Viewed in The Wall Street Journal “The workplace is in the middle of an unusual collision between what bosses and workers want,” The Wall Street Journal reports. That is quite a statement, but the evidence to support it is compelling. Employees feeling empowered The result is that today’s workplace has many battleground traits with employees… More
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How to Keep Your Job, or Find a Better One, if There’s a Recession

Viewed in The Wall Street Journal In the first quarter of 2022, gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States decreased 1.5 percent. In the days to come, results are expected to appear for the second quarter, and optimism is not in abundance. Should the GDP of the second quarter, like the first, be in… More
Read more...Five differentiators of high growth technology CPOs from Fortune 500 CHROs

Viewed in Russell Reynolds If you had a chance to read our most recent blog, “Growing (and Shrinking) Functions at the Top,” which we posted just a few days ago, you already know the big take away from it. In a thorough comparison we conducted on C-suite executive moves at the world’s largest companies over… More
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Viewed in BCG Global management consulting firm BCG has taken a close look at compensation models and trends for inside sales personnel and concluded it is time for companies to take a fresh look at them too. Reason: Several factors may be rendering current models antiquated. To assess them, BCG partnered with the American Association… More
Read more...Why SMB Reps Struggle in the Enterprise. And Vice-Versa.

Viewed in SaaStr Not all sales functions are the born the same. Product, Cost of Product and Sales Cycle Time In fact, as most sales professionals will attest, it is really a gross oversimplification to label anything a “sales job” since there are such a broad number of sales categories that exist between the type… More
Read more...Jeff Bezos taught a big leadership lesson in 5 simple words

Viewed in Inc. Amazon’s success a company is beyond dispute. Its business model is proving almost perfectly suited to our 21st century needs, and it ranks today as one of the world’s leading companies by nearly every metric. Despite this success, however, the company has not been immune from criticism. Those criticisms have included the… More
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Viewed on Spencer Stuart. Spencer Stuart, the executive search giant, does a lot more than just executive search these days. The firm increasingly is an exceptional source for research, studies, and content on the direction of global business, including issues that impact the recruiting profession. In this study, Spencer Stuart looks at various statistics on… More
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