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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

In business, it has created an opportunity to reflect on how companies are managing customers, and it has given customers a window of opportunity to re-evaluate their supplier relationships to determine which partnerships are truly valuable. We’re seeing it first hand.

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How to negotiate with procurement, with Mike Lander

Account Management Skills

In this episode, I chat to Mike Lander, CEO of Piscari, a former procurement director who now assists sales teams in negotiating with procurement departments. We also dive into a five-step framework to help you negotiate more effectively and shed light on some questionable tactics employed by less experienced procurement professionals.

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Re-framing Procurement Negotiations: From Buying and Selling to Decision Making

5600 Blue

Over ten years ago, after having spent more than 20 years a salesperson, VP sales and sales consultant, we secured our first contract to provide negotiation training for the procurement arm of a major US airline. I’ve also had the good fortune to write a negotiation for buyers book with supply chain management expert Rosemary Coates.

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

CM Partners

We developed the concept of Lateral Leadership from our work in the field of high-stakes negotiation. Furthermore, the traditional boundaries separating employees, contractors, consultants, partners, suppliers and customers are more blurred than ever. Reporting lines are, if no longer matrixed, certainly not purely vertical.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Landing Your First Enterprise Client

SmartKarrot

The contract negotiation is the last of several challenges you must clear up, including introductions, calls, meetings, follow-up emails, and demonstrations. Enterprise sales: Selling a good or service to an enterprise involves a lengthy sales cycle, numerous stakeholders, a lot of money, many risks, and a lot of complexity.