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Silver Bullets Won't Fix Your Sales Force

Harvard Business Review

Instead of simplistic, one-note fixes, smart managers consider broader improvement plans, such as these: Set a cohesive sales strategy that focuses sales effort on the right customer segments with a compelling value proposition. Create and sustain a sales culture of accountability, achievement and ethics.

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How to Give a Robot a Job Review

Harvard Business Review

Effective executives understand the productivity and customer loyalty future depends as much on motivating and managing their machines as inspiring their people. As long as customer desires are legal, ethical, and safe, smart machines could be as appropriately responsive as smart humans. “Why would you treat them differently?”

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