#112: Why Sales Is Not The only Team That Can Grow the Business with Brett Bourgon
Is it possible for the Finance department to grow a business as much as teams like say sales, marketing or operations?
There’s still a perception out there that it you’re going to grow the company you’re going to grow it through sales however our guest mentor on this week’s episode Brett Bourgon has seen and experienced two sides of this argument. Brett is a qualified accountant that has led both sales and finance teams and covers some very useful areas that may help us better answer this question such as:
• The biggest challenge of stepping out of Finance into a sales leadership role, but also how we can get more ready to do so.
• Great practical advice on how finance professionals can get more recognition from their business partners and better control their own image.
• The importance of mentors and development in climbing our own Mount Everests’.
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