Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

.” Focus on key metrics. Boosting your financial expertise requires figuring out the metrics by which your company measures success. Your goal is to develop a deep understanding of the precise “link between profit and loss” and how that affects your organization’s performance over time, says Knight.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

He installed heavy-weight market leaders in key growth markets (much as GE has done) to bring management attention to market development, commercial capability, and relationships with government entities. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets. 2: Shed the Layers (vertical health).

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Case studies. They also help you develop new relationships through outreach. As a consultant, there is no better position to be in for sales conversations than that of the trusted advisor — a position that publishing your white paper helps you take. Hosting your own web conference. Interviewing a potential client.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

” The memo’s bullet points ought to “provide concrete metrics of the impact you’ve had,” descriptions of “solutions you’ve delivered” and financial outcomes for which you’ve been responsible. Show your manager that “you’re working hard to develop someone else,” he says.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The saying “You only have one chance to make a first impression” holds true in many situations, from job interviews to sales calls. If, for instance, colleagues say you are a great people manager, seek out metrics to support that idea. “The camaraderie develops naturally.” What should you actually say?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Front-line sales professionals and managers rarely find the majority of these capabilities useful in winning more business for the company. CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. And the sales team — well, they mostly hated it.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Because of this, a fourth motivational principle must be added: personal growth and development. Has the company decided to pursue a new business vertical based on data collected by the sales team in the field? Is real-time web traffic an important metric for the team to keep an eye on?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Indeed, some analysts have gone a step further, declaring that subscription boxes are in the midst of a venture capital-fueled bubble not unlike the flash-sale business craze that ended five years ago. Case Study: Blue Apron. The majority of the disclosures they provided at the time were standard top-down metrics (e.g.,

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

And because of years of sales history, you can be reasonably certain that you will be successful: You will sell roughly the number of cars you expected to. They’ve developed a system of military leadership called mission command , an alternative to rigid systems of leadership that specify in great detail what troops should do in battle.

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