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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business

By 2012, our research shows, nearly 60% of a typical B2B purchasing decision — researching solutions, ranking options, benchmarking pricing, and so on — was happening before the buyer even had a conversation with a supplier. Try this simple exercise: Think about the last major purchase for which you sat on the buying committee.

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In Praise of Extreme Moderation

Harvard Business

Young Millennials, driven to distraction and depression by nonstop, constantly comparative online benchmarking, can’t unglue from phones-as-performance-measuring-devices. In my thirties, I spent more time parenting than exercising. Who can blame them? Go to bed late at your peril. In my late fifties, that needs to change.

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When It Pays to Collaborate with Competitors at Work

Harvard Business

For instance, Doug shared some new concepts for transforming an insurmountable checklist of requirements into manageable benchmarks and priorities, which he had developed after conducting a comprehensive review of his company’s operations. He also shared supply discipline systems that reduced common inefficiencies.

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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business

Next, you need to think about what matters to you in both your professional and private life and then “assess the offer” against these metrics, says Weiss. “Also, look at what you will be doing, what success looks like, and what benchmarks you’ll be judged against,” he says. ” Be methodical.

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