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Ever wondered about the inner workings of sales psychology? Or pondered about the role of gender dynamics in leadership and sales? Then this conversation with Sara Storm, a sales expert who has trodden this path for over two decades, will give you some thought-provoking insights. As the host Pritha Dubey get talking to this industry veteran, they underline the value of long-term customer relationships and how crucial it is for sales reps to shepherd their customers throughout their initial year. She emphasizes the importance of an inclusive environment and gender balance in leadership roles in sales. From the realms of Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and Go-to-Market strategy in the current AI-driven era, Sara provides insights on the challenges of understanding decision making, building a robust marketing team, and how to stay afloat amidst market shifts. Key highlights you should listen into: Importance of Long-Term Customer Relationships: Sara discusses her sales expertise, her favorite tech, blending of sales and marketing, mid-size/mid-market focus, and customer journey responsibility.Gender Disparity in Leadership and Sales: Male and female leadership in sales, lack of female representation, need for role models, female-led teams outperform male, 50/50 split in management leads to better bottom line.Decoding of ICP and Go-to-Market Strategy: a deep explanation of these, market shifts, understanding buyers, building marketing teams, and sales teams' efficiencyDeveloping Customer Stories for Effective Marketing: Sara elaborates with a couple of customer stories, budget, decentralizing communication, ICP differences, and interviews with decision makers to refine go-to-market strategyAdopting a Customer-Centered Sales Approach: Top insights from Sara for salespeople on having a customer-centered mindset to understand customer needs and exceed quotas.If you are sales leader or professional, then don't miss this episode packed with valuable insights and advice from an industry veteran!About the guest: Sara drives growth and sales excellence as an advisor, speaker and consultant specialising in selling to the mid-sized market. In addition to a strong track record in sales strategy and GTM, her extensive hands-on operations experience spans deep sales tech stack knowledge, branding, storytelling, coaching and skills enhancement. She is passionate about equality, inclusivety and moving people.Key titles held:VP New Business Sales - ImplemaBusiness Advisor - Velocity AIBoard Member - AvidlyHead of Revenue - AvidlyHead of Key Accounts - Canned.ioHead Of Business Development - Vainu.ioSenior Sales Consultant - Break the BoxConnect with Sara: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saralstorm/Website: www.breakthebox.se Connect with the host Pritha Dubey at: Website: www.prithadubey.com and www.thesuccessvitamin.comLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pritha-dubey/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successvitamin/