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Foundational Skills for New Sales Hires: The Top 7

LSA Global

Teaching reps how to interpret a balance sheet or spot a companys pain points from a 10-K report may not seem like a sales skill, but its one that distinguishes top solution sellers from the rest of the pack. Are you fostering a growth mindset during new hire orientation to build an adaptive and high-performing sales culture ?

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3 Common M&A Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them

Harvard Business

On the flip side, a strategic transaction can catapult a company into first-mover position, give a speed to market advantage over rivals, and potentially let a larger company run away with a new market. Don’t underestimate the value of chemistry and culture. Good mergers aren’t easy to pull off.

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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

That's a cultural change to self-managing teams. That's why we need managers to understand how to create and cultivate an agile culture. Managers Create and Refine the Culture. When I talk about culture, I mean the ideas from Edgar Schein's work about organizational culture and leadership : How we treat each other.

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M&A deals – benefits and drawbacks

Tom Spencer

Depending on the firm and specific role this case could be very strategic and operational like doing a market entry/growth-type case or very technical (i.e. Increased market share : assuming the two companies are in the same industry, bringing their resources together may result in larger market share. Conclusion.

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Coastal Cities Are Increasingly Vulnerable, and So Is the Economy that Relies on Them

Harvard Business

.” GreenBiz founder Joel Makower defines a stranded asset as “a financial term that describes something that has become obsolete or nonperforming well ahead of its useful life, and must be recorded on a company’s balance sheet as a loss of profit.” Consider Miami.

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How Deloitte Consulting LLP and Salesforce Are Using Technology to Transform the Employee Experience - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTE’S CONNECTME AND SALESFORCE

Harvard Business

And today I’m talking with Michael Gretczko, Principal, National Offering Leader, Human Capital as a Service at Deloitte Consulting, LLP, and with Jody Kohner, Senior Vice President of Employee Marketing and Engagement at Salesforce. Because a great culture and beautiful words and wonderful sentiment are just not enough.

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Germany’s Midsize Manufacturers Outperform Its Industrial Giants

Harvard Business

Most of these companies are private and don’t publish their balance sheets. But when it comes to little-known leaders in their market, Germany has 1,307 “hidden champions,” nine times as many as those two countries combined. Great Britain and France each have more.