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Knowing that you will make your number quarter-after-quarter, and year-after-year starts with the talent of your team. If you get the talent equation. Article Sales Strategy Talent Strategy people plan sales talent talent strategy top talentAs a CEO, being able to hit your quarterly revenue projections predictably is paramount to your success. MORE
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Entering 2014, Sales and HR leaders face new trends causing turnover with top talent. This post offers solutions to Sales and HR leaders who ask this question: “How do we respond to demographic trends and retain top sales talent?” During the recent downturn, many sales forces benefitted from a uniquely capable labor market. Unemployed Gen-Y workers from hard-hit sectors like financial services turned to sales as a new career direction. MORE
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A sales force will never be made up of 100% ''A'' player talent. Losing top Sales Reps is bad enough – losing top Sales Managers can kill your future. This post discusses reasons why top Reps and Managers are leaving your sales force. Talent Management Sales Training Human Resources Leadership Development Sales Turnover But when you start losing the percent that you do have, it hurts. MORE
I had a chance to review the CSO Insights 2018 Sales Talent Study and extracted some fascinating data. sales recruiting sales hiring sales process sales pipeline Sales Coaching Dave Kurlan cso insights sales recruiting failure sales opportunitiesI thought it might be interesting to take their data, overlay some of Objective Management Group's (OMG) data, and see what we can take away from that. MORE
Is the competition taking your sales talent? How do I structure a winning sales organization?" The competition can beat you on two dimensions: superior solutions and better talent. The best solutions attract the best talent. The best talent delivers the best solutions. Sales and Marketing are vulnerable to this talent battle. sales strategy CEO Organization CEO Resources If so, every CEO must ask the question: "What is my response? MORE
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Research shows that high-tech companies lose as much as $2 million per year on a bad sales hire. We all know that hiring the wrong salesperson is expensive. They lose revenue, damage reputation, impact market share, and hurt the culture to name a few. Below are five reasons many companies fail to hire top salespeople. Hiring & Recruiting MORE
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With the recent layoffs and furloughs, social distancing, and working from home, there’s more talent available on the market than ever before. “As While there has always been a need for a strong talent bank , now is the time to really start building one that will set you up for future success. MORE
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