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FROM EXECUTIVE SPONSORSHIP TO EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT

Strategic Account Management Association

The idea of executive engagement implies an accountable and engaged member of the account team, rather than a distant back-room player. Strategic account management is a team sport and requires cross-functional, multi-tiered vertical level engagement and strong accountability. Agile leadership.

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Why Start a (True) Key Account Management Initiative?

KAM With Passion

Polarized attitudes towards Key Account Management. True Key Account Management (KAM) or Strategic Account Management (SAM) remains a topic that polarizes the thinking and behaviours of business leaders. Key Account Management, what is it really?

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Transformation through Agile Leadership

Cosawi

Clarifying the executive sponsor role, behaviors (internally and externally) and expectations is critical to leverage the role as an accelerator and create executive accountability within the account team. Strategic account management is a team sport and requires cross-functional, vertical level engagement and strong accountability.

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Account-Based Selling: A Deep Dive with Lee Levitt and Ulrik Monberg

Arpedio

On a recent episode of the “Thoughts on Selling” podcast, host Lee Levitt sat down with Ulrik Monberg, CEO of ARPEDIO, to delve deep into the realm of account-based selling. In this episode, Lee interviews Ulrik Monberg , Founder and CEO of ARPEDIO, to explore the keys to success in Account-Based Selling.

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Account-Based Marketing: Time to future proof your marketing efforts to become customer-led and team enabled.

Cosawi

The second article addressed the critical role of Executive Sponsor engagement and how it can impact the success and resilience of your strategic customer partnership when done well. Taking this approach optimizes the engagement between the strategic account manager and marketing in this co-orchestration of the account plan.

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Top 20 Account Management Influencers 2023

SmartKarrot

In today’s economic environment, effective account management is essential for building and maintaining strong client relationships and achieving growth. From podcasts and webinars to blogs and social media posts, these influencers are using a range of channels to help other account managers learn, grow, and succeed.

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Why sales leadership is not enough for KAM

Louise Collins Associates

So when organisations have tried, and failed, to introduce Key Account Management (KAM) it is no different. My observation across multiple organisations is that KAM often lacks the leadership required to make it work. Effective Key Account Management (KAM) requires organisational leadership and specific coaching.