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Get New Sales People Generating Revenue Fast ...to lost sales opportunities and is a glaring cost on your books. Walter Hoff, sales leadership expert and founder of Development First, LLC, helps sales managers develop a plan to make new sales people productive quickly. He teaches you the critical elements when developing the new hire plan that are designed to quickly assimilate them into the culture, teach them the critical skills necessary  more...

How to Run Effective Internal Meetings Increase Productivity with Well-Run Meetings As you are searching high and low for the costs that are dooming your business, you are forgetting one of the most expensive ones unproductive, unnecessary meetings. Talk to your employees and you will hear the complaints fly: being invited to meetings that are not geared toward them meetings that are poorly run and meetings that were not needed at  more...

Time Management for Sales People Find More Time to Sell Without Working More Hours How many selling hours did you have last week? It's a frighteningly low number, isn't it? High-performing sales people spend 28% of their time selling actively, face to face sales under-performers spend just 14%. If only a small fraction of your time is spent on high-value selling activities, what chance do you have of hitting your revenue and  more...

Organizational Skills For Professional Business Women Rediscover Your Productivity Mastery CRMs, PDAs, and cell phones were supposed to help you become more organized and productive. Instead, they've caused you to become more scattered, disorganized, and overwhelmed. Some data in here, some contacts in there, and appointments in all of them. Keeping yourself organized has never been more difficult or frustrating. As a professional business woman,  more...

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance As A Growth Strategy ...'secret weapon.' She is the author and co-author of seven books published by John Wiley Sons and designed the Jackson Risk Management Model as part of an award-winning doctoral dissertation on risk management techniques. Inspired by her clients needs, she designed the Done in a Day risk management, contingency planning and Sarbanes-Oxley best practices product line. These 'in a box' solutions  more...

Survive and Thrive In Economic Turbulence How to build business by ensuring your teams are right-sized, well-managed & clear-focused In a troubled economy, it s more critical than ever that every employee pulls his or her weight. To maximize profits, each person must be making the full contribution for which they were hired. As a leader, you must eliminate redundancy and lack of accountability or you ll lose money. Lean, focused teams  more...

How to Grow Sales By Effectively Managing the Pipeline ...alespeople and sales performance. He is the author of two books, Mindless Selling and his best-seller, Baseline Selling How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. Dave s training is entertaining, memorable and easy to apply to your business. Dave has successfully shared his unique philosophies for simplifying management with thousands of  more...

Using Social Settings to Get Your Deal Done ...ake or break the deal. Barbara Pachter, author of eight books on business etiquette, teaches business professionals how to use business social settings to their advantage. From selecting a restaurant, to ordering the wine, to social strategy, Barbara helps you create a favorable impression that leads people to want to do business with you. Don t kid yourself manners aren t just about  more...

Create A Synergistic Executive Team to Drive Profits ...ohn Myrna, 30-year management coach and author of several books on strategy and management, teaches business executives to create synergy among your key players for optimum performance. Ideas flow and profits rise as John teaches you the recipe for doubling your executive team's productivity. He helps you build a cohesive senior management team that is focused on the success of the business,  more...

Managing Difficult Employees In Key Positions Five Proven Strategies to Maximize Expertise and Minimize Angst Difficult people wreak havoc in your company. You know that. Difficult people who hold key positions are even more problematic. When leadership power, authority and decision-making fall into the hands of an employee with poor or non-existent people skills, you are likely to be losing up to 40% of your profits: money going out the  more...

Board of Directors Accountability Avoid Operational Catastrophes It's all over the news. Publicly traded, household named companies in the financial world out of business. As a business executive, you rely on your board of directors to reduce the risk to your company. Yet, many boards put their firm at risk of SEC action or even criminal investigation. How do you know if your board of directors is applying the appropriate level  more...

Guerilla Team Leading ...books written about leading teams. Teams are so important today because they utilize the individual talents that are brought together to accomplish complicated projects that no one person could accomplish by themselves. This presentation gives you the top most important keys to leading a team to becoming high-performing. The session will cover: The power of teams Assigning the right  more...

Get New Sales People Generating Revenue Fast ...to lost sales opportunities and is a glaring cost on your books. Walter Hoff, sales leadership expert and founder of Development First, LLC, helps sales managers develop a plan to make new sales people productive quickly. He teaches you the critical elements when developing the new hire plan that are designed to quickly assimilate them into the culture, teach them the critical skills necessary  more...

Leading In A Bad Economy What Authentic Leaders Must Know to Make a Necessary Difference As a leader, do you ever feel like an impostor? Or, wonder why you ever thought you could pull off your vision? In this turbulent economy, you would be in good company if you were doubting your leadership. NO! Now is the critical time to take stock, step up, and shine as a leader to insure that your company not only survives, but  more...

How to Close More Sales by Shortening Your Sales Cycle ...alespeople and sales performance. He is the author of two books, Mindless Selling and his best-seller, Baseline Selling How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. Dave s training is entertaining, memorable and easy to apply to your business. Dave has successfully shared his unique philosophies for simplifying sales with tens of thousands of  more...

Organizational Skills For Professional Business Women Rediscover Your Productivity Mastery CRMs, PDAs, and cell phones were supposed to help you become more organized and productive. Instead, they've caused you to become more scattered, disorganized, and overwhelmed. Some data in here, some contacts in there, and appointments in all of them. Keeping yourself organized has never been more difficult or frustrating. As a professional business woman,  more...

Get New Sales People Generating Revenue Fast ...to lost sales opportunities and is a glaring cost on your books. Walter Hoff, sales leadership expert and founder of Development First, LLC, helps sales managers develop a plan to make new sales people productive quickly. He teaches you the critical elements when developing the new hire plan that are designed to quickly assimilate them into the culture, teach them the critical skills necessary  more...

Predictive Analytics for Business Leaders As you grow your business, you rely on financial statements to make important business decisions. Whether you re planning a new business or preparing an exit strategy, your financial planning success hinges on choosing the correct metric as your driver. The right reporting metric is like a personal credit score get it wrong and you ll jeopardize your livelihood. But choose it correctly and your  more...

Should You Write a Business Book? ...for you. Ken Lizotte, thought leader and author of five books, has helped over 50 business experts become published authors. He brings clarity to the nebulous publishing world by helping his clients make informed decisions. To become a successful author without negatively impacting your business, there are strategic choices and important decisions to make. Ken serves as your tour guide,  more...