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Informal vs. formal learning: What’s the difference?

BrainShark

As for the informal learning bike comparison, “The rider chooses the destination, the speed, and the route.”. Customer-facing employees like sales and customer service reps in retail, software, technology, insurance, financial services, and pharmaceutical industries all use informal learning to great effect.

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Do You Seek the Better Solution?

Smooth Sale

There have been occasions where it felt as if the doctor was on commission from the pharmaceutical company. Pushing the sale without doing all of the homework leads to: Researching on one’s own terms in spite of what is said Seeking out competitive vendors for comparison Finding alternative sellers.

Sage 74
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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Comparison is the thief of joy. She is a thoughtful advisor to her customers on commercial operations including gross-to-net, finance, legal, and compliance challenges and solutions with more than a decade of experience with various Life Sciences manufacturing and consulting organizations. Enthusiasm. We were not moving the needle.

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