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In our recent article series, 5 Success Mindsets for a Successful Sales Strategy article,  we've been discussing the strategic value of asking questions that spark much-needed innovation, during these uncertain times. In my excitement, I posted this meme on LinkedIn – “Change your questions, change your future.” One response, in particular, reminded me to double-check my own "listening roadblocks," even as this massive snowbank slowed down the trip for this Beetle!

It’s the final quarter. It’s time for all hands on deck when planning your sales strategy. It’s time to be innovative. As a rookie salesperson at Xerox, I prepare diligently for my 4th Quarter Review. I’m expecting to sit down with my sales manager for a thorough review of my pipeline. However, I am stunned to see six executives sitting at the conference table when I walk into the boardroom. Six? Why the executive presence?

How to Right-Size Your Sales Team to Maximize Recovery, Hunter Byington's recent article, was a hit.  Hunter and I are working together with a number of clients who are committed to raising the bar on their sales and sales management game in order to recover well in 2020. Thus, I invited Hunter to share some additional insights that I believe will be helpful for you as you chart your own recovery effort. “What might I do to replace lost sales, market share, and revenue after this disastrous second quarter?”    This is a question every future-focused business leader is asking right now.

For the last 7 weeks, we've been quarantining with our oldest daughter, Brittany, her husband, Brady, (both engineers from MN who've been working remotely from North Dakota, since pre-schools were closed) and their 3 pre-school children. So, in addition to all the other initiatives, I've been a full-time gramma.:-) Our youngest granddaughter, Joanna, is fascinated with grown-up shoes. It seems to be a great object-lesson for all of us to SMART SIZE during this time of recovery, doesn't it! Thanks, Hunter, for a timely article. The next 90 days are critical, aren’t they? CEOs, presidents, and business owners know that a sales strategy in these next 90 days are critical for getting the sales team focused and on pace. They're worried about what will happen to the business if they make the wrong decisions about where and how to focus the sales team?