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Three Critical Success Factors of Rainmaker Sales People

Sales Wolf Blog

» May 10, 2010 Three Critical Success Factors of Rainmaker Sales People We are often asked, "Why do some sales people seemingly have what it takes while others do not?"    There are three critical success factors that true "hunter" or "Rainmaker" sales people must have.

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5 Steps to Develop Team Goals

Skip Prichard

Brainstorm critical success factors for the broad goals and objectives. The third step is to brainstorm critical success factors for the broad goals and objectives. Critical success factors are conditions that must be met to accomplish the objectives for the broad goal.

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO.

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Leadership: 6 Pointers on Having Face Time with People

QAspire

He considered that 25% of time as a critical success factor – and it was. It can be used to build consensus, to educate others or to simply assess progress. One of my mentors always scheduled 75% of his work day for planned tasks and kept 25% of his time for conversations and exigencies.

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Innovation's Nine Critical Success Factors

Harvard Business Review

It's not about metrics; it's about "the educated gut." Autocratic decision-making fails to engage all of the critical stakeholders, while consensus sinks every decision to its lowest possible common denominator. A decision-making model that fosters teamwork in support of passionate champions. Old models don't work.

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Talking About Ethics Across Cultures

Harvard Business Review

My aim was to take a new approach to values-driven leadership development, one that was a stark departure from the way companies and educators had been teaching business ethics.

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I Broke All Six Rules for Finding the Right IT Vendor

Harvard Business Review

I've been privy to many ERP battles as a board member of an ERP consulting practice, and I've heard many ERP war stories in my executive-education teaching. The lessons can be boiled down to six rules.