Gary Ledford Joins Grace Five to Translate Marketing Execution to Sales Execution
Charlotte, N.C. (September 9, 2013) – Grace Five LLC today announced Gary Ledford will join the Grace Five team to lead a new sales coaching service for clients. Ledford has over 20 years of experience in sales and entrepreneurship, having founded three companies focused on executive coaching, sales training, and methodologies for improving individual and organizational behavior.
“I am thrilled to work alongside Gary Ledford, one of the most talented executive and sales coaches in the industry, as we align our marketing and sales services for our clients,” said Dana Marxer Saylors, President of Grace Five. “As high-growth organizations look to better align sales and marketing, the team that Gary and I bring together gives our clients a head start. We can ensure world-class marketing strategy and execution will be supported by world-class sales execution. That’s the recipe for accelerated revenue growth.”
Ledford spent almost a decade with Franklin Covey, and served as a facilitator and sales leader coach for Ninety Five 5, a sales enablement and coaching consulting firm, which was acquired by Franklin Covey. Gary has facilitated and delivered the 4 Disciplines of Execution and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to both for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Ledford’s other areas of practice include Executive Performance Coaching, Organizational Transformation, Lean Enterprise, and Custom Leadership Development programs.
Ledford has held various senior management positions such as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer within the Automotive, Furniture, Hosiery, and Converting industries. Within these industries, he was involved in implementing world-class concepts he learned while studying the Toyota Production System at Toyota City in Japan. He has led seminars around the world and published articles on Employee Engagement and Organizational Transformation. He holds a Black Belt in Six Sigma and is considered a Lean Enterprise expert.
“Grace Five is unique, and a perfect complement to strategic enterprise sales approaches,” said Ledford. “Grace Five brings client marketing from concept to strategy to execution. Our addition of executive sales coaching – from Inside Sales to Direct Sales – will ensure sales execution takes that handoff – and converts pipeline growth to closed revenue.”
Read more about Grace Five’s Sales Coaching service.
About Grace Five
Grace Five drives marketing that accelerates revenue growth. Creating marketing strategy, defining thought leadership positions, building marketing departments, and implementing sales and marketing systems across numerous industries – the test of success is ROI. Grace Five helps high-growth emerging companies that are ready to accelerate sales and build their brand and market share.
Gen5 is a boutique strategic marketing agency that specializes in helping emerging technology companies grow faster.