Ten Symptoms of Underlying Growth Inhibitors

Some of the symptoms of underlying growth inhibitors that we often encounter are:
  1. Underachievement of revenue targets
  2. Loss of market share (or inability to determine market share)
  3. Inability to reliably forecast revenue
  4. Eroding margins
  5. Poor penetration of attractive markets
  6. Insufficient numbers of qualified leads
  7. High customer churn
  8. Low win rates
  9. Low sales force productivity
  10. High turnover among top salespeople
These symptoms indicate underlying problems which are interconnected and are different for each company.  The resolution of each of these problems requires a unique set of actions for the specific circumstances - care must be taken to not fix one problem only to make another problem worse.  Focus needs to be on identifying these underlying growth inhibitors and the defining the proper actions necessary to eliminate them, resulting in greatly improved revenue generation performance.