The primary benefit of building an inclusive culture and strong workplace diversity is the range of perspectives gained. Workplaces with a lack of diversity and inclusion are more likely to struggle to develop innovative or unique solutions to business problems.
Jonathan Whistman Guest Columnist and Strategic Partner of Kinsey Management Closing is the culmination of all the time and resources your sales reps invest in clients over the sales cycle. Hopefully, sales reps have primed the customer by addressing pain points, overcoming objections, and clearly displaying the value of your product or service. Then, all that remains is to go in for the close and secure the contract. But closing isn’t as easy as extending your arm for a handshake and sliding a contract across the table. “Sales closing is binary by nature. You either close the deal or you
Sales hiring continues to evolve thanks to new emerging technologies such as predictive analytics that can predict and quantify actual sales performance pre-hire. Historically, individual sales leaders had to rely on gut feel and intuition in order to understand what traits and attributes contributed to selling success on their teams. With modern tools now combining both new and well-proven technologies, sales leaders and recruiters can move away from generalized lists of what makes a successful salesperson to a hyper-localized, job and company-specific list of the attributes driving sales success. When combined with data insights, a company can now predict pre-hire exactly how someone will perform.
