Listening: The Boardroom Pushback
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The Boardroom Pushback
A recording of 'The Revenue Edge' podcast hosted in Boston, where two veteran revenue leaders debate executive friction and face-saving compromises.
The Boardroom Pushback
True or false?
Alex and Nicole recorded their podcast in a Boston studio.
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Nicole claims she was brilliant at tempering expectations during her time at Apex Cloud.
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Alex and Nicole used to work together, with Nicole as Alex's boss.
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Alex brought an olive branch involving an adjacent segment expansion.
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They both agreed that Nicole yelled during their historical argument.
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Listen again and complete the sentences
- Alex: Welcome back to The Revenue Edge. I'm Alex, and with me today in our Boston studio is Nicole, author of 'Scaling the Peak'. Nicole, let's talk about the dreaded ____ . You know the drill: the board demands an inflated top-down number, and you're left holding an unrealistic quota.
- Nicole: Hi Alex. Frankly, most leaders just fold. They're terrified of looking like a yes-man, yet they refuse to stake their credibility because they want to protect their bonus. Ironically, I used to preach about how to ____ , but looking back at my stint at Apex Cloud in Seattle, I was completely useless at it.
- Nicole: That's rich coming from you, Alex. You're rewriting history. When we worked together back in 2021—wait, let's tell the listeners. You were my VP of Sales at the time, and I was your boss. You walked into my office, slammed a spreadsheet down, and told me my ____ was pure fantasy.
- Alex: Hold on! That's not how it went down at all. I offered a face-saving compromise. I brought an olive branch—an adjacent segment expansion in our hybrid motion that could bridge the revenue horizon. You were the one threatening to fall on your sword over a ____ !
- Nicole: That wasn't a hill to die on, Alex; that was a cliff! You completely ignored our self-serve motion metrics and tried to force a new vertical down my throat without a ____ .
Sources: photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels
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