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How to Support Employees’ Learning Goals While Getting Day-to-Day Stuff Done

Harvard Business

Sales isn’t what you do. But those same managers have come to recognize that the ROI for enabling this development is enormous. When I launched my first company in 2008 (CarZen, acquired by Liberty Mutual), one of my first hires was a CTO. Or perhaps they want to jump from engineering to sales. Hire to train.

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To Reduce Complexity in Your Company, Start with Pen and Paper

Harvard Business

In one, a star researcher said that he was leaving as there was no space for creativity anymore, as the company squeezed budgets and eliminated roles without a clear ROI. I like to look at variables in 4 columns: Outcomes (what you are trying to achieve, as in sales). I start by making a model of the business.

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Profit Leakage Calculator: Diagnose How Much Profit a Business is Losing

ConsultX

This algorithm has been developed since 2008 and has been constantly improved with the input of over 500 consultants working with 15,000+ businesses. Explaining ROI As a Business Consultant, it can be really difficult to explain what kind of return on investment a client will get. David Thexton, Founder of ConsultX.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

Country P&Ls would be replaced with simpler, sales-oriented measures. The skillfully tuned “balanced matrix” that he led, a blend of powerful market-development units in the field and global category/brand and support organizations in the center, delivered superior results well into the great recession of 2008.

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