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Entries from April 2006

Sales Compensation Plans That Work for Entrepreneurial Companies Featured

April 8th, 2006 · No Comments

This looks to be a good resource for article and documents on sales compensation plans. I found the story at businesswire.com, but the source site is eVenturing.org. If you are responsible for compensation, this will help. Sales Compensation Plans That Work for Entrepreneurial Companies Featured on Kauffman eVenturing The Kauffman eVenturing site is dedicated to [...]

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Tags: Sales News

Are you passionate in love and war?

April 8th, 2006 · No Comments

James R Lucas make some very good points in this article on passion and motivation. Some of it will sound familiar because it is precisely what I have been saying on the podcast for some time. A good article with good information. Are you passionate in love and war?- The Economic Times And only leaders [...]

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Silent Languages Part VI

April 7th, 2006 · No Comments

And finally the silent language of ‘words’ and how to speak the language. This is probably the hardest language to learn because it is so subjective. In this series on silent languages, I am not referring to what someone says, but the perceptions of reading between the lines and by observing their behavior, body language, [...]

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Tags: Information · Leadership

Closing the recognition gap

April 6th, 2006 · No Comments

Whether your company uses incentives or not, this article will be of interest to you. It points out the often misunderstood fallacy that throwing something at employees constitutes rewards and recognition. There are several interesting turns and counter-turns in the observations of this gentleman. You really need to make time to read this! Closing the [...]

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Tags: Leadership · Motivation

Selling Power | Sales Management Newsletter

April 5th, 2006 · No Comments

Regular listeners and readers will know I like Selling Power magazine a lot. They also have five or six email newsletters you can subscribe to free (free registration required), that cover topics like: Motivation, Management, Sales Management, Incentives, and more. This article is from the latest newsletter and is short and to the point about [...]

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Tags: Sales News

Motivation42

April 5th, 2006 · 2 Comments

It is time for Motivation on the Run episod3 42. What activity are you doing from a sense of duty? Do you dread it, or do it grudgingly? I talk about taking this potential negative and turning it into a positive event. Do not let the activity control you … you have to be the [...]

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Biggest Customer Service Blunders of All Time

April 4th, 2006 · No Comments

A good run down on customer service. the writer approaches it from what the biggest blunders are in poor customer service. You will need to head over to the full story to get the explanations for each blunder. It’s worth the time … Biggest Customer Service Blunders of All Time – Entrepreneur.com – MSNBC.com While [...]

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Tags: Information · Sales News

New Study to look at small business management skills

April 4th, 2006 · No Comments

I will await this report with anxiousness. I don’t know how they will measure or develop their statistics, but it should be very interesting. You know how I like stats, and these should be educational. News Briefs TORONTO – A new study looking at the management skills entrepreneurs need for growth is about to get [...]

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Tags: Leadership