Bates Footwear Selects Growth Dynamics for Nationwide Selection and Retention of Sales Professionals

September 2010

DAYTON, Ohio—September, 2010 –Growth Dynamics, Inc. (GDI) has been selected by Bates Footwear to support the targeted selection and retention of top sales performers.

Bates Footwear, a growing division of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., is committed to selecting, developing and retaining the best sales organization that represents the best company in the marketplace. The management team is seeking a focused, targeted process that impacts the performance, selection and training of the sales force. Bates Footwear will utilize GDI’s Sales Team Benchmark Methodology® to increase efficiencies, helping sales leadership asses the strengths of their existing sales team as well as develop a comprehensive model to help them attract, assess and hire new sales team members. Andrew Fowler, Vice President of Sales noted, "We are excited to have this new sales selection and retention process in place."

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GDI’s Sales Team Benchmark Methodology® is a powerful, full-cycle process that establishes an accurate profile of a top sales performer for a specific company. Unlike many of today’s conventional testing approaches, GDI defines the distinctive, company-specific role criteria, experience, skills, behavioral attributes and motivations that lead to the accurate selection and retention of the right talent. "Our proprietary tools develop targeted recruitment and retention strategies that help managers attract, interview and assess candidates," notes Ty Swain.

Growth Dynamics is a leading provider of world-class sales solutions for helping today’s leadership implement full-cycle solutions to attract, qualify, assess and select top performers in sales. For over a decade, GDI solutions have helped today’s top sales organizations optimize sales force performance through targeted methodologies for selection, performance and retention.