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Achieving the 90/10 Ratio: Improving Meeting Efficiency for Success

AchieveIt

Some of your organization’s best minds fill the boardroom for a scheduled strategy meeting. This meeting presents a valuable opportunity to harness their expertise and identify solutions to the most pressing issues facing your strategy. In a one-hour meeting, that’s just 6 minutes. No guidance for the frontline team.

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Operational Meetings vs. Strategy Review Meetings: What’s the Difference?

OnStrategyHQ

As expert planners, we’re often asked what the difference is between a strategy review meeting and the other types of meetings our clients commonly already hold. Here’s a quick breakdown: Meeting Type. Deep-dive into critical issues, brainstorming, and problem solving. -->. Time Required. Purpose/Format.

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Back to the Future: F2F selling is returning, but virtual selling is here to stay

Strategic Account Management Association

Moreover, many salespeople we interviewed report that both they and their customer counterparts are often more focused, and more efficient, in virtual interactions than in face-to-face meetings. At the same time the advantages of virtual selling are rising to the fore, so too are its challenges and limitations, as seen in Figure 2.

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Stop Admiring the Problem…Get Thee to a Customer Advisory Board Meeting!

Farland Group

What I really needed was a quick brainstorm-sesh with my fellow neighbors to hear what was working on their driveway / ice rinks. I know brainstorm sessions can prove to be extremely valuable. Sitting around the virtual meeting table and having a therapy session to collectively discuss a particular problem is beneficial.

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Lessons from a Winning Global Account Management (GAM) Program

Strategic Account Management Association

Flexibility : When the global pandemic rerouted our focus, we swiftly adjusted to meet our customer needs by leveraging the power of community. Customers brainstormed new ideas for solving common problems and avoiding common pitfalls. Reaching New Clients by Scaling the Existing GAM Program. million at program launch to $8.4

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9 Ways to Get Ideas Brewing with Instant Coffee

Planview

No matter what type of work you do, you likely do a fair amount of brainstorming, planning, and “noodling” in your daily work. Instant Coffee is a new way to brainstorm and collaborate with your team and others. A product team uses Instant Coffee to brainstorm ideas for the next quarter. Brainstorming.

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How to manage a remote agency team, with Gustavo Razzetti

Account Management Skills

He shared some very thought-provoking insights for agency leaders and agency teams, including how remote working is only amplifying the positive and the negative aspects of your agency culture that were already present how to fix the issues how to make your remote brainstorming meetings more effective why agencies need to strike a balance between being (..)