Incentives are common place among sales teams, used to drive specific behaviours and or sales figures for an organisation. They can however very easily, go very wrong. The Wells Fargo case is a well publicised example of incentives going very wrong with many of the employees and the company paying the price. So how and … Continued
With such a focus on Incentives, KPIs and behaviours this month in our articles, when I stumbled across this recent TED talk by John Doerr, I thought it was too interesting not to share. John discusses the concept of OKRs (objectives and key results), rather than KPIs, and how they are a powerful tool in … Continued
Most people don’t enjoy receiving negative feedback, whether it’s about themselves, their organisation or their team. Yet everybody enjoys being successful. The problem is that the negative feedback can offer information that will enable you to achieve a higher level of success. It could be said that negative feedback can be both constructive and highly … Continued
Vendors have a lot to do when it comes to managing their partners successfully. There are many metrics to track and many partners to do this for. The reality is that there are not enough hours in the day to track every aspect of a partners performance and engagement. In addition to this, the partners … Continued
The year is racing by and CompTIA is showing no signs of slowing down in terms of the activities and programs for the ANZ Community. We’ve got four events over the next 2 months to keep you engaged, informed and entertained: * Webinar #1 – Risk Management and Threat Hunting * Webinar #2 – Corporate … Continued
Stress is a part of life… we have all experienced it and managed it (some better than others) in one way or another. When it comes to managing work stress there are many methods you can utilise to bring it under control but it seems that keeping your approach simple is probably the best thing … Continued
Long tail partners are the partners that sit in the 80% of a vendors partner group, but only generate 20% of their revenue. For many vendors, time, money and resources have been put to work trying to build and cultivate partners in that 80% to become bigger revenue generating partners, but is this the right … Continued
The CompTIA Sydney Community meeting took place on April 10 in Sydney. With a theme of MSPs Thriving in 2018 and Beyond, the meeting was well attended by over 100 community members. The speakers received excellent feedback from attendees and the panel moderated by Steve Kiernan was both informative and engaging. To take a look … Continued
Author: Tamara Hodkinson The 80/20 rule is a reality that all vendors deal with when it comes to their channel revenue. By this I mean that 20% of a vendor’s channel partners will deliver 80% of their channel revenue. This is nothing new. It does however tend to mean that those larger partners (the 20%) … Continued
As the saying goes, the only certainty in life is change. Here in the IT channel and the industry in general, we know only too well how big of an impact change can have and how constant and almost relentless change can be. We also know how important it is to evolve and adapt with … Continued
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