Are we limited by our view of success?

By / / Success

A while back I read an article in the BRW called ” Missing In Action – where are all the female entrepreneurs?�? It was about the supposedly low number of female entrepreneurs in Australian business. Now to be considered a successful female entrepreneur, by this article’s standards, you needed to be running a big, competitive, fast growing company. It made me stop and think … How many men, let alone women, were running big, competitive, fast growing companies? Given that over 95% of all businesses in Australia are small to medium in size …

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Sales Recruitment and the use of online psychometric assessments.

By / / Recruitment & Sales Recruitment, Sales Assessments

Everyone seems to be is using online testing these days. That’s fine, however many people (candidates and companies alike) have fallen foul of testing especially when it comes to sales selection.

  • Online testing is becoming the way of the future
  • However, many online assessments are being marketed as credible with little regard for their limitations
  • Security is still the biggest issue!

Some web-based test publishers have prioritised speed, ease of integration and usability over a rigorous approach to testing itself. Unless security issues are fully addressed, the test content can be duplicated and candidates can ‘practise’. This reduces the …

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So where are all the Elite Sales Performers?

By / / Sales Management

I received yet another call today from a sales manager asking me where he could find a really good sales pefomer for his business. He complained that most of the sales people in his industry had been around the block too many times and no new skills, ideas or talent where being brought into his industry. Same old people, same old things, same old results.

Trouble is he is not alone and the Elite Performers you want are most likely working in other industries or markets and are not even thinking about working for you.

Relying on ‘experience’ as a …

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