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Sales Reps, Stop Asking Leading Questions

Harvard Business

Most executives recognize a need for their sales team to act as consultants and sell “solutions.” ” But many CEOs would be shocked at how poorly their sales teams execute on the strategy of consultative selling. I’ve sat through many sales calls like this, and trust me it isn’t pretty.

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A Survey of 1,700 Companies Reveals Common B2B Pricing Mistakes

Harvard Business

It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy. The manufacturer was compensating sales representatives based solely on how much revenue they generated. Data-Driven Marketing. invest in ongoing development of capabilities among the sales and pricing teams through training and tools.

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

The paltry market for organic wine around the world belies the fact that over the past half century, countless organic winegrowers and vintners have dedicated great effort to creating a larger market for the category, without much success. Early Struggles. First, the conventional wine industry saw it as a threat. What changed?

Chemicals 126
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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Although it started as a tiny group, paling in comparison to the bohemoth revenues of the firm’s hardware sales, this group is now known as IBM Global Services (IGS) which is responsible for 50% of IBM’s revenue globally. They were a management consulting firm whose clients were chemical and petroleum companies. Automotive.

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The Grocery Industry Confronts a New Problem: Only 10% of Americans Love Cooking

Harvard Business

The top 25 food and beverage companies have lost $18 billion in market share since 2009. The risk to traditional grocers and Big Food is not just market share declines but category obsolescence. Another way to survive is to raise the price dramatically by going super-premium or by becoming very focused in local markets.

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New Regulations Place Sustainability and ESG at the Center of National and Global Business Competitiveness

Brimstone Consulting

Your strategy needs to consider current and future sustainability and ESG rules and regulations and market realities. The issue is that PFAS do not degrade or degrade very slowly, giving them the name “forever chemicals.” 2023 is the year when multiple sustainability-related regulations will come fully online. If not, should it?

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Capgemini Consulting Interviews – Tech, Business or Both?

Management Consulted

In 1981 , the Cap Gemini Sogeti group entered the US market. Capgemini Consulting has an executive committee with a CEO, Xavier Hochet, and a Deputy CEO, Ken Toombs, who also doubles is the Global Sales Officer and CEO of Capgemini Consulting North America. The board committees have no decision-making authority. Industries.

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