The art of negotiation is not rocket science, but it’s not a breeze either—at least not with every supplier you’ll sit across. Some are sharks and the only secret to winning against them is having negotiation skills twice as good as the strongest shark you’ll ever encounter. Mastering procurement negotiation might be a process but […]
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Successful sales are what makes businesses grow. But every so often, a customer will want to discuss the details of your contract with them before signing. Regardless of how well the sales process appears to have gone, your one-one-one interaction with the customer can always make or break the deal. This is where effective negotiation
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The major function of the sales management department is conducting sales operations; planning, and implementing sales techniques. Without proper sales management, you will not meet your sales targets, but with better sales management, you will exceed your set targets. A thin line lies between good and bad management. A small oversight might cost you and
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Is the Relationship Sale Still Relevant? There is a developing trend that indicates that the relationship sale is dying a slow death. The old path of using golf outings, dinner meetings, and ballgames to cultivate loyal customers seems to be falling to the wayside in a time of budget cuts and a move toward mass
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How productive are you being right now? Are you choosing to avoid work and read this? Or maybe reading this is part of your work? Productivity at work is an important quality for all employees. Those who are less productive tend to be closer to the chopping block than others. Productivity Employers don’t want
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Negotiations are important for any aspect of life. Sometimes you have to negotiate business deals, what’s for dinner at home, or a sale for a product. Being such a large part of life, it’s important to understand what negotiations are and how to do them well. Negotiations A negotiation is an agreement among more
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Companies seek to hire top employees for their companies. Top employees can come in a number of packages that make them the best. One of these packages is hard-working. Having a hard-working employee, or multiple, can move the company into the future on great terms and bring the workforce to a higher level. What
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A growing business in employee training is eLearning. It provides 40-60% less time learning than in a classroom and increased retention rates to 25-60%, compared to the 8-10% of classroom learning. eLearning also has a material rate of five times more than a classroom setting. 42% of businesses say eLearning for their employees has increased
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Employees need support from their employers and management on multiple levels. The best, and easiest, way to provide this support is by utilizing both training and consulting. So, how can these two supportive ideas help? What’s the difference between the two? Knowing the difference and how they can help is the first step to helping
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