Success stories

    Penlink

    How Penlink realigned its CRM with how the business actually sells

    Industry

    Hard tech

    Engagement

    Sales operations redesign

    Timeline

    Ongoing partnership

    Key result

    CRM matches the motion

    The challenge

    What they came to us with

    Complex, multi-stakeholder sales motions had been layered onto a CRM that drifted years away from how the business sells and delivers.

    Reps worked around the system, so data quality degraded and process changes never stuck.

    Our approach

    How the work was sequenced

    Phase 01

    Map before building

    We documented the real selling motion — including the parts that never made it into the CRM — and pressure-tested it with the team.

    Phase 02

    Rebuild and automate

    Stages, fields, and automation rebuilt to match the motion, removing the workarounds that caused the drift.

    Phase 03

    Enablement and handover

    Documentation and training so the internal team owns the system rather than depending on a vendor for every change.

    The results

    What changed

    Aligned

    CRM to sales motion

    The system reflects how deals actually progress.

    Owned

    Internally

    Documentation and enablement left the team able to run changes.

    Higher

    Data quality

    Fewer workarounds means cleaner pipeline reporting.

    They don't just build solutions - they take the time to understand our workflows, ask smart questions, and offer thoughtful recommendations that actually make sense for how we operate.
    Head of Sales Operations, Penlink

    What's next

    Work continues on deeper automation across post-sale delivery and reporting for a growing product portfolio.

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