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The Science of Building a Scalable Sales Team

Harvard Business Review

Instead, I relied on my background as an MIT-trained engineer to create a system of hiring and development that relies on metrics and quantitative analysis. These characteristics are prior success, intelligence, work ethic, and coach-ability. These patterns are programmed into our CRM, Salesforce.com.

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Experiment with Organizational Change Before Going All In

Harvard Business Review

By forcing organizations to clearly articulate their goals and then to rigorously judge their decisions by those metrics, experimental tests can help managers avoid costly mistakes and can open up the consideration of other possible solutions. Take the issue of productivity. That’s where experimental testing comes in.