Enablement, with Paul Butterfield [Episode 897]

Paul Butterfield is the Vice President of Global Revenue Enablement at Instructure, and one of the founders of the Sales Enablement Society. Today we’re talking about all things enablement. Paul is one of the pioneers in the field and he shares his perspective about how far sales enablement has evolved since it started and where it’s headed in the future. Plus, we dig into the primary challenges facing sales and how enablement is helping to solve them. We also explore how sales enablement should be supporting sales managers, and who generally get the short end of the stick when it comes to receiving training and development. Finally, we talk about developing career paths for those who want a career in sales enablement. And what sort of skills and talents Paul looks for in hiring for his team.