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The Hidden Talent in Your Ranks

Sales and Marketing Management

Rather than battling for new hires in an uber-competitive job market, smart companies are moving to train and promote from within. Tight Times Yield Smart Strategies. Quite simply, today’s enterprises are facing a talent shortage, and it’s taking longer and longer to fill open posts. According to the U.S.

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Seven Sales Leaders on the Challenges They Overcame in 2020 & Their 2021 Predictions

Hubspot Sales

Sure, it would have been easier for his team to reduce the amount of training, but that would have led to lower team morale and poor performance. This year,] it was important to maintain as much normalcy as possible, which meant continuing with scheduled training and finding new and creative ways to do so remotely.”.

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The Future of AI for Sales (And How to Prepare for It)

Sales Hacker

Salespeople, especially on the enterprise level, need to understand their company, their product, their market, and their buyer exceptionally well. AI Use Case #3: Training. AI can help direct training efforts , and in some cases can help predict where a deficiency may be before it appears. AI does have its limits though.