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Practice area 02

Sales process & toolkit development

Building the infrastructure that makes sales performance measurable, consistent, and repeatable. This is Taylor Healey's most hands-on practice area — and where our most proprietary methodology lives.

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What this is

Process that creates accountability, not just activity.

Most distribution teams have a CRM. Very few have a sales process. There's a difference. A CRM records what happened. A sales process shapes what happens — and why. Taylor Healey builds and refines sales processes across four specific domains, each with its own framework and methodology. The goal in every case is to create accountability, enable meaningful measurement, and produce reporting that drives performance rather than just recording it.

The four domains
aKey Account Management
bPipeline & Forecasting
cSales Activity Planning
dProspecting
Domain a — Key account management

Building relationships that grow, not just persist.

Not all large clients are key accounts. Taylor Healey builds structured frameworks for managing an organisation's most important client and partner relationships — starting with the discipline of defining what a key account actually is, and why.

Account tiering

Clear criteria for what qualifies as a key account — and the discipline to manage accordingly.

Planning templates

Key account planning templates and review cadences that make the relationship intentional.

Relationship mapping

Identifying all stakeholders and decision-makers across the account — not just the main contact.

Partnership governance

Governance structures for complex institutional relationships where multiple parties are involved.

Domain b — Pipeline & forecasting

Our most developed and proprietary methodology.

The activity-driven probability model replaces subjective BDM probability selection with a system-determined framework based on completed activities. When every BDM chooses their own probability, pipeline reflects personality rather than reality. Our model removes that subjectivity entirely.

The result is a pipeline that managers can actually coach to — and a forecast that leadership can actually trust.

  • Activity-driven probability model — the system calculates probability, the BDM does not choose it
  • Four-stage gate framework with clear YES/NO qualification questions at each stage
  • Pre-qualification gate to keep pipelines clean and credible from the start
  • Manager coaching framework built directly from the question structure
  • Consistent cross-team probability weighting enabling reliable revenue forecasting
  • Bespoke pipeline tools built as HTML prototypes and/or Salesforce-embedded components
Domain c — Sales activity planning

Helping BDMs plan with intention, not just effort.

Most BDMs in financial services are busy but not necessarily productive — they confuse activity volume with activity quality. Taylor Healey builds planning frameworks that connect daily and weekly BDM activity directly to strategic priorities and revenue targets.

Territory planning

Channel and territory planning frameworks that turn geographic coverage into intentional prioritisation.

Activity target-setting

Targets linked to pipeline stage conversion rates — not arbitrary call quotas.

BDM planning templates

Weekly and monthly planning tools that make good habits easy and bad habits visible.

Activity dashboards

For managers to track lead indicators, not just revenue outcomes. The difference between managing and coaching.

Domain d — Prospecting

The weakest link in most distribution teams. We fix it.

Prospecting is consistently where financial services distribution breaks down. Most BDMs prefer managing existing relationships to developing new ones. Taylor Healey builds the process and the habit — so prospecting becomes a discipline, not a quarterly panic.

  • Structured prospecting frameworks — what to say, when to say it, and how to progress the conversation
  • Warm and cold market segmentation — prioritising the highest-probability new relationships
  • Outreach sequencing — a repeatable cadence that builds presence without creating noise
  • Referral and introduction frameworks — systematising what most BDMs do ad hoc
  • Prospecting activity tracking — making the habit visible so managers can coach to it
What clients say

"Taylor Healey have been a trusted partner since 2007. Nick helped develop and refine a probability-weighted asset management sales process for a large distribution team. This early process has gone on to form the backbone of many distribution teams' sales process in our industry."

Managing Director & Country Head
Global Investment Manager

"Taylor Healey was instrumental in helping us build our key account management framework and worked with us closely to refine and embed it successfully. He listens deeply, asks countless questions to fully understand the issues and opportunities — and then delivers first class outcomes."

Head of Funds Management
Sovereign Wealth Fund