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Hiring Sales Talent: A Tool to Help CEOs Get It Right the First Time

SBI Growth

Penetrating new markets. At the completion of the exercise, you’re averaging 25. The value of this exercise is bringing these issues to light so you can solve them. The value of this exercise is bringing these issues to light so you can solve them. The time management exercise has brought clarity to the problem.

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Is Your Sales Compensation Driving the Right Behaviors?

SBI Growth

Did it incent the right behavior? Unfortunately, compensation planning is often an academic exercise. The existing plan is compared to see how it stacks up against the market. How do you know if comp-incented behaviors can move the needle? Weak content marketing that does not support the buyer’s journey.

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Maximizing Motivation: Why Well-Intentioned Incentive Programs Don’t Work and How to Improve Them

Sales and Marketing Management

Through a nomination process, a select group of high achievers would be given a couple of days off from their normal jobs, flown to a nice venue, and asked to participate in a series of “think tank” exercises with senior management on how the company could operate more effectively. Bob Nelson is president of Nelson Motivation Inc. ,

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51 Ways to Fund Your Sales Improvement Effort

SBI Growth

Or sales recruiting to staff a new go-to-market channel. And if marketing-related sales issues are being fixed, Marketing foots the bill. I mentioned department-aligned efforts (HR = Talent or Learning; Marketing = Lead Generation or Sales Enablement; Sales = Sales Process or Sales Management.) Who Should Pay?

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Negotiating a Deal In Crunch Time

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Andres Lares When Joe Mauer’s contract neared its expiration in 2010, the all-star’s agent sat with him and shared how his research revealed he could secure a contract of approximately $300 million over 10 years in the free agent market. We recommend scripting the negotiation in advance. How might you respond to one offer or another?

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Workplace Wellness Can Deliver a Healthy ROI

Sales and Marketing Management

The company, which has been named one of the best places to work in Georgia by Georgia Trend Magazine, incorporates education, contests and incentives into its benefits program, adopting a holistic approach to helping workers be happier and healthier. They also filled out surveys about habits such as exercise, smoking and diet.

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Burnout Becomes a Bigger Fear in WFH Environments

Sales and Marketing Management

sales and marketing at Intel, told Bloomberg. If we don’t understand where we are in a crisis and what we are feeling, it will be tough to lead ourselves or others to something different,” change consultant Talita Ferreira states in an article for Conference & Incentive Travel. Is it frustration, fear or anxiety?