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Demystifying Why Leadership Development Often Fails

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LEADERSHIP Demystifying Why Leadership Development Often Fails Written By: Rich Mesch December 19, 2023 – 7 min read Companies spend billions on leadership development every year. The “knowing-doing gap” refers to the disparity between what individuals know they should do and what they actually do in practice.

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Mind the Gap: How to Assess Sales Performance Gaps to Achieve Execution Excellence

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Essentially, they know what to do because you’ve trained them. The question is, are they doing it? This is the knowing/doing gap. The knowing/doing gap refers to the disconnect between what we know we should do and what we actually do in practice.

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Optimizing Teams for Best-In-Class Sales Performance

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performance & Measurement Optimizing Teams for Best-In-Class Sales Performance Written By: Sean Frontz March 20, 2023 – 6 min read In today’s highly competitive business environment, talent development is a crucial factor for success. A Players know what to do and do it every time.

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From Strategy to Results: How to Drive Sales Execution Excellence

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– Harvard Business Review Where Do the Execution Wheels Fall Off? Studies show that 90% of organizations fail to execute their strategies. Identifying Knowledge Gaps Work with your team to identify any knowing/doing gaps hindering execution in the upcoming year.

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Supercharge your learning programs with follow-up coaching

CLO Magazine

I realized that what bothered me most was that while my books were widely read and our learning and development programs were used around the world, people were not following through on the concepts and using them consistently in their day-to-day work. Bridging the knowing-doing gap. I wondered.

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Free L&D webinars for July 2019

Limestone Learning

Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 8AM – 9AM PT: Customer Service Training Discussion with Lisa Crockett and Host Kristen Hayden Safdie Join EngageTHEM.org Founder, Lisa Crockett and Host Kristen Hayden Safide, as they discuss customer service training—with a bonus discussion about developing a portfolio. New coach training and development findings.

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21st Century Leadership

Jay Cross

A new CEO with a grand vision of social networks, openness, innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement is not enough to turn a large organization around because she’s saddled with a legacy culture. Managers and professionals who have grown up taking and giving orders simply don’t know how to adapt.