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320: Harvard's Frank Cespedes, Managing sales in a world of constant change (Strategy Skills classics)

The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving

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Why Most Colleges and Universities Don't Teach Sales

Sales is considered trade school stuff and most colleges and universities run away from that. Hiring in sales is tough, and very common hiring practices make a tough job, unnecessarily tougher. Companies spend 20% 20% more per capita on sales training then they do in any other area of the business. If you're interested in strategy, you better learn about it because the sales force is the major vehicle by which they try to execute their business strategy.

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