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Five Characteristics of sales development representatives
Skills can be taught, but traits are not easy to develop. During your hiring process, take note of these five proven traits of successful...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 28, 20223 min read
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Five proven skills for sales reps
Now that you have the traits of a strong candidate, let us take a look at the sales development representative skills they should possess...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 28, 20224 min read
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Rules for leading a team
Baseball manager Joe Torre has led far more diverse and ego-driven teams than most of us ever will. Yet, Torre’s teams have won...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Is your team stuck? Get them unstuck
The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith, one of the first books to...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Fight off team complacency
5 strategies for making team-building exercises part of your daily routine Soon after a team forms, the excitement often peaks. Teammates...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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‘Hot’ tactics for heating up your team
“Hot teams” improvise, do more work with less supervision and make the extra effort to follow through. 1. Don’t become rule-bound. Rules,...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Don’t overlook the value of positivity as a leadership skill
A positive mindset is typically seen as a desirable trait in the workforce across all professionals and job levels, but it’s often...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 20, 20227 min read
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How to refuel a sputtering TEAM?
You’re thinking your team needs to push itself harder, but how do you determine that? Look for hard evidence. Ask: What has it...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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Staff Induction Checklist
This non specific acceptance checklist distinguishes errands and activities that ought to be tended to at each stage of modern worker...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 15, 20222 min read
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Goal-Setting Techniques Managers Should Avoid
Among the findings: Setting specific, difficult goals consistently leads to higher performance than just urging people to do their best....
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 15, 20224 min read
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Sales Managers, It's Time To APPRECIATE Your Sales Team...
There are a lot of salespeople out there who unfortunately do not feel appreciated by their managers or their company, I've seen it...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 15, 20223 min read
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Ways to Embrace a Problem-Centric Sales Methodology
“Do relationships matter in sales?” When Sriram, CEO of A Sales Stream, asked this question to a room of #INBOUND attendees, most people...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 13, 20223 min read
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We are happy with our current provider. Can you send me some information?
We are happy with our current provider. Can you send me some information? Can you try me again next quarter? Your price is higher than...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 13, 20224 min read
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Customer Success is gaining relevance— and working its way to the boardroom agenda
Increasingly, technology enterprises are setting up and scaling Customer Success (CS) functions to proactively manage customer...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 13, 20225 min read
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Must know about Customer Success Teams
Customer success teams play a critical role in helping people use products effectively and recognise their value. Yet there’s a whole...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 13, 20225 min read
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How to Create an Action Map
In the past, I’ve shared my thoughts about various industry recognised instructional design and development models, like ADDIE or SAM....
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 11, 20224 min read
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Tips for a Successful Learning Project Kick-off Meeting
When you’re new to Learning, the start of any project can seem chaotic. It’s easy to become overwhelmed trying to collect the information...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 11, 20223 min read
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Life is all about the follow-up. Especially when it comes to sales.
It’s easy to focus on the initial contact. The first meeting. The email you’ve sent to someone important. You reach out to someone and...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 9, 20226 min read
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How to Conduct a TASK Analysis?
Before starting development on a new Learning project, it’s important to make sure you’ve collected and analysed all the information used...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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Why is your Instructional Design Document so Critical?
When you’re starting any new training project, whether it’s a single Learning course or a large-scale training program, it’s easy to...
Rakesh Gopinathan
Jun 7, 20224 min read
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