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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. They’re easing customers’ burdens by guiding them through difficult decisions and choices, and improving win rates for high-end solution sales by as much as 60%. Fast forward to today.

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To Better Train Workers, Figure Out Where They Struggle

Harvard Business

In a 2014 survey , 55% of executives said a major constraint to investing in training was that they did not know how to measure success. It has trained and placed 11,000 graduates into entry-level jobs in four sectors: health care, tech, retail/sales, and skilled trades.

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Measuring Your Employees’ Invisible Forms of Influence

Harvard Business

New workplace metrics are needed to help leaders get a more complete picture of this. ” Investments in leadership development increased 14% in 2014, according to Bersin by Deloitte , and the current demand for high-caliber talent is further compounded by new graduates entering the workforce each year.

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Purchasing Managers Have a Lead Role to Play in Cyber Defense

Harvard Business

Consider the 2014 attack on Target, which caused an estimated $162 million in damages. They should then segment suppliers based on which ones need access to which parts of the purchasing firm’s back-office systems (for example, warehouse management, inventory, or point of sale). They should be.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies, 2016

Harvard Business

Our publicly available metrics including CEO approval ratings from staff, ratio of women on boards, and number of accounting infractions and scandals. This year we added a carbon metric. These and other small gestures have been credited with goosing sales by 23% compared to dealerships that did not adopt the empathy program.

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BTS Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Marketing & Sales. BTS GROUP KEY STATS. BTS Group Website: www.bts.com.

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