From Yahoo! Finance comes this article – How Loud is too Loud? As you might guess, the loud phone talker topped the survey as the most annoying office habit. Being an auditory person, I can agree with that one. I’m always telling the Rock Star to use his indoor voice since his voice carries a country mile. Despite the laundry list of complaints, the loud talker wins the award for most annoying. Of 2,318 people surveyed in March 2006 by Harris Interactive and Randstad, 32% say an office loud talker is their biggest pet peeve. Coming in a close second at 30% is using an annoying cellphone ringtone; 22% said… Read More
Continue ReadingTop 4 Suggestions For New Sales Managers
SMT (Sales & Marketing Training) has an article in its recent newsletter that surveyed its members for advice they would give to new sales managers. The author has provided the top 4 pieces of advice: Assessing talent is a first step Coaching the €œcoachable€ spending appropriate time on those individuals Avoid falling into the trap of €œwhat made you successful as a rep€ will make you successful as a manager Setting expectations and goals I couldn’t agree more with these 4 items, especially the first one. The contributors expanded on their suggestions: €œAssess the strengths, weaknesses and development needs of your team. Review your team by your success measures. Set… Read More
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