impact it has on both the behaviors of B2B sellers and the growth of the company on the whole. Toward the end, Nick teases his new concept of 'Headway Selling,' which focuses on actually helping customers reach their goals rather than simply selling them as much useless crap as possible.

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