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Why Minimize Management Decision Time

Johanna Rothman

I still see so many teams spend weeks at a time estimating projects they won't start for years. Or, that someone is supposed to estimate ROI when no one has done any small experiments to see if anyone would buy/use this product/feature. They adjourned the meeting to get forecasts from the teams. ” He paused for a moment.

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How to Get Your Team to Use Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business

So if vacation has such a good ROI, why are people taking less and less of it? In one study, researchers found that employees fear that their manager will think less of them for taking vacation. Use a few minutes in a team meeting to share some of the research on the benefits of vacation. First, make the business case.

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Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here’s How to Fix It

Harvard Business

Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing. On-boarding, for example, is usually a one-off session in which reps are expected to absorb large amounts of information in a limited amount of time.

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