Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Gideon Bear, the sales manager, tended to favor aggressive approaches. In the meetings with Gideon it feels like you’ve been holding something back.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As a VP of sales and marketing for Becker-Birnbaum International, a global consumer products company, Aliyah knew she needed a talented marketing director to support her division’s portfolio of 34 products. Meeting Ed Yu. Aliyah Jones was having trouble paying attention to the farewell toasts. “No problem,” she said.

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LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2020

High performing B2B social sellers build relationships on digital platforms and turn online connections into offline sales conversations and long-term customer relationships. LinkedIn’s recent State of Sales report found that 62% of B2B decision makers look for an informative LinkedIn profile when considering talking with a sales rep.

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Sales B2B Metrics Case Study 36

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2017

So how can you improve your sales skills, especially if you don’t pitch people often? And what should you do if you lose a sale? “Many of them tell me that sales is something they never want to do in their careers.” ” And yet, he says, “Sales is the most fundamental skill.”

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. She reported to the head of sales, who reported to the COO, and she and Brad rarely interacted at work. Ada: Because he’s your boss? Elizabeth: He’s not!

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Thank you so much for meeting me on the weekend.” Moon’s team, but there had been complications with her visa. “Not yet.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The year before, prompted by all this, Lumiscape’s leadership had decided to pivot from a sales model to a subscription model. Could we rent instead?’”

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Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2018

The largest producer of rice crackers in Japan, the company had $1 billion in domestic sales and hoped to kickstart growth and globalization plans. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. However, their planned U.S.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2018

But after months of research and meetings, she still hadn’t found the right successor or buyer. On her desk was a pile of résumés from CEO candidates who’d responded to a listing she’d posted on a small business sale website. She was ready to step down as CEO and possibly to sell the company.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The following week, Erica and Alan were meeting with Danny at MMC’s Toronto offices to go over the new registration scheme, which Alan had been working on for the past year.

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Comatch

APRIL 3, 2023

In the past, sales representatives played a central role in providing information and building relationships with buyers. According to research from Gartner , B2B buyers only spend 17% of their time meeting with sales representatives when considering a purchase.

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LSA Global

JUNE 18, 2020

The even better news is that how you sell (your sales experience) is the one thing your company can still design, improve, measure, and control in a way that is difficult to replicate or replace. This creates a wonderful opportunity for sales driven companies to use selling as a formidable competitive advantage for growth and profitability.

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Kai Davis

JULY 8, 2020

To get you started, Meg Cumby (testimonial titan & case study celebrity) and I put together the Ultimate Testimonial Guide (a 100% free resource). When you meet, ask a few questions about the impact of your work together and the recommended questions to ask to get a great testimonial. Or, get expert testimonial help.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Business development consulting is about helping businesses grow sales and profits in order to achieve their strategic objectives. Once you have customer buy-in, you can set up meetings and determine whether a proposal can be submitted. After prospecting, gaining client-buy in, and closing a deal, the groundwork begins.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2018

Consider the example of Nicolas, a regional sales vice president at a medical devices company. When promoted to his new role, he inherited a group of district sales managers responsible for selling to hospital systems in their respective geographies. In Nicolas’s case, it was the former.

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1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Outsourcing business processes and tasks can free up employees to focus on more complex or valuable work; it can extend resources, such as sales support, for targeting new or underserved markets; support new product and service rollouts; and provide expertise within a specific industry focus. What are the top reasons to use outsourcing?

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Consultant Journal

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

CPD online courses – in Canada, US & International – and other offerings for continuing professional development can help busy legal, medical, financial and other professionals meet their annual requirements. In other cases, it’s up to the individual to pursue their CPD. Case studies. Online CPD benefits.

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Rod Burkert

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

If a prospect doesn’t believe we are a fit for the work AND there is no urgent need to get the work done, there is little likelihood that we will close a sale here. A sale is won or lost at the tipping point of a decision. Does our website provide case studies or testimonials? Finally, the stars align! Where I will be.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2016

According to a study , executives consider less than one-fifth of the meetings they have with salespeople to be valuable. In one study , sellers gave themselves an aggregate grade of B for their meeting preparation, while executive buyers at their accounts provided sellers with a grade of F. Most reps miss the mark.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2018

The cartoon of business-to-business (B2B) buyers depicts gray-haired executives and purchasing agents in meetings, on the phone and lunching with their vendors. When a company needs a product or service, buyers turn first to research on their laptop or smartphone rather than immediately calling vendors or hosting meetings.

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Chad Barr

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

We are here this week in London, England, discussing innovation and global growth and have just concluded our first remarkable day of an amazing meeting. Here are some of my key take-aways from today’s meeting: Growth would eventually lead to complacency and despair unless new growth occurs. Second is our strong brand.

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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. Before meeting someone new — whether it’s a potential employer or a new client — do your homework. What should you actually say? And what’s the best way to follow up?

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 11, 2015

case study) is about a potential buy-sell deal for a small business but it could easily be about getting a new job, securing a new customer or a personal relationship. In this case the seller’s top concern was the employees. In a one-hour meeting, this came up three times. The following story (i.e.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. Nonetheless, the case study demonstrates that measuring the value of sustainable business can be done, and that sustainable business itself can be cost-effective.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

When you’re having a bad time at work — your big project isn’t coming together as planned or you’re missing your sales targets by a wide margin — talking to your manager may be the last thing you want to do. Case Study #1: Admit your mistakes and generate ideas on how to improve. Ignore red flags.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 9, 2017

Our two-year research study , including interviews with over 60 senior executives, as well as workshops and case studies, illuminates a glaring blind spot: We simply don’t appreciate how risky it can feel for others to speak up. First, people should meet you on your territory, rather than the other way around.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 20, 2022

For me, I can pick up the phone and my sales process from that point onwards is about qualification and some negotiation, but you’ve got to start with lead generation. In fact, my website is my secret 24/7 sales agent. Nigel Green – Sales Consultant Writing is a window to the mind. My site has a lot of videos.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

” Pay close attention to the kinds of people you’re meeting. It’s worth asking if you can come in and spend a few hours with your prospective team for a group meeting or brainstorming session, Lees says. Case Study #1: Talk to outside sources and observe culture firsthand. “Is it market factors?

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Culture How To Case Interview Case Study 28

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Pick an example of a work activity that happens regularly, like a daily or weekly standing meeting. For the attribute “location,” for example, you could ask your team: Is the meeting best facilitated if it’s held in an in-demand central meeting room or near where other people are likely to gather?

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I need to be constantly developing and marketing differentiated products or services that meet a need, that I can deliver in a quality manner and that people will pay for. A sales trainer told me that he thought women were better salespeople because they engage with the prospect. Where may they go about finding these opportunities?

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 21, 2013

But having never done a case study before, or a case interview, more specifically, before because my background is physics, I’ve got no business acumen or commercial exposure at all. So I actually interviewed with another company, did a case interview, and did very badly. That was only about 3 or 4 minutes.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and email address.

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Harvard Business

JULY 15, 2016

Case Study #1: Use “radical candor” and look for ways to challenge your employee. A few years ago, he hired a new sales rep, we’ll call him Tom, who was a “great cultural fit and put up solid — but not the best — numbers.” ” Case Study #2: Understand what matters to your employees.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2016

For instance, you might say to yourself, “In today’s meeting, I’m going to make sure everyone on the team feels heard.” Case Study #1: Focus on the opportunity and set small, achievable goals. Case Study #2: Emulate successful role models and exhibit strong body language.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

Case study #1: Find out exactly why. ” Case study #2: Address concerns if you can. So he asked him to meet for a drink and dinner to discuss his rationale for leaving. Case study #3: Resist the counteroffer. Don’t : Show your frustration, even if you’re upset or feel betrayed.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2016

To give an example of just how hard it can be to prevent this from happening, let’s consider the case of Nokia. The voluminous case studies and articles about the firm would fill entire file cabinets in the typical business school storage area. Pragmatically, you can begin to do this without a whole lot of drama.

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

” Schedule an appointment to meet her one-on-one and bring a copy of your resume. Perhaps he’s a sales whiz, a brilliant marketing strategist, or has great technical chops. Case Study #1: Accommodate your new boss and stay in touch with your old one. He flew to Ohio to meet with her in person.

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