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Post Mortems: Make Every Interview, Sales Call, Project & Presentation Better
Post mortems prevent us from continuing to repeat mistakes, plan poorly, and settling for good when great is well… Continue Reading
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How to Have the Difficult Conversation – Part 2
A difficult conversation is any conversation in which there are strong differences of opinion between two people, and which has… Continue Reading
Posted in Career Search Tools & Education, Dynamic Training News, Improve Sales & Profits, Latest Leadership Posts, Leadership Development & Training, Talent Development & Training
Tagged: action plan, anger, barrier, body language, collaborate, conflict, control, damage- confront, difficult conversation, emotion, feedback, feelings, follow up, intent, interruption, Leading Through People, learning, listen, management, open-ended; question, planning, prepare, problem-solve, relationship, respect, stress, supervision, visualization
Learning From a Presentation or Interview Post-Mortem
Following the completion of a sales presentation or job interview, a best practice is to perform a meeting post-mortem. While… Continue Reading
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Twelve Questions that Predict Employee Retention
In First, Break All the Rules, the best-selling book chronicling two landmark Gallup Organization studies on the workplace, authors Marcus… Continue Reading
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Presenting to Committees: When Selling and Interviewing Are Almost the Same
Whether you are in sales or interviewing for a job, sooner or later you will face the dreaded “committee” that… Continue Reading
Posted in Career Search Tools & Education, Improve Sales & Profits, Latest Leadership Posts, Talent Development & Training
Tagged: B2B, behavior, body language, closing, customer, employment, ESR, experience, GEPA, interview, interview question, job, observing, planning, preparation, research, sales
Leadership Fortitude and Honest Feedback
Webster’s Dictionary defines fortitude as “the strength of mind or character that enables someone to handle challenging situations with courage.”… Continue Reading
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Have You Chosen Your Strategic Planning Team Wisely?
Consider the different people that could contribute to your organization’s strategic planning efforts. Those closest to the front line possess… Continue Reading
Posted in Latest Leadership Posts, Strategic Planning, Team Building & Alignment
Tagged: analyze, buy-in, customer-facing, engagement, executive, experienced, expert, feedback, knowledge, leaders, meeting, needs assessment, objectives, plan, planning, strategic plan, strategy, team, teamwork
Are Your B2B Selling Skills Up to Date?
Over the past few decades a seismic paradigm shift has occurred in the best practices associated with effective B2B selling.… Continue Reading
Posted in Assessments & Evaluations, Dynamic Training News, Improve Sales & Profits, Performance Management, Talent Development & Training
Tagged: assessment, assessments, B2B, benchmark, coaching, competitive, competitor, consultative, customer-facing, development, global, goals, growth, international, leaders, leadership, low price, measure, needs, needs assessment, objectives, observing, paradigm shift, performance, planning, relational, sales, strategy, technology, training, transactional, value
If a Career is the Objective of a College Education, Then Why Isn’t How to Conduct a Career Search Being Taught on Campus?
I recently read a terrific blog by David Kimmelman, founder of Student Career Quest of Boston, MA. In his blog,… Continue Reading
Posted in Assessments & Evaluations, Career Search Tools & Education, Latest Leadership Posts
Tagged: admission, alumni, analyze, assessment, campus, career, career readiness, career services, coaching, college, college interview, curriculum, education, employability, GEPA, graduate, hired, hiring, income, interviewing, interviews, job, job search, jobs, measure, norms, planning, preparation, research, school, skills, student faculty ratio, understanding, university
Annual Performance Evaluations That Everyone Loves
What is your visceral reaction to the phrase, annual performance evaluation? A. They are a high point of the year… Continue Reading
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