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Thinking About Diversity And Inclusion

Partners in Excellence

Companies are making progress in diversity, if one looks at the Boards of the Fortune 500, the number with greater than 40% diversity has grown from 69 in 2012 to 145 at the end of 2018. While it’s old date (2015), racially/ethically diverse organizations are 35% more likely to have financial returns above industry medians.

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CRM Hijacks Customer Experience Strategy

Tony Hughes

In the last few days I have been facilitating focus groups for a research study in Australia being conducted by The Eventful Group who are running a big CRM conference in Melbourne in July 2015. A common theme with delegates in these research groups was that they never ask for funding for CRM because ‘CRM as a dirty word’.

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B2B Lead Generation: The Best of PowerViews

Pointclear

He adds that there is value in qualified leads where there are not specific timeframes or budgets identified early on: “We actually have found, and our research bears this out, that warm leads often ignored by salespeople represent significant revenue. Purchasers are doing a lot of research before they engage with your company.

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OpenSymmetry Named in the First-Ever Inc. Best Workplaces Awards

OpenSymmetry

Responses were evaluated by the research team at Quantum Workplace. The minimum revenue required for 2015 is $2 million, in business at least three years, with full time employees count ranging between 5 and 500. The 2016 Inc. Best Workplaces Awards assessed applicants on a collection of multiple choice, scaled, and open-ended items.

Scale 74
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Episode #076: Creating Great Customer Sales Environments with Eric Chester

Jeff Shore

As an in-the-trenches workplace researcher and thought-leader, Chester has cracked the code on the tactics and strategies companies that are recognized as “best places to work” in their respective industries are using to win the talent wars.

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PowerViews with Tony Jaros: The New Demand Waterfall, Alignment & SLAs

Pointclear

I'm pleased to have as my guest today Tony Jaros, SVP of Research at SiriusDecisions. He has led the research function at SiriusDecisions for more than 10 years, overseeing the creation of content including demand creation, product marketing, marketing communications, general strategy, sales training, hiring and client service.

Lead Rank 145
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Mindfulness in the workplace: Passing trend or secret weapon?

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

But there is a growing body of research that demonstrates that the effects of mindfulness aren’t just wishful thinking. To answer this question, a team of researchers across multiple universities, including Harvard Medical School, looked at the body of research to date on mindfulness in the workplace. The research .

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