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The road to hell is paved with metrics.

Markovitz Consulting

Michael Harris and Bill Tayler wrote a terrific article in the new Harvard Business Review on “metrics surrogation”—the tendency for people to mentally replace their business strategy with metrics. Although these metrics are supposed to reflect the company’s progress towards its goals, the focus on metrics can destroy an organization.

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How to Understand Key Metrics in a New Industry

Tom Spencer

To help me understand these new numbers I use analogies based on my initial training to help me understand a new industry. All industries use numbers and metrics to describe performance, measure trends, and allocate status. Using the metrics for decision making. Competitors – How does the metric compare to direct competitors?

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LSA Global Delivers Sales Manager Training for Integrated Technology Company

LSA Global

The Sales Manager Training Workshop results were: 98% job relevance 98.4% net promoter score This global and growing Integrated Technology Company wanted a customized sales management training program to meet the unique needs of their marketplace. satisfaction 145% knowledge gain 96.5% Learn more about getting aligned.

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How to Measure the Effectiveness of Corporate Training

LSA Global

Do You Know How to Measure the Effectiveness of Corporate Training? Although most believe that the ability to measure the effectiveness of corporate training is too challenging or too expensive, evaluating the impact and return on training investments can and should be done in the right situations. There is a better way.

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LSA Global Completes Instructional Design for Inexperienced Managers Training

LSA Global

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced completion of a project for Instructional Design for Inexperienced Managers.

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The ROI of eLearning: Measuring the Impact of Online Training on Organizational Success

Clarity Consultants

Without a commitment to continuous training and lifelong learning, ensuring your employees have the information and tools necessary to outperform the competition is challenging. Here’s a look at how online training supports organizational success. First, online training is a convenient approach to continuing education in the workplace.

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LSA Global Delivers Leading Sales Teams Training for LATAM Sales Leaders

LSA Global

The customized Leading Sales Teams Training for LATAM Sales Leaders was designed to align with and reinforce business sales training and solution selling training programs that sales reps and distribution partners had participated in within the last 6 months. Learn more about getting aligned.

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