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Here Is the One Question You Need to Ask Your Sales Team

What’s the one question to ask your sales team to empower them to achieve more? Check out this article from award-winning researcher, sales expert and tech entrepreneur, David Priemer. In Entrepreneur, David shares advice for selling more, faster and with less friction –encouraging organizations to unveil “blockers and blind spots lurking in the dark corners of your sales operation.”

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Take customer engagement to a whole new level

Engagement matters to technology buyers. Check out this infographic to see how combining Dynamics 365 for Sales, Office 365 and LinkedIn Sales Navigator helps customers break through roadblocks to better sales efficiency by bringing relationship data together for actionable insights.

Get out from under the complexity of disconnected tools, data and processes once and for all!

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Six types of remote workers and how to support them

How can you improve and enable productivity across your team?

This e-book outlines different types of remote workers and how you can best encourage their success, from addressing specific technical needs to making it easier for employees to work from anywhere, on any device.

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Creating World-Class Collaboration In A Global Team

Teams in today’s modern workplace are often multi-office or even multi-continent affairs. As a result, team cohesion can challenge the best managers. In this Forbes article, “Creating world-class collaboration in a global team,” learn how Kim DeLine, the COO for Elevate K-12, engages a distributed workforce in her role at the leading live streaming company in the education field.

With Microsoft Teams, you can connect across geographical and organization boundaries, run status updates and team building with remote workers via a cloud-based meeting solution, and foster a culture of knowledge sharing.

See how important it is to explain the “why” with a multi-cultural office and encourage an understanding of purpose during times of change.

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Good Decision Making Requires Good Data

In our data centric times, it’s easy to equate lots of data with good data. Catch this article, “Good Decision Making Requires Good Data” in Entrepreneur Magazine. Author George Deeb of Red Rocket Ventures gives personal examples of thinking he had the data thing down and then realizing the need to continue to refine their AI efforts to have accurate and meaningful data. With Microsoft’s AI Builder layered onto the Power Platform, you can ensure it will be easy to build dashboards, apps, and workflows. Get the information you need to run your business, whatever your field.

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A day in the life – sales with Microsoft Teams

April, a sales rep, is looking to grow her company’s Midwest customer base. See how she starts her day finding a lead in Microsoft Teams and then uses Dynamics and Power BI to dig out connections that turn that lead into an opportunity. By 5pm she now has a new resource to amp up more sales opportunities in the region.

Check out this infographic to see what deal building looks like with Microsoft Teams!

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Microsoft Cortana unlocks data’s full potential

Modern business is being transformed by three major trends: Big data, the cloud and intelligence. The winners will master all three. Learn how Microsoft Cortana can get you there by unlocking the full potential of your data. Remove the divide between IT and the business side of your operation and empower your whole workforce to access data and drive better decisions. Transform data into intelligent action with Power BI and Microsoft Azure.

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Data locked in silos prevents your teams from fully accessing all the info they need to remain competitive. Microsoft Power BI and Azure give your team the ability to leverage a secure, simple-to-manage infrastructure to analyze data and view reports when and where they’re needed –across any device, online and offline.

Make collaboration and data sharing easier and more engaging across teams with stunning visuals; plus, simple data discovery and reporting. Discover how Power BI can transform analytics with business intelligence like you’ve never seen before.

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Want To Be A Remote Worker? Get These Digital Skills

How can digital skills enable your employees to work remotely?

With the right communication tools and apps geared toward facilitating better teamwork, the benefits of working remotely can include increased productivity and reduced downtime, not to mention hitting that sweet spot in work-life balance.

Does your team need help navigating communication tools and apps? Contact us to learn how we can help you create a connected digital workspace.

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A Day in the Life of a Construction Pro with Microsoft Teams

Sofia is a construction company superintendent who works at multiple sites and uses Teams to keep her schedule and projects all in one place. View this infographic to get a glimpse of a day in Sofia’s life — and how she uses productivity, collaboration, BI and enterprise mobility tools in Teams to stay on track.

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