How Thermo Fisher's Leadership Team Transformed Technical Talk into Business Impact

How Thermo Fisher's Leadership Team Transformed Technical Talk into Business Impact

When you're producing materials for life-saving vaccines and cancer therapies, technical expertise is a given. But how do you translate that expertise into messages that resonate with employees, customers, and stakeholders?

That's the challenge Thermo Fisher's BioProduction leadership team faced as they worked to address employee retention and organizational alignment across their global operations.

Here's how they turned their technical experts into powerful storytellers, and why it matters for every B2B leader managing specialized teams.

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Fluid Truck Gears Up with Story Selling from Pitch Lab

Fluid Truck Gears Up with Story Selling from Pitch Lab

Great storytelling is memorable, emotional and works on a different part of your brain than facts and figures.

In fact, great stories are memorable enough to give birth to a sales technique known as story selling.

And story selling is now a go-to tactic Pitch Lab put into play for Fluid Truck—with the aim of generating an additional seven figures to their bottom line.

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YML Goes Off-Script with Pitch Lab

YML Goes Off-Script with Pitch Lab

Although YML is a best-in-class agency producing a ton of mind-blowing work, every savvy salesperson knows it’s not always your product or service that makes your company stand out from the pack.

You, the salesperson, are the differentiator.

YML’s VP of Growth and Brand, Stephanie Wiseman knows this well. She was looking for a fresh way to strengthen team bonds and core skills within the agency.

Pitch Lab delivered it.

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Pitch Lab Helps Miami Marlins Solve Major League Sales Challenges

Pitch Lab Helps Miami Marlins Solve Major League Sales Challenges

The Miami Marlins understand the importance of home-field advantage.

But it’s not just about the fans, teams also need the support of their local community to succeed – something that Derek Jeter has been improving over the past couple years.

Pitch Lab stepped in to help, bringing the communication and presentation skills the Miami Marlins’ sales team needs to turn it around. The result?

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Why It's Okay to Say: "I Don't Know"

Why It's Okay to Say: "I Don't Know"

“I don’t know but I’ll find out.” “I’m sorry, I was wrong.” “We messed up and we’re going to fix it.”

These aren’t just words but the genuine, unpretentious approach from Tom Foster and his stellar sales team at The Receptionist Denver. A team of this caliber doesn’t make mistakes often, but when they do, they own up to it, fix it and move forward.

How do you adapt your sales approach to emulate Tom’s?

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Bottle Rocket Blasts Off with Pitch Lab 🚀

Bottle Rocket Blasts Off with Pitch Lab 🚀

Your next sales strategy meeting is on the calendar, and you’re scrambling. Now that the meeting’s virtual, the usual lineup of ideas won’t cut it.

You need a captivating way to inject both team building and skill building activities into the day. What do you do?

Take a cue from Bottle Rocket.

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Sometimes the Only Way Forward is to Give Back

Sometimes the Only Way Forward is to Give Back

2020 was a difficult year for many. Pitch Lab included.

After being at a standstill since March, our plucky team pivoted to virtual workshops utilizing chat, polls and breakout rooms.

Every year we make it a practice donate our time to charity. This year was no exception. We chose our friends at OneChild. Sometimes the only path forward is to give back.

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3, 2, 1… Xero’s "Laugh & Learn" Sales Presentation Skills Workshop!

3, 2, 1… Xero’s "Laugh & Learn" Sales Presentation Skills Workshop!

Xero’s leadership team believes no matter your role, the ability to communicate confidently and effectively brings real value to the organization.

To this end, Xero hosts monthly “Lightning Talk Sessions” giving its employees a chance to sharpen their public speaking skills.

In support of this program Pitch Lab was invited in for a special “Laugh & Learn” workshop.

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Boulder Startup Week 2019

Boulder Startup Week 2019

We had a blast helping Boulder Startup Week founders use authenticity and vulnerability to punch up their next investor pitch!

But how do you do that exactly?

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Museum Leaders Exhibit Sangfroid at Getty Leadership Institute

Museum Leaders Exhibit Sangfroid at Getty Leadership Institute

Museum exhibits inevitably captivate a room. Pitch Lab teamed up with senior-level museum leaders so they can do the same.

We were thrilled when the Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University invited Pitch Lab to participate in its 2019 executive education programs for museum leaders.

What did they all have in common (and want from Pitch Lab)?

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