Why More Salespeople Won’t Fix Your Revenue Problem

Posted September 21, 2026

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Why More Salespeople Won’t Fix Your Revenue Problem

Toby Phelps has scaled SaaS businesses from £5M to £50M+ ARR. He shares the two-pillar framework he uses to assess any commercial team, the metrics that genuinely predict sales performance, and why demand generation has to scale before headcount does.

In this episode:

  • The two-pillar model for assessing capability and traits
  • Why the sales capacity fallacy kills growth in PE-backed businesses
  • How to interview for coachability, curiosity and resilience

 

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