Need some advice: recently started at a software company leading our value consulting team and am up against a few change management related obstacles nice and early. 1.) sales being overly protective and aggressive of their deals, thinking that I’m here to overstep and take ownership of their discovery calls 2.) the idea of having someone like me partnering with them. They think it’ll prolong the sales process.
What can I do further to ensure I have the support from sales?

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Bring numbers. Show how you’ll enable them to make calls faster, decrease time of calls, reduce admin work, whatever your value prop is. Align your interests and you’ll find more partners in projects.

Read/listen to The Way of the Wolf if you haven’t yet. You’ll probably get more ideas for your biz. Good luck!

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You just expanded my mind and way of going about this, thank you! I appreciate it

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I ran value practice at a tech firm - your value prop needs to be clear & tied to what they care about/get rewarded for - e.g. accelerate deal, hold deal price, differentiate from competition, expand deal, increase renewals etc. find the sales folks who “get” value selling & make the magic happen with those who get it… the others will come calling. Show up as a non-sales person who is not threatening to the client, a partner, demonstrate your process builds client relationships and opens more doors with the client… prepare the sales team to handle objections (usually @ value etc.), build stories they can use speaking to client value, etc…

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