Chapter 08 · The Revenue Leader Guide

Planning & Strategy

GTM, territory, and capacity models

Annual planning starts with the company target, decomposes into segment and product targets, translates into pipeline and headcount, and lands as territory plans, quotas, comp plans and a hiring plan.

Annual planning starts with the company target, decomposes into segment and product targets, translates into pipeline and headcount requirements via capacity modelling, and lands as territory plans, quotas, comp plans and a hiring plan. Quarterly planning revisits the assumptions and adjusts.

Strategy decisions sit on top: which ICP do we serve, which segments do we win in, which sales motion do we run, what does our pricing and packaging say, where do we invest and where do we cut. Plans without underlying capacity maths are wishes; capacity maths without strategy is precision around the wrong target.

Key concepts

  • Plans without capacity maths are wishes.
  • Capacity maths without strategy is precision around the wrong target.
  • ICP is the highest-leverage strategic decision in the first 90 days.

Terms used in this chapter

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