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Foundational Skills for New Sales Hires: The Top 7

LSA Global

Yet too often, organizations f ocus too narrowly on product training and neglect the foundational skills for new sales hires to be set up for success. To create a sales force that can consistently drive revenue growth and deepen customer loyalty, companies must intentionally cultivate a robust consultative selling skillset from day one.

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. Finding, developing, and retaining this talent is hard — so much so that the business press refers to a “war” for talent. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

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Your Company Needs a More-Radical Board of Directors

Harvard Business

My guess is that while a poor balance sheet might cause restless sleep, it’s the thought of an incorrectly reported balance sheet that brings on night terrors. What’s a typical independent director’s worst nightmare? It’s not surprising.

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Blockchain Will Transform Customer Loyalty Programs

Harvard Business

IBM, for example, is partnering with startup Loyyal to develop blockchain infrastructure for loyalty and rewards programs. First, blockchain could help relieve a large balance-sheet liability that many in the industry are facing. Early adopters could benefit considerably.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. Analysts have predicted that U.S.

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balance sheet and the income statement. Let’s first look at the balance sheet. Many digital companies have no physical products and have no inventory to report.

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Greek default in all but name - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

This is clever politicking because a “private-sector involvement” sounds like a positive development. However, in reality, it means that private investors have lost 50% of their investment in Greek bonds. European leaders know that a Greek default could have devastating consequences for the Euro-zone.