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9 business travel hacks for greater cost control

Insperity

The good news is that, while it may be necessary to go to your clients’ offices in other cities to seal deals, you can keep travel costs under control. These categories are where you can make your biggest dent when it comes to controlling costs. Automate your expense management process.

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How to Help Your Sales Team Overcome the 4 Most Limiting Mindsets

Success

Sales managers are responsible for optimizing seller performance to realize revenue goals. Often, sales managers rely on training to help improve seller performance, but this approach by itself is insufficient. In fact, the biggest difference between successful sales performance and a lackluster record is mindset.

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2 easy mindset shifts that will boost your confidence

Work Life

Nail Your Sales Pitch When it comes to shifting your confidence mindset, inner work is as important as anything you do in your personal or professional life. Articulating this vision and putting it into a concise sales pitch will put you in control the next time someone asks, So tell me about you.

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How candidates can take control in an interview

Work Life

It’s possible and appropriate to take control in several situations. “However, it’s essential to strike a balance between taking control and being respectful.” ” Know What You Can Control The first step is to understand what you can control.

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This is how you empower your team while maintaining strategic oversight

Work Life

Control hub (operational overreach) This quadrant is appropriate when employees lack the necessary skills, experience, or confidence to perform tasks independently. When leaders insist on controlling every aspect of a task, employees may feel disengaged and undervalued, leading to high turnover rates and low morale.

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The Quest for My Best Sales Month Ever

Success

He has no control as wind and the speed of the plane throw him across the sky. That thought hits me like a thunderclap, the first of three I’ll have over these 30 days: Intentional selling gives me control. The sale of the Green Beret story pushes me to $17,800—well past my goal. The intentionality is the point. So far, so good.

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The One Underrated Sales Tactic You’re Probably Not Using

Success

Second, if you also have low self-control, then you will tend toward being impulsive in your conversations and easily get off-task or waste time. Third, if you like being onstage or the center of attention, then you will certainly enjoy controlling the “microphone,” which means you will tend to dominate the discussion.

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