Commercial tactics · Sales operating model

Steer sales by facts, not by feel.

We set up the pipeline stages, KPIs and weekly rhythm that let management see what is coming and act in time.

FIG. 01The situation

Most sales teams have a CRM. Few have a pipeline they trust.

Stages mean different things to different sellers. Opportunities sit in the system long after they are dead. Monday meetings become reporting rounds instead of decisions.

The forecast is put together in a spreadsheet the night before the board meeting.

FIG. 02What we see

A forecast is only as good as the rhythm behind it.

Most sales problems are not about effort. They are about rhythm: pipeline stages that mean the same to everyone, a few numbers that predict the result, and meetings where decisions are made instead of reports read out loud.

Get that rhythm right and the CRM becomes a tool sellers use because it helps them, not a system they feed for management.

FIG. 03How we work

We design the rhythm, the numbers and the system as one.

  1. 01

    Define the stages

    A pipeline that follows how your customers buy, with clear criteria for moving a deal forward.

  2. 02

    Choose the few KPIs

    Activity, conversion and value numbers that tell management what to do, not just what happened.

  3. 03

    Set the rhythm

    Weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings, each with a clear purpose, agenda and decision.

  4. 04

    Build it into the CRM

    Fields, dashboards and reports set up so the data is entered once and used by everyone.

FIG. 04What you get

What you hold at the end

  • 01

    A pipeline you trust

    Clear stages and clean data.

  • 02

    A sales dashboard

    The KPIs management uses to steer.

  • 03

    A forecast for the board

    A forecast built from the pipeline, not from a spreadsheet.

FIG. 05

Talk to a partner, not a sales team

Bring the forecast that did not hold. René Tristan Lydiksen, Founding Partner, takes the call.

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Your partner

René Tristan Lydiksen, PhD

Founding Partner
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What happens next
  1. 01Tell us where you are

    A few lines are enough. No brief needed.

  2. 02René gets back to you

    Personally, not through a sales team.

  3. 03A first conversation

    About where you are and where to start.