1. Value framework and messaging – you need to show customer’s you want to solve their problems, not just push products.
2. Go-to-market approach – your value propositions need to be aligned with the customers needs and problems.
3. Communications alignment – all marketing messages need to convey you are a problem-solving organization.
4. Management support systems – management actions must reinforce this solution emphasis, not dilute it.
5. Sales processes and methodologies – must be aligned with the way customers want to buy and not the company’s own needs.
6. Individual skills and knowledge – salespeople must be able to diagnose customer problems in order to create solutions.