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What Separates the Strongest Salespeople from the Weakest

Harvard Business Review

Another interesting statistic is that over 85% of top salespeople played an individual or team sport in high school. For example, 52% of high- performing salespeople indicated they were power users who take full advantage of their company’s CRM technology and internal systems compared to only 31% of underperforming salespeople.

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The Sales Director Who Turned Work into a Fantasy Sports Competition

Harvard Business Review

Now that everything we do at work can be observed, measured, tracked, and reported — thanks to sensing technologies and cheap processing power — more organizations are relying heavily on “the data” to manage employees’ performance. How tools are changing the way we manage, learn, and get things done.

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How an NBA Team Thinks About Data, Talent, and Pricing

Harvard Business Review

And while the differences are aplenty between college basketball and professional hoops, this sports season got us thinking about the business of athletics. Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion.

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