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October 19, 2016 Jeff Lesher

How the High Holy Days Teach You 3 Surprising Gems About Leadership

Thanks, Mom! Every year, for the better part of 50 years, I take a small stab at being a good son by accompanying my Mom to High Holy Day services at our family’s synagogue. I’m not a particularly religious person, but there’s...

October 13, 2016 Joe Mechlinski

1000 Words On How eQ is Inspiring Your Business to Grow Regardless

eQ’s mission is to shift workforce engagement from 70% disengaged to 70% engaged. Our work fosters a network of purpose-driven, like-minded people. We are changing the work world to change the real world. A picture is worth a...

October 11, 2016 Joe Mechlinski

What We Learned from the Brightest Baltimore-area Entrepreneurs @ Beta City 2016

I know, I know – it’s been over a week since Beta City wowed our Baltimore community, and I’m still going on and on about it. But this event was worthy of the hype. Beta City is a deeply invigorating experience, with some of...

October 6, 2016 Andrew Freedman

How to Transform Your Sales Performance (Part 4 of 4)

In our last post of this series, we will focus on elements of sales strategy. Specifically, we will address: Customer and Opportunity Segmentation Resource Mix Territory Alignment Customer and Opportunity Segmentation When...

October 4, 2016 Andrew Freedman

How to Transform Your Sales Performance (Part 3 of 4)

Following the post on the structural elements in building a high performing sales organization, in this piece, we will take a closer look at sales operations. Specifically, we will address: Compensation Technology Reporting and...

September 29, 2016 Andrew Freedman

How to Transform Your Sales Performance (Part 2 of 4)

In the first part of this series, we discussed the overall approach and framework involved in building high performing sales organizations. Here, we begin breaking down the key elements to explore “what” and “how” to address...

September 27, 2016 Andrew Freedman

How to Transform Your Sales Performance (Part 1 of 4)

With the consistently changing business landscape – mergers, acquisitions, expansion, contraction, globalization, economic and regulatory pressures – organizational leaders need to consistently think about the best ways to serve...

September 22, 2016 Jeff Lesher

Are You Ready for the Uncomfortably "Hard" Truth About "Soft" Skills?

Wake me up when it’s 2016, and we have been graced with the long-overdue correction to the made up label of so-called “soft” skills with that of critical skills. Before you wake me, please make sure the concocted definition of...

September 8, 2016 Chris Steer

The 7 Hidden Leadership Secrets You Discover Through Coaching Sports

Yes, we’re those guys – the blissfully aware gluttons for punishment who eschewed sanity by volunteer coaching at the youth level in significant ways. And, yes, this post is the result of a team contribution between us - Chris...