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Get Your Customer to Sell for You!

Sales managers are always insisting that sale reps should sell high, but that's not always practical. Some organizations push buying decisions so far up the chain that nobody except a CEO is likely to get face-time with the guy who's got the cash. The most obvious...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Geoffrey James, champion, sales

Blog posts 2008-05-09

Doing Well by Doing Good 2005: How Corporate Citizenship Can Turn Consumers Into Brand champions

Consumers believe companies are making improvements when it comes to corporate citizenship and that translates to an effect on the bottom line, according to an annual study. This paper examines whether corporate citizenship can influence opinion and behavior, turning consumers into brand champions. The paper reports that the downward spiral...

Tags: Branding, brand

White papers 2005-08-11

Doing Well by Doing Good 2005: Corporate Citizenship Turns Consumers Into Brand champions

The paper emphasizes that consumers believe companies are making improvements when it comes to corporate citizenship and that translates to an effect on the bottom line. Can corporate citizenship influence opinion and behavior, turning consumers into brand champions? It reveals about the Change Corporate Citizenship Index CCI which is a...

Tags: Branding, champion, brand

White papers 2005-08-11

Successful Six Sigma Projects – the champion’s Role

This article is about several key success factors which must be in place in order to ensure that a Six Sigma project will deliver the expected improvement and returns. Such as: projects aligned with the business plan, adequately trained and resourced Black Belts, senior management commitment to change, engaged...

Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Six Sigma

White papers 2003-01-01

Additional Resources

Time to green up the data centres: a new survey shows that while CEOs and CIOs may be championing green information technology, the reality is that many companies are still in the "talking" phase or still have no plans to green up their data centres. This article looks at the key findings and examines what this means for business and the wider community

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WE'VE I HEARD so much about green information technology' IT, initiatives recently you'd be forgiven for thinking that everybody had this under control. You might be surprised to learn that storage vendor ONStor found that 58 per cent of the companies they surveyed were either still...

Articles 2008-12-01

Learning curve for Red Sox pitcher Hideki Okajima: with a year under his belt as a major leaguer, reliever from Japan is now accustomed to the style of big league baseball in America

FOR MANY OF HIS RED SOX TEAM-mates, the trip to Tokyo last March was an onerous obligation that included a dreaded 17-hour plane flight, but for Hideki Okajima, Boston's left-handed setup man, it represented a crowning achievement. It was, he explained, an immense honor to represent the world champion Boston...

Articles 2008-06-01

Chelsea have more to say on Evra fracas

The title race is not yet over and the Champions League final is 13 days away, but today the battle over what happened between Manchester United's players and Chelsea's groundstaff on 26 April at Stamford Bridge commences. Chelsea will file their report which, sources at the club say, includes more...

Articles 2008-05-08

Sawgrass rivals deny Woods' absence lifts victory expectations

*GOLF Although the absence of Tiger Woods from this week's Players Championship- which starts today - will be severely felt by the fans, his rivals at Sawgrass say their preparations have been unaffected. "It wasn't a topic of conversation in the round of golf...

Articles 2008-05-08

Wasps' play-off ambition lifted by Sackey flourish

*RUGBY UNION NEWCASTLE 13 WASPS 32 The last time Wasps were at Kingston Park, back in February, they were confronted by a 75mph wind that forced the postponement of this Guinness Premiership fixture until the last week of the regulation season. Three months...

Articles 2008-05-08

Chelsea have more to say on Evra fracas

By Sam Wallace The title race is not yet over and the Champions League final is 13 days away, but today the battle over what happened between Manchester United's players and Chelsea's groundstaff on 26 April at Stamford Bridge commences. Chelsea will file their report which, sources...

Articles 2008-05-08

Ferrero capitalises as Nadal burns out in rare clay defeat

*TENNIS For the last month Rafael Nadal has been telling anyone who cares to listen that the European clay-court schedule is too demanding. Yesterday the world No2 provided compelling evidence for his argument when he was beaten 7-5, 6-1 by his fellow Spaniard, Juan Carlos Ferrero, in...

Articles 2008-05-08

Sawgrass rivals deny Woods' absence lifts victory expectations

*GOLF Although the absence of Tiger Woods from this week's Players Championship- which starts today - will be severely felt by the fans, his rivals at Sawgrass say their preparations have been unaffected. "It wasn't a topic of conversation in the round of golf...

Articles 2008-05-08

Wasps' play-off ambition lifted by Sackey flourish

*RUGBY UNION NEWCASTLE 13 WASPS 32 The last time Wasps were at Kingston Park they were confronted by gale-force winds that broke one of the goalposts, damaged the West Stand roof and forced the postponement of this Premiership fixture. Three months on, Ian...

Articles 2008-05-08

Chelsea have more to say on Evra fracas

The title race is not yet over and the Champions League final is 13 days away, but today the battle over what happened between Manchester United's players and Chelsea's groundstaff on 26 April at Stamford Bridge commences. Chelsea will file their report which, sources at the club say, includes more...

Articles 2008-05-08

Sawgrass rivals deny Woods' absence lifts victory expectations

*GOLF Although the absence of Tiger Woods from this week's Players Championship- which starts today - will be severely felt by the fans, his rivals at Sawgrass say their preparations have been unaffected. "It wasn't a topic of conversation in the round of golf...

Articles 2008-05-08

High school soccer: Wolverines blow off steam on Miners

WEST VALLEY CITY -- The Hunter Wolverines had built up a lot of pent-up frustration. Region 3 champions a season ago, they've endured many bad bounces and breaks since day one of the 2008 boys soccer season. Of Hunter's seven losses, five had been by just one...

Articles 2008-05-08

ESPN sues Quiksilver Inc., alleging trademark violation

Quiksilver Inc., the maker of the namesake surfing and snowboarding gear, has been sued by sports network ESPN Inc. for allegedly violating a trademark on the cable channel's X-Games competition franchise. Quiksilver, which has its Mountain Center in Park City, is using a stylized "X" emblem on...

Articles 2008-05-08

Wolverines blow off steam on Miners

WEST VALLEY CITY -- The Hunter Wolverines had built up a lot of pent-up frustration. Region 3 champions a season ago, they've endured many bad bounces and breaks since day one of the 2008 boys soccer season. Of Hunter's seven losses, five had been by just one...

Articles 2008-05-08

Event puts a new spin on bowling

Some sports draw tiny U.S. TV ratings -- outside their marquee events -- although millions of Americans enjoy playing them. So organizers of sports such as swimming, soccer, running, bicycling and bowling always try to tap that interest by making events more mediagenic. That leads to Bowling's Clash...

Articles 2008-05-07

Sevilla crank up champions League pressure on Atletico

MADRID AFP — Argentine midfielder Fazio was Sevilla's hero scoring twice as the club boosted their chances of a second successive season in the Champions League with a 3-0 win at rivals Racing Santander on Wednesday. Fazio scored in both halves as Sevilla leapfrogged Racing into fifth and...

Articles 2008-05-07