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Foundational Skills for New Sales Hires: The Top 7

LSA Global

Sales Pipeline Discipline and Time Management We know from sales strategy feedback that sales success is about sales activity and sales focus. Collaboration Across Functions In most B2B sales environments, selling is a team sport.

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News or Noise

Tom Spencer

You scan the headlines for an interesting story and then dive in, happy to have something to read on the way to work, glad to be able to discuss the latest sporting headlines with colleagues – with whom you may have nothing else in common. The reality though is that most of the time the news is not news, it’s noise.

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Strategic Leadership and Personal Wellness with Rich Horwath

Leadership Vision Consulting

His personal stories, intertwined with a love for sports, provide a unique lens through which we can understand the nuances of executive development and the symbiotic relationship between strategy and well-being. The post Strategic Leadership and Personal Wellness with Rich Horwath appeared first on Leadership Vision.

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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work from Home

Harvard Business

” The next time an opportunity presents itself — a bad snowstorm, a disruptive event (such as your city hosting a large sporting event or convention), or even a planned home visit from your local cable company — “seize the day” and be as “effective as possible” in your remote work.

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Until You Have Productivity Skills, Productivity Tools Are Useless

Harvard Business

So when people ask me for advice about choosing software to improve productivity for themselves or their organizations, I ask them this question: “How will the software fit into the existing workflow management process?” ” And often, we quickly uncover the real problem: there is no workflow management process.

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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

Maybe you do not want to learn something new, but this is also a good time to try a new activity. Maybe there is a club you wanted to join but never found the time. Get involved with the sports club you had been meaning to join, try climbing the rock wall in the gym, or run for student government.

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How to Deliver Criticism So Employees Pay Attention

Harvard Business

Based on my sports experience with him and my current work as an executive coach, I’ve developed a few guidelines: Engage the person in a specific solution. At times, managers can motivate with a raised voice and expressive gestures as well — to get across a we-can-do-better message.

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