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Why IBM CEO’s Public Spanking of the Sales Function Was the Right Move

By Robert Sher

Too many CEOs try so hard to avoid the old-style command and control, “Donald Trump” style of management that they just aren’t tough enough on poor performance.  Last week IBM’s CEO publicly criticized her sales function, and I think she was right to do it.

Read this Forbes article and weigh in on line.

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