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Small but strategic tweaks can have a dramatic effect on results.
Small but strategic tweaks can have a dramatic effect on results.
Goals are important in sales. Group sales goals help the team understand the big-picture vision for the company’s future, while individual goals help inspire each team member to do what they must to be a productive part of the team.
For any business, change is inevitable. Organizations that do not adapt to the circumstances of their industry may eventually fall to the wayside—joining the likes of Blockbuster and Radio Shack.
As Agile eats the world, many organizations are faced with the prospect of an Agile transformation. This is a major challenge—one that will involve deep change over many years. If the organization has been traditionally managed, it will include radical shifts in attitudes, values, mindsets, ways of thinking and ways of interacting with the world, in effect a change in organizational culture.
In business transformation management, it is typical that people pick a change management model and try to push everything into that formula. That’s why 70% of change management projects fail and why we need to rethink our approach. But no matter what changes or breakthroughs are made to the old systems, keep in mind that one constant will always remain: the different personalities of those at the helm.
It’s time to ditch the cold calling to heat up sales.
Scaling has probably been one of the most rewarding – but also challenging – things I’ve had to do as the co-founder of a SaaS startup. While the rush of bringing on ambitious new team members or opening offices in new countries never gets old, getting to the point where our organization had a process in place for how to scale has been, admittedly, a challenge at times. Perhaps what is the most important thing to do — and what takes the most precision — is finding that right mix of the right people to help accelerate your company’s growth and carry your vision forward.
Of the many skills today’s business leaders must possess, perhaps the most vital is the ability to “read the signs” — to adapt to changes, the future and threats that may affect their business.
Five ways to transform your disengaged employees.
As research funding monies dwindle and become more competitive, many academics are turning to alternate careers in sales and marketing in the commercial sector.