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How to Get the Most Benefit from an Executive Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

In former roles, in managing leadership development programs at large companies, I would always take the time to talk to participants before and after they attended an external executive development program. Why does participant A get a 200% ROI, yet participant B only gets 20%? Successful senior managers are especially prone to this.

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7 Ways to Get Your Leadership (AND Your Team) Over The Hump

Terry Starbucker

Our teammates cannot become the best at what they do all by themselves, or by some kind of “osmosis” with the policy and procedure manuals. I realize this is a tough one to cost-justify, since the ROI payoff isn’t direct, but we must push it through. Generate wild and crazy ideas.

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How to grow sales on a downsized marketing budget

Strategy Driven

By determining the margins each type of customer brings to your business, you can stop wasting resources on unprofitable segments and instead more strategically focus your marketing efforts on targeting the customer segments that will deliver the greatest ROI, such as lookalike or adjacent audiences to your high-value customers.

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More Evidence For How Company Performance Is Affected By CEO Personality

LDRLB

As I reported here previously , there is very credible evidence that a narcissistic leader will take a company on a wild ride that won’t result in any better or worse performance. percent in return on investments (ROI).” (p. Our strategy reflects a high level of flexibility in managing political, economic, and financial risks.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Here are my top blog picks for the week June 7th - 13th, 2010.  Enjoy!

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! John Hunter, Curious Cat Management : Interruptions Can Severely Damage Performance - John calls attention to a common and serious threat to employee performance that is often overlooked or unrecognized: interruptions throughout the workday.

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The Basic Social Media Mistakes Companies Still Make

Harvard Business Review

Later, marketers found themselves working backward to connect their social strategy to business strategy, as managers demanded greater proof of ROI. Unless you connect your social media actions to broader business goals from the beginning, ROI can be elusive, and social media becomes an end unto itself.

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