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This week started with a problem I couldn't solve

A payment was stuck
Rent was due
Cheer fees were due
The car payment wasn't exactly going to pay itself

and nobody could tell me when the money would be released

For a few hours I found myself doing what most people do when uncertainty shows up...

Trying to solve the wrong problem

Checking updates
Refreshing accounts
Thinking about worst case scenarios
Looking for answers that didn't exist yet

Then I caught myself

The only thing I could actually control was continuing to work the plan

So I did

Funny enough...

A few hours later I found myself having almost the exact same conversation inside a client workshop

Everyone was focused on the wrong problem

The reps thought they needed better messaging

Leadership thought they needed more coaching

Reality?

The reps simply didn't have enough opportunities to work

Different situation
Same lesson

Most problems aren't performance problems

They're constraint problems

and most leaders spend way too much time coaching symptoms

Here's a pattern I keep seeing

Pipeline slows down
Meetings drop

Leadership jumps into action

More coaching
More call reviews
More accountability
More pressure

But nobody stops to ask

"What is actually constraining performance right now?"

Because sometimes the rep isn't the problem

Sometimes the system is

This week we spent time reviewing an outbound motion

At first glance it looked like a coaching issue

Activity wasn't where it needed to be
Meetings weren't where they needed to be
Pipeline wasn't where it needed to be

Easy conclusion

"The reps need help"

But when we dug deeper...

The bigger issue was capacity

Not enough accounts
Not enough prospects
Not enough opportunities to create enough at-bats

The math simply wasn't working

No amount of coaching fixes bad math

Before you coach execution...

Inspect constraints

Here's the framework I've been using lately

Do reps have enough accounts?

Do reps have enough prospects?

Do reps have enough daily opportunities to create conversations?

Do they understand the process?

Now coach execution.

Most leaders start at Question #5

That's why coaching often feels repetitive

You're trying to improve performance before removing the bottleneck

Imagine coaching someone to become a better runner...

while they're carrying a backpack full of bricks

Wrong order

Remove the constraint first

Then improve execution

A lot of sales leaders still operate as if attention is the hardest thing to get

It's not

Attention is available
Tools are better
Data is better
AI is better

The real challenge is creating enough quality opportunities and helping reps execute consistently once they have them

That's why so many teams feel stuck right now

Leadership is trying to improve conversations...when the bigger issue is often volume, focus, prioritization or process

You can't coach your way around structural problems

You have to fix the structure

Last week I mentioned I started testing Fyxer

A few people reached out asking if I actually liked it or if it was another AI tool I'd forget about a week later

Fair question 😂

Usually when I test software one of two things happens

or

Fyxer is heading toward category #2

The biggest surprise?

It's not saving me hours

At least not yet

It's saving me dozens of tiny decisions throughout the day

What should I respond to first?
Did I already reply to that?

Was that a client email or a marketing email?
Did I miss a follow up?
Where did that thread go?

The more I use it the more I realize the value isn't AI

It's reducing friction

My inbox feels less like a pile of stuff and more like a prioritized workspace

As a founder, that's probably the biggest win

Less checking
Less hunting
Less context switching

More actual work getting done

If your inbox feels like controlled chaos it might be worth taking a look

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A few things from this week

→ Recorded another CDU episode with Hallie [Pro CheerLeader for Dallas Drive]
→ Released our episode with Justin from Varsity
→ Built a new outbound motion with a client team
→ Continued rolling out Gong scorecards and coaching systems
→ Landed another sponsor partnership
→ Watched a QuickBooks nightmare finally get resolved
→ Got Izzy officially moved into All-Star cheer
→ Spent more time operating inside the OS instead of reacting to chaos

Honestly...that's probably the biggest win

A year ago this week would've completely derailed me

Too many unknowns
Too many moving pieces
Too much uncertainty

Instead...I worked the plan

Handled what I could control
Ignored what I couldn't

and things eventually resolved themselves

Turns out systems don't eliminate stress

They just keep stress from driving the car

Quick gut check

When performance drops...

what's the first thing your leadership team blames?

The rep?
The messaging?
The process?

or do you actually stop and inspect constraints?

Because most teams don't have a motivation problem

Most teams don't have a coaching problem
Most teams have a bottleneck problem

and until you identify it...you'll keep coaching symptoms

The best sales leaders I know aren't obsessed with activity

They're obsessed with constraints

They ask: "What's the thing preventing good people from succeeding?"

Then they remove it

That's leadership

Not more dashboards
Not more meetings
Not more pressure

Remove the bottleneck

Watch performance improve

What's the biggest constraint inside your sales organization right now?

More specifically...if you could remove ONE bottleneck tomorrow...

what would it be?

Reply and let me know

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Have a great week 🤙

Thanks for reading. See you again next week at 8 am MST!

- Tom Slocum ✌️

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