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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Maria Boulden/Gartner

Partners in Excellence

Here’s Maria: “I graduated with a degree in chemical engineering with a chemistry minor. And I started my career with a chemical company doing the things you would expect a chemical engineer to do…research, development, manufacturing, operations and beyond. As a trained problem solver, I had to learn more.

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Sales Incentives Aren't the Only Motivator. How One Company Got Rid of Them

Hubspot Sales

I'd grown up with these men, they'd trained me, but I knew in my heart of hearts that there was no way I was going to curve that behavior. We were creating an incentive that was good for the vendor, the sales rep, and ultimately — if we had a guaranteed sale — for the client, too," Baker says. He let them go.

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

Sales Hacker

Lori speaks, writes, coaches and trains company leaders on ways to find, recruit, retain, and promote more women in sales and helps women become part of the best profession – B2B sales. Early in my AE career, the company I worked for was acquired and we were all told we had to go to another state for an entire month of training.

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