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Why Individuals No Longer Rule on Sales Teams

Harvard Business Review

From 2002 to 2012, the impact of individuals’ task performance on unit profitability companywide decreased, on average, from 78% to 51%. The key difference is the degree to which reps have taken advantage of new technology (largely built into their CRM system) to share and learn from one another.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. As was discussed in Chapter 8, technology constitutes one tenth of 1% of any organization’s overall Big Picture.

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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As someone who has worked with managers at all levels since 2002, coaching, mentoring, guiding, providing advice, facilitating conversations, creating space for reflection. It is about getting the result the client wants. Here is my bottom line take. The coaching and mentoring industry is spending a lot of time talking to each other.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics. I advised several technology companies during their gravy years.