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non-productivity have shown that the fault is not always with the employees, and that often the lack of productivity is the result of bad or faulty management. In 2009 a study by
Alexander Proudfoot showed that on average a salesperson only spends one fifth of their day actually prospecting or closing sales, and usually believes they have spent twice the time they actually have on sales work.
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Proudfoot also produces studies regarding workforce dynamics. A 2007 study of theirs showed that during that year, the manufacturing sector had a 37% rate of unproductive work force time, and that worldwide companies were 29% below optimum productive efficiency. Further studies by the firm showing
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of client companies. Industries that the company has worked within include the defense industry, automotive industry, banking and construction sectors, insurance, life sciences, mining, oil and gas, manufacturing and retail, telecommunications, and transportation. The firm works with private and
158:- Alexander Proudfoot PLC purchased Philip Crosby Associates, then a US Stock Exchange publicly traded company. This company deteriorated in the mid-1990s, closed in 1996 and partially resold in 1997 to its original owner.
216:, Chile, UK and Mexico City. The company was initially known as Proudfoot Consulting PLC, and changed its name to that of its founder in 2009. The company provides strategies for improving the financial and
134:- Mr Alexander "Alec" Proudfoot founded the Alexander Proudfoot Company in Chicago, USA. He led the business until his death in 1968, when the company was bought from his widow by senior management.
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