Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

On July 30, 2018 the Wall Street Journal had a front-page article titled, “ Employers Eager to Hire Try a New Policy: ‘No Experience Necessary. ’” This is a big swing from the post-Great Recession era when talent was abundant, and employers could be fussy. Conclusion. But you still need people, good people.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

They are trying to revive a storied icon of American journalism and should be given some credit. This is especially true of investigative journalism, which in my opinion is the only thing that can dependably raise readership. Publishing is a talent-driven business. Insight Center. How Digital Business Models Are Changing.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2022

18% reported a failure to close a sale. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95(1), 54-78. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 43 , e1-e12. 44% lead to failure in completing their projects. 31% contributed to low morale. 25% said they missed their performance goals. 20% experienced obstacles to innovation. Joseph, D. Neufeld, D.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2018

While biases can affect any of an organization’s talent decisions, they can be especially harmful when it comes to diversity and inclusion efforts. In sales, it could be solely focusing on revenue targets, without considering how the quality of client relationships drives future business. The key is how we manage our biases.

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NeoAcademic

APRIL 16, 2021

” Healthy Work with Keaton Fletcher and Maryana Arvan Keaton may need to work on his sales pitch, although the show is great!: “We are two Industrial-Organizational psychologists who care about how to make work a healthier experience for everyone. We cover anything and everything related to the research and practice of IO psych.”

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them. The jobs are in sales, customer contact centers, and field service positions. Or they may be people who interact with customers after the sale.

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

He received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Iowa, and went on to teach journalism courses at Drake University, Northwestern University and Columbia University. For example, the role of “Client Development Consultant” is truly a sales position. Podcasts Gallup Business Journal.

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Henman Performance Executive

DECEMBER 29, 2010

This week the Wall Street Journal carried an interesting story about the growing need for sheep. Therefore, the sale of sheep to individuals and the renting of sheep herds has defined a new industry. Talent Management. About Linda. Client List. Newsletter. Executive blog Contact Us. First “What,” Then “Who”. Communication.

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Henman Performance Executive

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reported that Wal-Mart is in the midst of the worst U.S. sales slump ever, posting its second straight year of declining sales. Talent Management. Executive blog Contact Us. Changes to Mission Can Drive You Down. by Linda Henman on February 23, 2011. They misstepped. Coaching and Mentoring.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 5, 2018

So, you set out for early wins in what seem like obvious areas to fix — on the cost side, perhaps the speed of processes within production, and on the revenue side, the size of the sales force. But rushing toward early wins, even in areas that seem uncontroversial, can be unexpectedly hazardous. The New Leader Who Starts Too Fast.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

My focus was on peer-reviewed journal articles (academic papers) that included reliable measures of CEO attributes (e.g., return on sales, return on assets, and market-to-book ratio) have been increasing with time , at least in the U.S. To answer this question, I considered several scientific studies of CEO impact.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

Microsoft has dominant businesses in Windows and Office, tremendous profitability, and is a magnet for talented employees. In the years to come, even after seemingly strong performance, commentators would breathlessly describe Microsoft as having a lost decade , despite tripling sales and increasing profit from $9 billion to $22 billion.

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Tsavo Neal

APRIL 27, 2017

SOURCE: Social Talent. So, I beg you, don’t design your own sales materials. Many sales are won and lost by simply by how you graphically represent yourself.” Source: Search Engine Journal. Tweet this Again – email marketing can help you drive sales. ” -Drew Eric Whitman, CA$HVERTISING.

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Henman Performance Executive

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Last week The Wall Street Journal reported that surging global demand for American soybeans, cars, diesel engines, artwork, and antiques has pushed U.S. The export gains reflect stronger sales abroad in industrial materials, food, autos, and a host of other categories. Talent Management. Coaching and Mentoring. Communication.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Despite taking the faux-curmudgeonly attitude of an anthropologist exploring the strange world of business dudes — is a sales funnel really that much of a novelty? Dan Lyons’s book Disrupted is an often-delightful tour through startup culture, based on the author’s experience working at online marketing firm HubSpot.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2017

Our research , appearing in Strategic Management Journal, shows that if people know how much they make relative to others, and if differences in pay can be clearly tied to how their performance stacks up against coworkers’, harmful effects of differences in compensation can be negated.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

One global technology company my team works with, for example, discovered that, on average, its sales employees didn’t understand or know about 22% of its product features, even though they believed they did. Unconscious incompetence can be found at every function, discipline, and level in organizations.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2016

For example, the Wall Street Journal recently suggested that companies sit on a treasure trove of customer data but for the most part do not know how to use it. Firms are constantly exhorted to set strategies in place to collect and analyze big data, and warned about the potential negative consequences of not doing so.

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