Heartland Payment Systems Selects Growth Dynamics for Multi-Year Agreement: Heartland Payment Systems Selects Growth Dynamics for Multi-Year Agreement ()

Heartland Payment Systems Selects Growth Dynamics for Multi-Year Agreement

March 2008

Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), a leading provider of credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payment services, today announced it has signed Growth Dynamics as their partner for a multi-year agreement to help sales management test, qualify, assess and select sales professionals who meet a targeted benchmark standard for success that is aligned with the role of sales, the company, culture and customer. Although many of today’s leading testing firms such as HR Chally, Caliper, Profiles International and many others were considered during a 14 month beta test and validation, Growth Dynamics was selected because of the full-cycle approach. Sanford Brown, Chief Sales Officer noted, “as a leader in our industry, Growth Dynamics brought an advanced, full-cycle approach that other companies could not provide. GDI’s methodology helps us to better attract, assess, qualify and select the right people that fit the role and our company. And, they track turnover for us as well. Now we can help our managers attract better talent, develop the right people and retain our top performers. “

Ty Swain, CEO of Growth Dynamics also noted “Heartland’s growth and success has been monumental by all standards. With a sales force of over 1,600 and growing, our full-cycle methodology not only helps Heartland Managers attract and select the right talent for sales, we also track the turnover and solutions to improve retention.”

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.