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Sales management tips and leadership best practices from Harvard Business Review experts. TIP ONE: Executing on major initiatives requires sales teams that are large, diverse, and virtual. Yet, as team size grows and the group disperses, team performance diminishes. You can build collaboration withing complex teams in three ways:
TIP 2: 3 Steps to Influence Culture. You can't just create the culture you want in your organization. Culture is not a goal, but the outcome of a collective set of behaviors. Instead of mandating behavior, influence it to shape your company's culture with these three steps:
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TIP 3: Ways to Increase Your Team's Performance - Successfully managing a team is a complex undertaking. Increase the odds of reaching your goals by doing the following three things:
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Establish urgency. Team members need to believe they're working on something that matters. And it needs to matter today, not at a nebulous point in the future. Be sure the team sees the potential fruits of its labor.
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Set high standards. The higher the expectations the more likely the team will live up to its performance potential. Set ambitious goals and hold the team to them. (Related article Building Peak Performance Teams)
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Start off on the right foot. Pay particular attention to first meetings and initial impressions. How a team starts its work together often sets the tone for future interactions.
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