Growth Insights for CEOs
Advice for CEOs on Growth and Scaling
Brett Keirstead
An accomplished B2B SaaS sales leader, Brett expertly leads client retention, engagement, and growth initiatives, and works with C-level executives to scope and secure complex, profitable projects. With a proven track record of building and scaling professional go-to-market revenue growth functions in growth-oriented companies, he helps private equity and venture capital investors build out go-to-market strategies for their portfolio companies. A trained sales technician with a detailed understanding of sales compensation and operations, he brings a passion for mentoring and developing new sales leaders and promoting Women in Sales Excellence.
Recent Posts

AI Search is Here – And it’s Reshaping the Buyer Journey
Tue, Dec 16, 2025 | Posted by Carol Eversen
Part 1 of our four-part series exploring how AI search is transforming visibility, SEO, and digital strategy - and what CEOs need to do now to stay competitive.
| Executive Takeaways |
| Declining web traffic isn’t random - it’s a symptom of changing search behavior. AI search is already impacting over 25% of user journeys - and growing fast If you’re not being cited, you’re missing opportunities-period. |
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Four Ways that Fractional Leadership is Transforming a Resource-Starved World
Fri, Mar 24, 2023 — In a world where much is spoken about uncertainties, there still are many things that are as certain as ever. Despite the impact of a shaky global economy and a population still looking to shake off Covid’s impacts, hard work – and ingenuity – still rule the day. Individual efforts of unaffiliated workers comprise more nearly 60 percent of the U.S. workforce today, thanks to modern socio-economic values that embrace such flexibility. This also has given rise to a new trend -- building and leveraging common shared resources, especially at the upper tiers.
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