Executive Summary
In business for twenty-five years with fifteen employees, a consulting firm providing high-level strategy and management products to a wide variety of healthcare companies was struggling to drive sales results for their client engagements in both the market segments they serve: 1) foreign companies without a U.S. footprint, and 2) companies with a division failing in a specific healthcare market. The firm was unable to bridge the gap between developing a strong strategy and driving sales results for clients, and hired a Sales Consultant multiple times to drive revenue after the strategy was developed.
The Big Win
The consulting firm had an Outsourced VP of Sales come in on three different client engagements to take the handoff from “strategy” to “growth” to drive the sales process to effectively grow.
Challenges
- Struggled executing the strategy developed for clients to produce tangible results
- Lack of sales leadership on team to lead clients into growth mode
- Difficulty pinpointing trouble areas for clients to enable effective implementation of processes
- Inability to accurately assess clients’ sales teams to determine if there was a sales leadership gap
Solutions
- Assessed sales teams to determine skillset gaps within both the firm and their clients
- Used Certified Sales Leader (CSL) training plan to prepare a sales team member for the new leadership role
- Developed the sales process, structure, and plan to effectively grow in desired market
Testimonial
Our Consultant helped us show the results of the strategic sales efforts and that became a reality in our profit and loss (P/L) statement with an 8% increase in profitability and 45% increase in topline revenue.
Results
- Led the team to achieve record-breaking revenues over an 8-month tenure
- Increased new revenues by 88% vs. the prior year
- The 2nd quarter was the highest revenue quarter ever – exceeding the previous high by 55%
- Achieved consistent year-over-year growth rates of 50%+ over multiple years to hit $30 million in annual revenues
- Achieved consistent year-over-year growth rates of 50%+ over multiple years to hit $30 million in annual revenues
- Achieved consistent year-over-year growth rates of 50%+ over multiple years to hit $30 million in annual revenues
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