Matt Best

Coaching your team and having really great people conversations should feel, you know, should feel really engaging if you really, if that's something that you want to do as part of the, you know, as a leader, it's a fundamental skill and it's something you can continue to hone.

And I think, you know, as ever with the sort of monotonous tasks, it's always sort of challenging yourself to think about how you can make those more efficient, how you can automate, but at the same time, realizing to your point that it is an ongoing recurring thing and you can't leave it alone for three months, expect to come back and it's still working.

And I think, you know, as ever with the sort of monotonous tasks, it's always sort of challenging yourself to think about how you can make those more efficient, how you can automate, but at the same time, realizing to your point that it is an ongoing recurring thing and you can't leave it alone for three months, expect to come back and it's still working.

Yeah, that's a question we should be asking all of our clients is why do we think that's important? And it's about effectiveness, isn't it? And discipline, like you said, understanding the process, understanding what it takes. So then being able to map what that looks like and then stay accountable to it. And that needs and that requires discipline.

Yeah, that's a question we should be asking all of our clients is why do we think that's important? And it's about effectiveness, isn't it? And discipline, like you said, understanding the process, understanding what it takes. So then being able to map what that looks like and then stay accountable to it. And that needs and that requires discipline.

It requires the right habits and it requires for a lot of practitioners on the ground, the support of their leader and being able to execute against that. Nice. So moving on to our fourth principle and looking at commercial alignment. And this is you've got a lovely quote that you shared with me previously. I'd like you to share again about rowing in the same direction.

It requires the right habits and it requires for a lot of practitioners on the ground, the support of their leader and being able to execute against that. Nice. So moving on to our fourth principle and looking at commercial alignment. And this is you've got a lovely quote that you shared with me previously. I'd like you to share again about rowing in the same direction.

And I think as part of a part of commercial alignment and a client centric organization, and we've at SBR here, we've recently published a co-authored a white paper around rowing. a client-centric approach and everyone in the business guided towards the same outcome.

And I think as part of a part of commercial alignment and a client centric organization, and we've at SBR here, we've recently published a co-authored a white paper around rowing. a client-centric approach and everyone in the business guided towards the same outcome.

I had a similar conversation with a leader in a customer success function of a managed services client just earlier this week who reiterated to his team that customer success is all about

I had a similar conversation with a leader in a customer success function of a managed services client just earlier this week who reiterated to his team that customer success is all about

joints is a responsibility of the entire business to make our customers successful and that really aligns to that same we talk about here commercial alignment which is understanding the need for everyone to have that sort of commit to look at things through a commercial lens but it really starts with that client centricity so yeah johnny share with us that quote that you shared with me just before our recording here today would you and then i'd love to hear your perspective and your take on a commercial alignment

joints is a responsibility of the entire business to make our customers successful and that really aligns to that same we talk about here commercial alignment which is understanding the need for everyone to have that sort of commit to look at things through a commercial lens but it really starts with that client centricity so yeah johnny share with us that quote that you shared with me just before our recording here today would you and then i'd love to hear your perspective and your take on a commercial alignment

I 100% support that. I've been in business. And actually, it's one of those things, I think, where... and this isn't university true by any means, but the examples I've seen of where that really comes true is you look at those sort of challenger startup markets and there's a team of a dozen people and they are all rowing in the same direction. They are all 100% focused on the goal.

I 100% support that. I've been in business. And actually, it's one of those things, I think, where... and this isn't university true by any means, but the examples I've seen of where that really comes true is you look at those sort of challenger startup markets and there's a team of a dozen people and they are all rowing in the same direction. They are all 100% focused on the goal.

As that business grows and develops, things start to creak and you get this, my priority is going left and you're telling me your priority is going right. And we get that sort of, we start to veer off down different sort of streams that lead off the river. That's a terrible analogy, but to try and extend the rowing analogy there.

As that business grows and develops, things start to creak and you get this, my priority is going left and you're telling me your priority is going right. And we get that sort of, we start to veer off down different sort of streams that lead off the river. That's a terrible analogy, but to try and extend the rowing analogy there.

But I think the interesting thing is how to exactly, as Patrick says, how do you maintain that? But more importantly, how do you maintain that as your business grows? And I think, as you said, in the Roots & Shoots paper that we've co-authored with one of our marketing partners, It talks to the marketing and sales collaboration.

But I think the interesting thing is how to exactly, as Patrick says, how do you maintain that? But more importantly, how do you maintain that as your business grows? And I think, as you said, in the Roots & Shoots paper that we've co-authored with one of our marketing partners, It talks to the marketing and sales collaboration.

But for me, it's also really important as you go into when you look at the sales, account management, customer success to operations alignment and how those parts of the business work together as well.