Closing the Gap That Is Sabotaging Your Business
Gregg Crawford
Read by Adam Grupper
A business expert explains how any business can strengthen its numbers by
making the connection between corporate strategy and customer interface—between
planning and sales.
Most organizations have the same weakness. There is a gap between their
careful plans and what happens at the point where the sales force meets the
customer. In his 25 years combating profit-killers for Fortune 500 companies,
Gregg Crawford has seen this again and again. Companies have almost everything
they need to succeed. All that’s missing is one final connection—the last link.
Countless companies spend millions of dollars to develop and disseminate
strategies they believe will lead to corporate growth, strong profits, and
secure margins. Often, these strategies become expensive bookends. Crawford
exposes the money pit that impotent strategies create; offers sharp, researched
analysis and practical company-wide fixes; and describes a watertight
implementation process to move the numbers in the right direction—by linking
strategy with sales.
Audiobook Unabridged; 5½ hours on 5 CDs
978-1-59887-555-3 (CD) The Last Link by Gregg Crawford
GREGG CRAWFORD is founder and CEO of BayGroup International, a consulting and
performance improvement firm that has transformed companies for more than 25
years. He and his firm have used the techniques in The Last Link to help
Hewlett-Packard, American Express, T-Mobile USA, and countless others.