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The 8 skills to nuke your competitors Growth

The 8 skills to nuke your competitors

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece called "How many people can I fire?". For some reason, it upset a number of folks who don't agree there will be job cuts and massive shifts from AI. I had quite a few emails - and believe it or not, I really like it when people write in with what they

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The 4 Things You Need to Get Right When Selling to the C-Suite Growth

The 4 Things You Need to Get Right When Selling to the C-Suite

I surveyed our 66 webinar delegates on how to sell to the C-suite and asked them: What is the single biggest challenge you face when selling to the C-suite? The number one challenge, cited by 35% of respondents, was access and attention. There are good reasons for this. Channels

Dan Ilett · 7 min read min read
Selling to the C-Suite: Listen. Create. Engage. Growth

Selling to the C-Suite: Listen. Create. Engage.

Good morning On Thursday 26th February at 10am, I'm running a free webinar on selling to the C-suite. It's the course I have given to a number of Fortune tech companies to help them shift the narrative to get better engagement. Believe it or not, these companies face the same challenges as

Dan Ilett · 2 min read min read
How to Fire Someone Leadership

How to Fire Someone

Over Christmas, I read The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. My friend Todd Wade, an excellent Chief Information Security Officer, gave it to me for my birthday. It's a warts-and-all account of how hard it is to be a CEO and the junk you have to deal with as part of the job.

Dan Ilett · 3 min read min read
The Work Myth: The 127 Days to Make Sales Happen Growth

The Work Myth: The 127 Days to Make Sales Happen

In the UK, things are winding down for Christmas. If you're in retail or hospitality, t'is the season to be jolly. But for business owners in other sectors, it can be extremely stressful. How many times in November did you hear: "Let's do it in the New Year." The impact of Christmas being

Dan Ilett · 4 min read min read