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Top Work Team Warning Signs to Pay Attention To

LSA Global

What The Team Research Says Research from Accenture found that aligned work teams are 28% more likely to achieve the highest levels of revenue growth and 23% more likely to achieve the highest levels of profitability. Agreed-upon goals should clarify what the team wants to achieve and why.

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Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy: A Blueprint for Success

LSA Global

According to Accenture, 80% of B2B customers will change providers at least every two years if their expectations aren’t understood and met. Define Clear Sales Objectives and Success Metrics An effective sales strategy begins with clearly defined sales objectives that serve as guiding beacons throughout the journey.

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Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy: A Blueprint for Success

LSA Global

According to Accenture, 80% of B2B customers will change providers at least every two years if their expectations aren’t understood and met. Define Clear Sales Objectives and Success Metrics An effective sales strategy begins with clearly defined sales objectives that serve as guiding beacons throughout the journey.

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How to Tie Executive Compensation to Sustainability

Harvard Business

And at many companies, sustainability efforts are measured with well over 10 internal metrics. According to a survey by the UN and Accenture , 63% of executives believe that sustainability will cause major changes in their businesses in the next five years. Do new targets motivate undesirable trade-offs?

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Integrate Analytics Across Your Entire Business

Harvard Business

An Accenture survey conducted last year found that only one in five companies said that they were “very satisfied” with the returns they’ve received from analytics to date. Identify the right metrics that “move the needle.” Establish a center of gravity for analytics.

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Getting Value from Machine Learning Isn’t About Fancier Algorithms — It’s About Making It Easier to Use

Harvard Business

Technology service providers like Accenture work on multiple software projects. As a test case, we decided to use the ML model we built to predict the performance of software projects against a host of delivery metrics. Did our advertisement spend meet its objectives? AI as project manager. Training the model.

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It’s Time for Companies to Be Strategic About Energy

Harvard Business

Last week, at an internal Cisco meeting, the company’s VP of Supply Chain, John Kern, proudly reported that the project had identified ways to cut energy use by approximately 30%, which will likely save $1 million per year. Disclosure: I was at the meeting as a paid speaker on sustainability strategy.). Sponsored by Accenture.

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