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Why the Best Salespeople Get So Lucky

Harvard Business Review

Belief in the power of luck seems to boost self-assurance, thereby helping experienced sales professionals remain optimistic in the face of setbacks and assisting inexperienced salespeople in overcoming uncertainty and fear of failure. Gathering competitive intelligence. The greater the provoked luck, the higher the performance.

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A guide to great development moves

Great Leadership By Dan

Some ways to prepare are to review business information such as strategy documentation, meeting notes, presentation material, competitive intelligence reports, and country/cultural information. This immersion continues as a part of the executive’s 90 day transition plan. Need an executive coach?

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Viral By Design: Teams in the Networked World

Harvard Business Review

team that masterminded the campaign comprised veteran media activists and fundraisers pursuing a common enough goal (a criminal's arrest), but using skills and means unique to the digital age: a viral message, built on a 30-minute video, self-replicating among millions of real-world and online partisans across networks. Emergent, yes.

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