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Why your sales process or sales system doesn’t work.

Strategy Driven

Are you uncomfortable using a ‘system’ of selling? I read a report yesterday stating that 70% of all sales systems and sales initiatives fail. A system of selling and its accompanying sales process are pretty much doomed to failure before they begin. Want more reasons systems fails? Fear of lost sales.

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Preview Thursday: Intelligent Disobedience

Lead Change Blog

These exert pressure up and down the system to make the numbers look good, instead of continuously improving the work processes and systems to achieve true quality. It is fine; it is necessary to collect a certain amount of data on any system and its outputs in order to analyze where improvement is needed.

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Eights Ways To Demonstrate You Value Your Employees

Eric Jacobson

Then, set up systems to respond quickly and positively when people show the courage to contact you direct. Stories -- Share stories that highlight unusual contributions and provide your personal response to them.

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8 Ways To Show You Value Your Employees

Eric Jacobson

Then, set up systems to respond quickly and positively when people show the courage to contact you direct. Andrew Leigh Leadership Leadership Books Values Valuing Employees' Stories -- Share stories that highlight unusual contributions and provide your personal response to them.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 5 of 7

Strategy Driven

Contemporary information systems are blind to many of the key drivers of productivity and have consistently failed in their quest to integrate the diverse operations of a company. Concerns for legacy systems and the defense of historical practices must not be allowed to limit the capacity for people to work together effectively.

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Three Ways Document Management Software Can Streamline Operations

Strategy Driven

Look for an intuitive organization system that can be shared on your network. Some document management systems have a complex interface that looks like you’d need a database expert to help you extract a receipt. You can get a system that makes sense – a simple, intuitive electronic file cabinet that anyone in your network can access.

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Three Strategies to Synchronize, Backup and Protect Your Business Data

Strategy Driven

You’ll also want to be sure the system features an effective user interface and can be deployed without disrupting your users’ workflow. A system that accepts a range of authentication methods and provides IT with reporting and management tools is ideal. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 About the Author.