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What I’ve Read Lately: Why People Fail

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Why People Fail is actually a twist on words. It could just as easily been titled along the lines of How to Be Successful. Siimon provides an easily read book that highlights 16 key points underlying how people set themselves up to fail.

Step by step, Siimon discusses ways readers can incrementally work to improve themselves, from self-image, through proper health and exercise, to rituals and persistence…to name a few.

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How To: Get Your Sales Team Onboard with SaaS

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Your Sales team is where your company’s efforts meet the world. They’re where the rubber meets the road. Your organizations efforts can live, or die, based on the performance of your Sales team. The happier they are, the more positive they feel, the more confident they are in your offerings, the better they sell. And the better revenue flows.

But what if the apple cart gets upset?

This is a challenge currently facing a lot of companies, particularly in the B2B (business-to-business) space. As SaaS offerings become more common-place, traditional software sales models are being upset.

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The Making of Squishy History

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Squishy history is what you get when you add 3 parts text, with one part digitization. As more of the text we read becomes digital, the temptation to fiddle, tweak, and change becomes irresistible.

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Need a Job? Should Personal Ethics Be an Issue?

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Should she take the job? A friend recently received a call from a large tobacco company. The product she would would be leading is fantastic. The work, more so.

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Who Has the Final Say?

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The product manager drives their products forward. Yet, who really has the final say regarding key decisions?

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Create a Culture of Greatness

“To build a winning a team and a successful organization you must create a culture of greatness.” Guest post by Jon Gordon, author and WSJ contributor.

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5 Basics Business Hotels Still Need to Master

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5 Basics contemporary business hotels still struggle with. Business travel has been around in its current form for decades…so why?

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Why So Negative? Can’t You Be Positive?

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A product or service exists to solve a problem. That’s a negative. Can you still sell a product if there’s no problem to solve?

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You’re a Product Manager and NOT Doing This? Really?

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If you’re not already engaged in social media in relation to your product, why aren’t you? A brief look at an overlooked toolset.

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Do Your Followers Have a Role in Strategy?

Followers are more than just ‘employees’ in today’s world.