Hired a great Sales Director, then watched things unravel? Here are three common founder mistakes that undermine senior sales hires from day one.
Worried a move out of people management looks like a step back? In B2B marketing, the opposite may be true. Here's why.
Why strong sales candidates delay a move even when opportunity knocks. We unpack golden handcuffs, retention schemes, and what actually persuades senior salespeople to change jobs.
As AI floods every channel with content, B2B marketers need a sharper way to prove commercial value. Here's what separates a funded idea from a rejected one.
Why B2B AI products stall at pilot stage, and why the cause is rarely the technology. A strategic look at translation, trust, and AI discovery.
Why B2B leaders can't wait for certainty before transforming with AI, and what human-first change leadership actually requires.
Our Director Karen Lloyd, reflects on speaking at tmp's Women Leading in B2B event on career growth, AI, and the power of peer support.
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B2B brands don’t lose attention because they lack polish. They lose it because they hide their personality. Buyers trust people, not corporate tone. If your social content feels safe, it’s already invisible.
Strong leaders create momentum by listening first and understanding how the organisation actually works. This early clarity gives marketing the foundation it needs to influence revenue and make confident strategic decisions.
Discover why strategic marketing leadership remains irreplaceable despite AI advances and how to balance automation with human insight.
Leaving a difficult environment is hard enough. Talking about it calmly in a senior B2B marketing interview is a different challenge altogether. Here's how to handle it well.
Your CV, cover letter and interview work just like a marketing funnel - each stage has a different job to do. Here's how to get the sequencing right at Director, VP and CMO level.
Many B2B teams still work in silos, creating misalignment and marketing that misses what customers actually care about. When structure follows strategy, teams gain clearer market insight, speak the customer’s language and deliver stronger commercial results.
Rebranding is often misunderstood as a design challenge, but the organisations that create real impact know it begins long before any visual work starts. The most successful transformations are driven by a clear vision, disciplined choices and a deep understanding of what the brand needs to become.
Choosing the right growth model depends on how clearly customers can define their task and how independently they can progress. Product‑led approaches excel when users can self‑educate. Sales‑led models become essential when complexity increases. The strongest organisations let real customer behaviour guide the model they adopt.
Discover how field marketing shifts from event execution to strategic revenue partnership through stronger sales alignment, disciplined follow‑up and territory‑level planning.
Many B2B leaders weaken their LinkedIn presence by using profiles that are too generic to show clear commercial value and fail to position them as credible operators.
A senior sales CV must show the revenue impact you deliver and the commercial environments where you perform at your strongest. When you position your experience with clear outcomes and strategic intent, your CV becomes a document that earns conversations instead of being overlooked.
We trip over the same CV mistakes again and again, some of which will actually lose candidates the opportunity of an interview. So, we thought we’d compile the most common mistakes to help you avoid them.
LinkedIn is often the first place hiring leaders assess your credibility, so your profile must show clear commercial impact. A strong presence helps senior B2B sales leaders stand out and attract high‑value opportunities.
A practical look at how senior sales leaders can build resilience during career uncertainty, stay commercially sharp and maintain clarity, control and confidence when the market shifts.
Insight for senior B2B sales leaders on staying commercially sharp during a long job search, protecting your presence and approaching every stage with the same discipline you bring to driving revenue.
Guidance for senior B2B sales leaders on running a job search with the same commercial discipline used to drive revenue, from sharpening your sales narrative to choosing the right sector and building relationships that fuel new‑business success.
Loyal customers are the hidden growth engine. Customer advocacy programmes turn satisfaction into revenue through trust and retention.
Practical advice for B2B marketing directors and senior marketing leaders on crafting a CV that demonstrates strategic impact, handles the complexities of a senior career, and stands out in a competitive market.
Advice for B2B marketing leaders on how to approach a job search strategically. From defining your narrative to sector fit and building the right relationships.
Your title says one thing. Your experience says another. If you're a senior B2B marketer being filtered out of roles you're more than qualified for, it's time to change how you present yourself.
ABM teams often fail not because the strategy is wrong but because measurement is missing. Move beyond outdated MQLs and see how feedback loops can turn engagement into pipeline and real growth.
Why producing more content with AI isn't a B2B marketing strategy, and how the best marketers are using AI to rebuild marketing as a commercial function instead.