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Why the Secret to Success is Setting the Right Goals

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

Improve Profit Through Operational Efficiency

Most channel firms today acknowledge that transforming their business from hardware-centric reselling to a business model that embraces services and recurring revenue is not only the future, but should at this point be the present. There are however, many moving parts involved in the transformation process, notably anything to do with business operations and process … Continued

The Right Way to Respond to Negative Feedback

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

CompTIA Webinars and Community Meetings

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

Distribution and Channel Alignment

Author: Cam Wayland Vendors often measure, profile and segment their partners and their distributors based on revenue performance. Rarely do they dig deeper to look beyond the numbers to what is actually driving the revenue via distribution.   When it is working well you will usually find there is “alignment” between the capabilities, resources, and vendor … Continued

5 Tips for Dealing With Stress at Work

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

Sydney Community Meeting Wrap Up

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

Getting Your Vendor’s Attention

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