Resigning can be uncomfortable & with so many moving pieces it’s challenging to know what the right things to say & do are. You want to resign professionally but what does that entail? From resignation letters to exit interviews we’ve got you covered. Resigning can be intimidating but we promise it doesn’t have to be. Reevaluate […]
Written by: Adam Vortherms Due to the global pandemic of COVID-19, more people are currently working from home than ever before. People in many areas doing so for an indeterminate amount of time. What’s more, many employers and employees are realizing the benefits of working from home, which means that even when recovery gets underway, […]
By Adam Vortherms As a Sales Manager or HR Manager charged with providing performance reviews of your sales professionals, your reps are counting on you to conduct a fair, thoughtful, and helpful analysis of their work. From recognizing strengths, to providing constructive criticism, Sales Managers and HR Managers need to know how to conduct sales rep […]
By Cole DeCathelineau With a New Year underway, all sales companies will be counting on the efforts of individual sales reps, in order to attain overall monthly, quarterly, and annual sales goals. Indeed, without the success of your individual sales pros, your company as a whole simply cannot thrive. Clearly, this means that all new hires […]
By Adam Vortherms It’s no secret that sales companies do a lot of hiring at the start of the New Year. With that in mind, here is a valuable checklist Hiring Managers can refer to, in order thin the herd of candidates, come hiring time in January. Did the sales candidate come prepared? Readiness is […]
By Patty Azzarello A few years back I wrote an article called Stop Having Status Meetings! 5 Better Things to do Instead. Status updates squander time that could be spent using your team as a team. At the bottom of that article I mentioned 11 things to do instead of reporting status. Now, I want to […]
By Derek Irvine Whether or not incentive programs are effective has been a long standing question, spanning multiple academic disciplines. Some point to studies demonstrating the motivational potential of performance incentives, while others point to a “crowding-out” of intrinsic motivation when incentives are present. Given the data that has amassed on either side of the […]
Every company has it’s own unique culture, made up of the working environment, the special ways that things are done and the people who make up the team. The culture of a company can affect lots of aspects of the business, from talent attraction and the retention of existing staff, to the brand’s reputation among the […]
By: Neil Morrison on December 30, 2015. In the much-touted war for talent, we often forget to look inside our organisations and realise the potential we have — until the moment we get that resignation across our desks. And at that point, it’s far too late. As a talent advisor, what can and should you […]
By Eric Chester A great workplace culture does more than merely share timely and relevant information with its employee — it goes to great lengths to listen to them and digest that feedback. Employee surveys can be useful tools, but by themselves, they’re not enough to truly know what your people are thinking. There’s no […]