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What is the future of sales enablement?

CLO Magazine

I started my sales career immediately after graduating from college in 1995. At the time, most companies had extensive onboarding training for new sales representatives that included basic sales skills and product knowledge. Some industries are notorious for hiring entry-level sales and training them in the general profession.

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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: David Vance

CLO Magazine

In 2006, he was awarded CLO of the Year. CLO: What was your official first job in learning and development? So maybe a little bit of a different track than others have taken. CLO: What lessons did you learn in 2020 that you plan on taking with you into 2021? Vance was awarded CLO of the Year in 2006.

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CLO Thinking (& Measurement)

Clark Quinn

I attended the CLO Symposium with my ITA colleagues Jay Cross and Jane Hart. We should be thinking about how to start tracking meaningful activity in social networks, the value of performance support and more, not old stuff about courses. Is it closing more sales? Generating higher revenue per sale?

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Chief Learning Officer: The Owner of Training Management

Training Orchestra

The title of Chief Learning Officer (CLO) may not be as widely known as other C-suite members, but its importance is perhaps more significant now than ever before. While the CLO acronym had been used previously for other roles, Kerr’s title was the first of its kind. Several behaviors and traits make for a truly great CLO.

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Measuring the impact of learning – the elephant in the room

CLO Magazine

Think of it as embarking on a journey: Having a specific destination allows you to plan the most efficient route and track progress throughout. Imagine a sales manager is asking you to repeat a specific part of the sales call model training for several members of his team. I’ll share a tangible example here.

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Case study: Skills transformation through data-driven personalized learning

CLO Magazine

Seeking new ways to engage learners: By 2016, SAP’s global sales enablement team had built a world-class, increasingly digitized training portfolio — one designed to meet the learning needs of thousands of sales executives located in 160+ countries around the world. selling skills, sales behaviors, role-specific skills, etc.).

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Kraft Heinz CLO Pamay Bassey is reimagining corporate learning with laughter and passion

CLO Magazine

Ekpedeme “Pamay” Bassey, CLO of The Kraft Heinz Co., Now, after coming on board as CLO for Kraft Heinz in Chicago last December, Bassey is reimagining the company’s approach to corporate learning. One of Bassey’s areas of focus as the company’s CLO is developing the framework for new academies in Ownerversity. A Perfect Match.

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