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Research clearly points to great sales people being good for business. McKinsey’s updated War For Talent study highlighted higher performing sales people generate 67% more revenue annually than average performers. This takes on even more significance when you factor in that only 2.6 percent of prospects actually become clients – so for every 3 clients you get, 97 are slipping away! It may be not realistic to capture the entire other 97 percent; but consider this – what might your bottom line look like if you could improve your prospect/client conversion rate to just 5 percent or even 6 percent?

Performance reviews are a fundamental leadership activity and a powerful instrument in the leader’s toolbox if used appropriately. Performance reviews provide leaders exceptional opportunities to connect with employees. However, as Goleman points out in his book ‘The New Leaders’ trust is a critical element that must exist to foster learning and resonance. Performance reviews provide […]

Knowing when your time is up is not so easy when you are in the engine room, working flat out.

With overall average tenure rates now at 2 years, and senior management tenure not much more than that, your internal networks can literally change or even evaporate overnight! We are encouraged to ‘have no useless acquaintances’ and your networks are your career gold pass and need to be nourished and nurtured.

deliberatepractice was established to provide practical and fit for purpose, value adding specialised HR services for our clients seeking to improve, grow and develop their business.  Our services extend across the entire career life cycle spectrum from the inception of people strategy and processes through to the identification and assessment of people risk, potential and […]

Employee engagement has been one of those HR buzzwords that have bounced around now for a number of years. However the research consistently shows many organisations continue to enjoy only poor to average results in survey after survey. As a result, the search for the holy grail of employee satisfaction and engagement continues but the […]