Executives and Salespeople Are Misaligned — and the Effects Are Costly

Republished from Harvard Business Review, January 26, 2017
U.S. companies spend over $900 billion on their sales forces, which is three times more than they spend on all ad media. Sales is, by far, the most expensive part of strategy execution for most firms. Yet, on average, companies deliver only 50% to 60% of the financial performance that their strategies and sales forecasts have promised.

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Not So Different After All: 5 Overlapping Skills Needed in Life Science Academia vs. Industry

Republished from BioSpace, January 19, 2017
There is a notion that the skills needed for scientists in academia are dramatically different than those needed in industry.
The technical skills are largely overlapping, but it’s also clear that much of the project management and business management skills overlap as well.

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Being a Strategic Leader Is About Asking the Right Questions

From HBR 1/18/17. If you asked the world’s most successful business leaders what it means to “be strategic,” how many different answers do you think you’d get? Consider this number: 115,800,000. It’s the number of unique links returned when I searched online for “strategic leadership.”

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How to Drive World Class Results Through Superior Employee Engagement.

Recorded Webinar by Mark Hozza
Original Broadcast: December 15, 2016

The state of employment today is in disarray. In the last decade alone, the average tenure for an employee has fallen from 8 years to just 2-3 years. Employee disengagement is at an all time high, straining morale, hiring and onboarding costs, and ultimately – results. The strategic costs of this leadership failure are incalculable.
On this webinar, you’ll learn a proven strategy to solve these problems, and achieve true organizational excellence.

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