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

PDG

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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Demystifying Why Leadership Development Often Fails

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In this article, I’ll explore the reasons for mediocre outcomes and provide some insights into how you can improve program effectiveness. Not Recognizing the Knowing-Doing Gap Let’s face it: a lot of new leader readiness programs don’t do enough to prepare leaders for the realities of the job.

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Design - Knowing Doing Gap - Best of eLearning Learning

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Seeing The Invisible: How To Identify Early Indicators Of Gaps In Instructional Design And Training Effectiveness. Why Studies About Multitasking Are Missing The Point , September 15, 2009. Knowing Doing Gap (7). Growing Your Business - Innovative Marketing Using Social Media. Thursday, September 24, 2009.

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Optimizing Teams for Best-In-Class Sales Performance

PDG

In other words, the more complicated the sales process becomes, the less likely it is that reps will be able to sell effectively. According to a recent study, 73 percent of sales managers spend less than 5 percent of their time coaching. The Knowing/Doing Gap is one of the most studied concepts in human psychology.

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From Strategy to Results: How to Drive Sales Execution Excellence

PDG

– Harvard Business Review Where Do the Execution Wheels Fall Off? Studies show that 90% of organizations fail to execute their strategies. You can have the most brilliant strategy in place, but unless your sales team executes it effectively, your strategy is just a collection of ideas.

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Free L&D webinars for July 2019

Limestone Learning

Lisa has more than 25 years of progressive experience building effective people programs in high profile companies across industries, including Consumer Goods, Publishing, High-Tech, and Healthcare. You’ll learn about topics such as: Research behind how EI enhances coaching effectiveness. Some case studies of the SDGs in practice.

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9 Ways to Increase Online Student Engagement

WBT Systems

A good introductory video could also serve as a promotional trailer, like this one from another Coursera MOOC, Modern & Contemporary American Poetry —a course we’ve discussed before on this blog because of its creative and effective instructional design. #2 Discuss how they can apply what they’ve learned by sharing case studies.

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