Episode 30: Why Entrepreneurial Thinking Will Be Critical To Team Success in 2024

Stronger Sales Teams with Ben Wright

In this episode, Ben discusses the importance of entrepreneurial thinking (E-thinking) in businesses. He explains that E-thinking is the ability to think critically and bring new ideas into a business to drive growth and improve performance. Ben highlights the challenges that Sales Leaders face in talent management, building trust with customers, key account management, social selling, and using technology effectively. He provides a blueprint for bringing E-thinking into a business, focusing on the will to think and the skill to act. He suggests creating an environment of continuous improvement, replacing a fear of failure with a desire to do, promoting creative thinking, and empowering employees to make decisions. Ben also outlines a process for implementing E-thinking, including selecting targeted projects and reviewing and adjusting the approach.

Key Takeaways:

• E-thinking is the ability to think critically and bring new ideas into a business to drive growth and improve performance.
• E-thinking is crucial in addressing challenges such as talent management, building trust with customers, key account management, social selling, and using technology effectively.
• Creating an environment of continuous improvement, replacing a fear of failure with a desire to do, promoting creative thinking, and empowering employees to make decisions are key elements of E-thinking.
• Implementing E-thinking involves selecting targeted projects, working with an E-thinking champion, and setting goals and deadlines.

Time Stamps

0:00 Intro

1:12 Entrepreneurial Thinking (E-Thinking)

2:05 Recap on Key Challenges in 2023 and 2024

8:32 What is E-Thinking?

9:28 How to Bring E-Thinking into the Business

11:54 How to Bring E-Thinking into the Business: Will

16:31 How to Bring E-Thinking into the Business: Skill

19:45 Action Items

25:20 Health and Wellbeing Tip

26:42 Outro

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