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Align sales and marketing to gain customers, drive growth

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They report what they learn to leadership and associates, informing future trainings and strategies. But these days, the old way of doing business doesn’t cut it. Customers are savvier, in more of a hurry, and increasingly want their interactions to be omnichannel. The right people matter. It all begins with leadership.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

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He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D. Then it wasn’t.