Build a champion so the deal doesn't rest on one person.

“This deal rests on one person. How do I build a real champion before they go quiet?”

Scores who can champion, arms them with the internal-sell narrative and a forwardable one-pager, and maps the multi-thread.

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EXAMPLE PROMPTS
>Who on this deal can actually champion it? [pastes contacts and notes]
>Write the internal sell narrative and a forwardable one-pager for my champion
>This deal is single-threaded. Map who else to reach and in what order
ABOUT THIS SKILL

What this skill does

Takes an account and turns one interested contact into a champion who sells for you when you are not in the room. It scores who on the deal can actually be a champion, writes the narrative they use to make the case internally, builds the one-pager they can forward without editing, and maps the other threads you need so the whole deal does not hang on a single relationship. One champion is one point of failure; this removes it.

Inputs

  • Works today with: what you paste about the account. Who you are talking to, their role, what they care about, who else is involved, and where the deal stands. A short list of contacts is enough to start.
  • More powerful connected to a CRM: it reads the contact roles, titles, and engagement automatically, so the champion scoring and the thread map match the real account.
  • Sharper with a meeting or email tool: pulls who is actually replying and who has gone quiet, so the multi-thread plan is based on real engagement, not the org chart.
  • Sharper with an enrichment source: fills in titles, seniority, and reporting lines so you can see who your champion still needs to reach.

How it works

  1. 1
    Identify the champion (score, do not assume)

    Not every friendly contact is a champion. Score each contact on three things: do they have power or access to it, do they personally feel the pain you solve, and will they actually spend capital to act. A contact who likes you but cannot move anyone is a coach, not a champion. Name the difference.

  2. 2
    Arm them with the internal-sell narrative

    Your champion has to sell this when you are not there, to people you may never meet. Write the case in their language: the problem in the organization's terms, why now, what it costs to do nothing, and what the win looks like for their team. Short enough to say in a hallway.

  3. 3
    Build the one-pager (forward without editing)

    Give the champion something they can send up the chain untouched: the problem, the solution, the value, and the ask, on one page in their voice. If they have to rewrite it, they will not send it. Make it forwardable as-is.

  4. 4
    Map the multi-thread (do not rest on one person)

    List every role the deal needs on side: the economic buyer, the technical evaluator, the blocker, the coach. Mark who is engaged and who is dark. Every single-threaded deal is one departure away from dead. Plan the next thread to open and who opens it.

  5. 5
    Test the champion (before you rely on them)

    Give the champion a small ask that proves they will act: a meeting with their boss, an internal intro, a piece of information only an insider gets. If they deliver, they are real. If they stall, you have a coach, and you plan a second thread now, not later.

Output format

CHAMPION PLAN · Acme Corp (illustrative)

Champion scoring
  Dana (VP Ops)      power: yes   pain: high   will act: proven  -> CHAMPION
  Sam (Analyst)      power: no    pain: high   will act: yes     -> coach
  Priya (Finance)    power: yes   pain: low    will act: unknown -> reach

Thread map (target: 3 engaged)
  Economic buyer   CFO            DARK   <- open next, via Dana
  Technical eval   Sam            engaged
  Champion         Dana           engaged
  Blocker          Security lead  unknown

Next moves:
  1. Arm Dana with the one-pager for the CFO conversation.
  2. Ask Dana for the intro to Finance. That is the champion test.
  3. Open the security thread before it becomes a late surprise.

Tips

  • No contact is called a champion without evidence they have access and will act, not just interest.
  • The thread map names the roles that are still dark, never only the ones already engaged.
  • The one-pager is written to be forwarded unedited, in the champion's terms, not yours.
  • Engagement claims are grounded in real touches where that data is available, and flagged as assumption where it is not.
  • Any name or title carried from the account is shown as given or sourced, never invented.
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