Ambition

Unlocking the Full Revenue Potential of Every Account

Challenge sales teams to think beyond quotas and incremental wins. Ambition is about identifying the total potential of every customer account – if all barriers to sales growth were removed—and then selecting the portion of that potential we will play for over the next three years.

The Ambition Challenge

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Sales teams playing too small

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Short-term constraints limiting vision

Without a structured approach, sellers allow near-term blockers to shape their thinking, preventing them from envisioning transformational growth.

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Missed opportunities for expansion

Without systematically exploring how to align solutions to customer needs, sellers fail to capture the full potential of an account.

Driving An Ambition Discipline

Develop an Ambition Planning System – a framework that helps sales teams to identify the total potential of their sales opportunities.
An Ambition Planning Process helps sellers:

Envision the full revenue opportunity

If you could sell 100% of every possible solution to this customer, what would that look like?

Adopt a 2X–10X growth mindset

What would have to be true for you to sell 2X, 5X, or even 10X more to this account than you do today?

Think beyond near-term constraints

By setting a three-year horizon, we remove immediate blockers that limit strategic thinking.

Define the "Ambition Number"

The total potential revenue opportunity if all obstacles are removed.

Select the portion of Ambition to play for

Rather than attempting to capture 100% of the total Ambition immediately, we define a realistic but aggressive target for the next three years.

Break down the growth plan systematically

Instead of relying on a late-stage "hockey stick" growth curve, we structure progress:

  • Year 1: 50% of the gap
  • Year 2: 35% of the gap
  • Year 3: 15% of the gap

Divorce Ambition from Quota

Rather than piecing together just enough deals to hit quota (a bottom-up approach), we train sellers to play for Ambition (top-down)—knowing that even if they fall short, they will likely overachieve on quota.

Drive disciplined execution

Once the Year 1 target is set, we take the selected portion of the three-year Ambition number and build it into a Strategic Account Plan, ensuring a structured, accountable approach to achieving ambitious growth.

By setting bold but achievable targets and executing with discipline, sales teams move beyond small, incremental deals and into transformational account growth—unlocking maximum value for both their company and their customers.

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