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As a BD, who would you choose your Boss?

Created by : Manish Sagar, Head - Business Development  | 09 19 2009 08:29:51 +0000
Industry : Technology ConsultingFunctional Area : Outsourcing(Operations)
Keywords : it sales business development
Activity:  169 views;  last activity : 07 06 2010 20:18:09 +0000

You are joining as a BD/Sales Head in an IT Services company and have offers from 2 different companies. Which one would you like to join?
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1) In Company A, you would report to the president who is a Technology Guru but with little or no understanding of BD / Sales.
2) In company B, you would report to the president who is a BD Specialist but strictly follows his own intuition and guidelines.

 
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I am suggesting on the basis that the company which I am going to join possess open culture environment.

I'll join company A. I choose this decision by considering that I have good knowledge of profile which I am going to handle. As mentioned, I have to report to president who is a technical guy but has little knowledge of BD/Sales. I think it will provide me an opportunity to produce my ideas and contribute towards organization. As President has good technical knowledge so I think it will make proper combination and good learning of technical skills to me where I am lacking a bit. It will also helpful for the organization to provide customize products to customer.

On the other hand if I would have joined company B then I could not provide my contribution/ideas as president takes decision on his intuition and guidelines.  

 
By Deepak Agrawal, Consultant, Independent Consultant  09 19 2009 09:06:54 +0000
 
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I agree with Mr. Deepak Agarwal's argument 
By Raheenul Hasan, Branch Manager, Redington India Ltd  | 09 26 2009 06:03:06 +0000
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Let me support Manish on this!


According to the given situation, I have two offers from different companies. It means that I have certainly evaluvated the history and roadmap based on the discussion I had with the President.


I will not prefer Company "A" although it is a challenging position and I will have a good oppurtunity to grow with the company. I would love join Company B, as working with a BD specialist; will certainly improve my BD skills.


By Deepak Rajendran, HR Manager, Prosoft Cyberworld (P) Limited  | 11 03 2009 15:18:58 +0000
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Let me start by supporting Company B as at least, the 'BOSS' will have the ability to understand the needs to accomplish a task!
By Manish Sagar, Head - Business Development  | 09 19 2009 08:29:51 +0000
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