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Study: For business ethics training, accentuate the negative

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

But, according to a study from Harvard Business School, when it comes to business ethics, the situation is reversed. It’s more effective, the study found, to emphasize what people shouldn’t do than what they should. This blog post is based on the following research study: Gino, F. & & Margolis, J.D.

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Study: Training and coaching help employees feel proficient

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

This blog entry is based on the following research study: Truitt, D. 2011) The Effect of Training and Development on Employee Attitude as It Relates to Attitude and Work Proficiency. The post Study: Training and coaching help employees feel proficient appeared first on Rapid Learning Institute. SAGE Open, 1 (3).

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

Wiley, 2011). So at the start of 2011, here are a few bigger trends I see shaping the way B2B marketers will do business in the coming year. A mere 12% of business executives say their companies are using social media effectively, according to a recent study by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. Why is that?

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Employee study: Daily progress is what drives motivation the most

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

The blog post and Rapid Learning video module are based on the following research study: Amabile, T. & The post Employee study: Daily progress is what drives motivation the most appeared first on Rapid Learning Institute. & Kramer, S. The power of small wins. Harvard Business Review , 89 (5), 70-80.

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Aberdeen Group – Sales Training 2011 Study – Uncovering How the Best-in-Class Sustain, Reinforce, and Leverage Best Practices

Sales Training Connection

The Aberdeen Group just published a new study – Sales Training 2011 – Uncovering How the Best-in-Class Sustain, Reinforce, and Leverage Best Practices. In the summer of 2011, 970 organizations were surveyed about their sales training. Sales Training 2011. ©2011 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Heavy Hitter Sales Blog: Personality Study of 1000 Top Salespeople.

HeavyHitter Sales

Best New Sales Book of 2011. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. Understand Why You Lose Deals: The Martin Curve » July 01, 2011. Personality Study of 1,000 Top Salespeople-Harvard Business Review. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics.

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Case Study: How a Company Hurt its Business with a Change in the Comp Plan

SBI Growth

In 2011, P&O Cruise lines cut is commission rate from 12% to 5%. While insisting that both companies will stick with the reduced 5% base rate commission introduced in 2011, Truscott said agents will get an additional £50 per passenger on Cunard''s Vantage fares and an additional £20 per passenger on Getaway deals.