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Turning lemons into lemonade: Five ways to reset on customer management fundamentals in a post-pandemic world

Strategic Account Management Association

At that time, customers told us they were less focused on price in negotiations and more focused on keeping the business running, with expectations including: Changes (increase or decrease) in supply chain deliveries Delays in payment schedules Changes in allocation of volume contracted.

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Preparing M&BD professionals for the future – learning, skills and knowledge transfer

Red Star Kim

Launch event: PM Forum I also looked the Managing Partners’ Forum “Consensus through collaboration” Leadership Development Programme which is available for both firmwide and divisional leaders as well as functional leaders such as CMOs.

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Achieve more engagement and buy-in: Relationships, Plan, Expectations, Benefits, Persuasion and Training

Red Star Kim

At the recent Training – PM Forum on “ Buy-in, engagement and stakeholder management ” workshop we welcomed executive and manager delegates from legal and accountancy firms as well as a delegate from Poland. Please let me know if you have anything to contribute (on an anonymous basis if necessary).

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21 Free Courses for Key Account Managers to Boost Your Skills Now

Account Manager Tips

Leadership 7. Because the job is so varied and involves many different tasks, you need a lot of skills to do it well: Strategic thinking Influencing Business management Leadership Teamwork Change management Innovation and creativity Solution design and positioning Relationship building Sales Project management Phew! Creativity 2.

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Be more strategic: Top-down or bottom-up, marketing and sales integration and property marketing

Red Star Kim

But in essence it is about whether strategy is developed by a centralised leadership team or by those running the business units or divisions. In practice, there is usually an iterative process where top-down and bottom-up strategies are negotiated and aligned. Some think about a centralised or decentralised approach to strategy.

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Lateral Leadership: A New Approach to Leadership in Today’s Evolving Corporate Environment

CM Partners

Traditional approaches to leadership fail to arm employees with the tools they need to optimize outcomes in this environment. We developed the concept of Lateral Leadership from our work in the field of high-stakes negotiation. Why Traditional Ideas on Leadership Are No Longer Sufficient.

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What is Alliance Management?

Peter Simoons

Negotiation and Agreement Collaborating with the partner organisations to negotiate and establish the terms, conditions and legal agreements governing the alliance. It is especially those differences that you’ll need to bridge during the lifecycle of the partnership. This list of activities is far from complete.