Tips to Writing a Good Development Plan

The beginning of the year is a good time for self-reflection, goal setting and development. In 2021 approximately 21% of the population made New Years resolutions with a small percentage of people accomplishing them.  In a list of goal setting statistics,  80% of people don’t set goals for themselves. In the same list, a whopping […]

Five Strategies to Achieve Your Goals

I find it tough going to the gym at the beginning of the year. Many have made New Years resolutions at the beginning of the year to either get in shape, lose weight or just gain some energy. After a few weeks things will be back to normal and working out will be simple. In […]

Three Fixes to Performance Management

Many Managers dread this time of year because it’s time to write the annual performance review. I was speaking with a manager recently who was contemplating how she was going to let one of her directs know that they would not be able to be promoted because of their sales performance.  Most Managers focus on […]

Leadership vs. Management: Striking the Perfect Balance

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Ask employees at nearly any corporation in the country, and most will tell you the same thing: management is a bad word. While this isn’t always true, it is very easy to determine which managers understand the importance of leadership and the ones that don’t. Keep reading to see how you can find the perfect […]

How to Drive Sales Performance with Coaching

Sales coaching is typically the exercise of enhancing a professional’s sales performance and skills via consistent involvement and feedback. This insightful piece highlights everything you wanted to know about proper sales coaching and how it can aid in driving excellent sales outcomes. So stick around. How Sales Coaching Helps In Managing the Sales Successful Revenue […]

Tips and Tricks of Effective Mentorship

How do you keep learning even in your workplace? Mentorship is a great way for organizations to promote teamwork and collaboration for the company’s good. Sales managers should implement mentorship programs if they hope to achieve their quotas.Organization mentoringOne could argue that sales mentorship is a sales manager’s best tool for engaging employees. Mentor skills […]

Secrets to Effective Leadership Communication

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Proper communication helps promote interaction among the different levels in any organization. To hack an effective leadership, the top-level individuals have to be world-class communicators. The leader’s communication methods and habits determine how they inspire and motivate their audience. Effective leadership in any organization starts with good communication. Effective communication is more than passing information […]

Three Secrets to a Culture of Accountability

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Leadership accountability is important for the success of any business. However, most leaders fail to understand that there is opportunity to improve in this area. Leaders guide the other organization’s employees on what and how to do different things. Lack of accountability from managers makes those under them feel inadequate to provide the organization with […]

Seven Tips to Improve Critical Thinking 

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Critical Thinking in leadership is a powerful tool and matters for growth in any business. Growing a business to scale attracts risks and challenges best mitigated by critical thinking and good decision-making. Talented entrepreneurs argue that to grow a business, you have to scale its leadership and management with a key focus on critical thinking […]

Five Tips to being an Inspirational Leader

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Although most people value competence as one of the most crucial traits in a good leader, they often overlook inspiration. Inspirational leaders tend to radiate effortless passion and charisma, which is admirable to employees. The ability to inspire can come naturally for some people, whereas, in others, it requires practice just like any other skill. […]