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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. Employees might enter leadership positions for career advancement rather than a passion or interest for leading teams.

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

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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. customer engagement, pipeline management, sales process, etc.).

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Unleash Life Sciences Field Rep Potential with the Performance Matrix

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Leadership, Performance & Measurement Unleash Life Sciences Field Rep Potential with the Performance Matrix Written By: Sean Frontz September 26, 2023 – 5 min read Life sciences companies are constantly seeking ways to optimize their sales team’s performance. We’ve all been there, right?

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From Strategy to Results: How to Drive Sales Execution Excellence

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Leadership From Strategy to Results: How to Drive Sales Execution Excellence Written By: Dan Snyder November 7, 2023 – 5 min read You’ve likely heard the saying, “Execution eats strategy for breakfast.” When revenue targets are missed, tension can rise between marketing and sales teams.

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Supercharge your learning programs with follow-up coaching

CLO Magazine

The newly trained people didn’t really have time to figure out why, so they would write off the learning and go back to their old, not-so-great way of doing things. Bridging the knowing-doing gap. Do you have clear goals and tasks for each direct report?”

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21st Century Leadership

Jay Cross

Managers and professionals who have grown up taking and giving orders simply don’t know how to adapt. The CEO and her team flip the switch but the lights don’t go on below because they’re wired differently down there. What’s required today is a wholesale shift to a new way of doing things.

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Louder than words

E-Learning Provocateur

If the framework’s capabilities align to leadership stages, I suggest the following question be put to the user: Do you want to excel in your current role or prepare for your next role? Cross-reference the KASAB framework to close the knowing-doing gap.