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Why the Best Salespeople Get So Lucky

Harvard Business Review

But if you downplay the power of luck, you stand to fall behind competitors who have learned how to manage it. In fact, of more than $430,000 raised in selling the golf tournament and career fair, about 60% came from what I call “luck circumstances,” with the rest deriving from standard sales processes.

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A guide to great development moves

Great Leadership By Dan

While job changes can be a powerful catalyst for development, they can also lead to the derailment of a promising high potential leader. Many executives said that the most powerful developmental experiences they ever had were challenging jobs where they were held accountable for measurable results.