Peter Simoons

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Tip 24: Measure and Evaluate Alliance Performance. An airplane is off its course most of the time. Wind, turbulence and air traffic are all factors why an airplane can’t fly in a straight line from Airport A to Airport B. Yet it arrives at its destination thanks to constant corrections along the way. An airplane only reaches the right destination because of measurements and evaluations of the data acquired, upon which the pilot or the autopilot adjusts the airplane’s course.

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Stellar Partnerships

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

What’s your appetite for risk? Sharon always teases me that I’m risk averse, and my haircut hasn’t changed substantially for 10 years. Until a few weeks ago. After 80 days of Melbourne’s last ‘7 day snap lockdown’, I headed to my hair salon in desperate need of some hair TLC. What could possibly go wrong?

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PartnerTap

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In this article, we highlight three tools that should be in every channel tech stack. The channel tech industry is awash with solutions created specifically for partnering, so it’s easy to get lost in this sea of software. We are here to help! Channel software is a great solution because it helps streamline, automate, and simplify channel processes.

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Be Partner Ready

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Despite living in a COVID bubble for the past year, Australian consumers have come out swinging in favour of companies that support charities. New research (launched 29 October 2021) reveals that during lockdown, Australians have become more concerned about social and environmental issues, and they’re demanding that the corporate sector step up and show leadership in solving social issues. 62% of Australians say that during COVID, they’ve re-evaluated their priorities in life, and if

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Jake Jorgovan

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It’s critical for those in marketing, sales, and leadership positions to continually increase their knowledge, but who has time for courses, or reading articles and books? Unlike text resources, podcasts allow you to learn while doing other things, so you save time. B2B podcasts help your team improve their sales, marketing, and leadership abilities.

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Peter Simoons

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Imagine you are walking into a showroom to buy a product. Not just a product, but one you really need to keep your business running. You have some extensive conversations with the store owner, simply because you want to understand how the product fits your business. The conversation convinces you that the product does fit, so you ask the store owner for the cost associated with the product.

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Stellar Partnerships

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It’s funny how some things that were once familiar have now become novelties. Working in an office and wearing a suit seem quaint and slightly eccentric. Last week we hosted our first in-person workshop since January, and it was a very surreal experience. Aside from wearing heels again (not recommended if you’ve been in runners all year!) it was a pleasure to see people’s reactions up close and sense the vibe in the room.

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ClearPoint Strategy

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Strategic planning tools, or models, are designed to help organizations’ develop their action plan to achieve their goals. There are a lot of strategic planning models out there. We know. Which is why we pulled together a list of 20 of the most popular ones and describe the scenario that they are most useful.

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Impartner

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Business experts have long debated whether the future will belong to those with the brightest management team, the best culture or the most adaptable strategy. Increasingly, it looks like the future will belong to those with the most capable digital implementations. The post For a Competitive Edge and a Sustainable Differentiation, Deploy a Superior Tech Stack appeared first on Impartner PRM.

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Jake Jorgovan

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It’s critical for those in marketing, sales, and leadership positions to continually increase their knowledge, but who has time for courses, or reading articles and books? Unlike text resources, podcasts allow you to learn while doing other things, so you save time. B2B podcasts help your team improve their sales, marketing, and leadership abilities.

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INSEAD Knowledge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

An impact-driven intrapreneurial venture can be a useful stepping stone for changing a company’s DNA, but its unintended consequences need to be managed carefully.

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Peter Simoons

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The world we live in is in transformation and the Covid pandemic has turned it upside down! Supply chains have become a logistical nightmare, containers appear to be on the wrong side of the world, ships are queuing up waiting to enter main harbours and gas and oil prices are at an all-time high. That list is far from complete, but you doubtless recognise the situation!

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Stellar Partnerships

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Can poodles breathe underwater? Why don’t crabs have eyebrows? What does a rainbow taste like? Kids ask the best questions. My 5 year-old neighbour asked his mum, “where do I come from?” She took a deep breath and launched into a detailed lecture on the birds, bees, mum’s tummy etc. A stunned silence ensued. “Oh,” he replied. “George at school says he comes from Greece”.

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ClearPoint Strategy

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Of the many strategic planning models that exist, the Blue Ocean Strategy could be considered the pacifist of the group. Based on an eponymously titled book , this strategy argues that “cutthroat competition results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool.” Companies should instead look for new market space and ways to reinvent the industry.

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Channel Insider

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Ransomware is just about everywhere these days. A recent study by Positive Technologies looked at the cyber threat landscape during the second quarter of 2021 and found that ransomware attacks reached “stratospheric” levels, accounting for 69% of all malware attacks – that’s a jump of 30 points from the same quarter in 2020. Email remains the main method of spreading malware in attacks against organizations (58%) – although a recent HP study found that number to be

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Impact

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Originally published on Performance Marketing World. As consumers remained tethered to their computers (thank you, Delta variant) for working, shopping, and socialising in 2021, online influencers retained their vital role as trusted voices and go-to resources. That kept influencer marketing squarely in the high-priority column for brands, and spend in the channel is expected to reach $15B in 2022.

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INSEAD Knowledge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In this new hybrid working environment, people shouldn’t go to the office to stare at their computer, but to connect.

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Peter Simoons

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Tip 23: Make Sure All Stakeholders Are on Board at Alliance Launch. What describes a good start of an alliance? That question is one I often ask in my workshops, and I always receive a wide variety of answers. When I asked this question in a workshop in China, the answer I got from one of the attendees was at first received with a lot of laughter by his colleagues.

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Stellar Partnerships

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

What’s the first thing you did after lockdown ended? Some people headed straight to the pub. But it wasn’t the lack of booze during lockdown that drove people to queue outside a bar at 8am; it was the opportunity to do it with friends. The long months have taught us a lot about what’s really important. What we’ve craved is companionship, connection and belonging with our co-workers, friends and families.

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Hype

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

For some organizations, an innovation program is a “nice-to-have”, sometimes struggling for time and attention against other corporate initiatives. This is not the case at Linklaters, one of the UK’s “Magic Circle” law firms – which places innovation at the core of its purpose and embeds innovation at the foundation of the firm’s strategy. In this final blog of our three-part series on innovation in the legal sector, learn how Linklaters is transforming legal services throughout the organization

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TRG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A diverse workforce is an integral part of any organisation. However, retaining such a workforce is extremely difficult in a competitive environment. This is where the notion of inclusion comes into play, which refers to your attempts to make employees feel that they are an essential part of diverse teams, regardless of their differences.

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Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

by Mark Greeven, Winter Nie, Yunfei Feng. The rise of new retail in China has been largely driven by innovative companies that spotted emerging and unmet needs of consumers. Newcomers such as Meituan (food delivery), Hema Fresh (fresh food grocery pioneer) and Pinduoduo (social commerce platform) have been instrumental in pushing the boundaries of new retail beyond the horizontal e-commerce platforms of Alibaba and JD.com.

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INSEAD Knowledge

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The Singapore titan’s tech-charged quest to take the banking out of banking has paid off handsomely.

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Mindmatrix

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Successful through and for-partner marketing campaign requires months of planning and execution to get the desired results. In our blog this week, we share the SiriusDecisions Channel Campaign Readiness Model that offers a roadmap that allows progress to be measured along the way and benchmarked against norms – to help vendors stay on track.

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Frost & Sullivan

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The first company established to responsibly dispose of the e-waste generated by these companies, however, was established much later – in mid-2005 to 2007. E-waste (management and handling) rules were brought into force in May 2012. Extended Producer Responsibility Requirements and targets were introduced in 2017-2018. Computers and laptops have collectively generated around 70.0% of e-waste in India this year, when the penetration of mobile phones, tablets, and other electronic gadgets i

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Speaker: Erika Bzdel - Vice President of Sales and Craig Simons - Director of Marketing

Virtual sales success requires new ways of thinking. Sales managers, trainers, sales enablement managers, and sales reps across all industries must adjust to this digital transformation. That doesn’t mean, however, that you can transfer the old ways of doing business to the new blended selling environment. You need to implement essential virtual selling processes or you will get left behind.

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CGS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

11/18/2021. Generation Z and Millennial workers are less satisfied in their jobs, and upskilling opportunities are critical to employee retention. NEW YORK, NY, November 18, 2021 – CGS, a global provider of business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services, today unveiled new insights from its 2021 CGS Workplace Learning Trends Survey.

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COO Alliance

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

How can you increase your employee’s retention? Believe it or not, many of the factors affecting employee retention have little to do with salary. Making your employees feel valued, supported, and motivated will ensure that they will want to stay with you and your company for the long haul. Losing an employee is never fun, nor easy, and can cost your company a lot.

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Impact

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

I remember my first day of boot camp: it involved a late-night airport pick-up, a shorn haircut, and a loud banging on a trash can, courtesy of our company commander, to wake us up after one hour of sleep. I was 18 years old, standing at attention in front of my bunk, one of more than 100 enlisted sailors bracing for the two months of training. Our commanding officer had us line up and take steps forward for every requirement we met, asking us, “Can you swim?

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