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“Whose Success Was This????”

Partners in Excellence

If we look at the “success” of candidates, are we really seeing their predecessor’s success? We want people who have been able to repeat and sustain their success. Talent–hiring the right people, developing them, retaining them, is one of the top issues impacting our success in the future.

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Designed To Fail?

Partners in Excellence

I was quoted once saying, “I fire people whose win rates fall below 30%…” Yet today we seem to accept win rates of 15-20%. We constantly talk about winning. If this is true, why do we see year after year of declining performance and results? We see win rates plummeting. Why is this happening?

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6 unpopular SEO opinions you need to consider

Search Engine Land

Too often, I meet with SEOs and businesses whose approach is backward. SEO isn’t an overnight success. Search engines are clearly evolving (very fast), but it seems like neither our mental models of search engines nor our philosophy of SEO have evolved as quickly. They start off saying, “I have this thing. That’s the wrong approach.

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Why Human Beings Provide More Value Than Automation In Complex Sales

Iannarino

Many of the new models are based on removing the costs of sales, something that limits success in complex sales. After weeks of trying, I reached out to one of their competitors , whose support model was built on human beings dedicated to making sure their clients could successfully use their program. Why Can’t I Have a Salesperson?

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Few Want to Go Into Sales

Iannarino

Once I had that data, I asked the students whose mothers worked in sales whether their moms were self-oriented, pushy, smarmy, aggressive, and money-grubbing. And of course, we’d need to show clients explaining how the salesperson has been instrumental to their success due to their positive relationships and expert advice.

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We Could Be Doing So Much More….

Partners in Excellence

Sometimes our success limits our thinking about what we could be achieving. The executive whose region might be doing so much more than what he was doing. We think we are doing well, but we really should be doing so much more. Yet too many just keep doing what they have always done, failing to achieve their real potential.

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True Confessions Aren’t Over…Embracing the Tough Stuff

SalesProInsider

Launching a new book whose time has more than come as more of the business world “gets” that human first is the way to do business. Genuine Sales teaches the fundamentals for sales success that allow you to be genuine, ethical, and successful! This week, after spending several days with many people at the Shift!