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The Future of SAM – Revisited

Strategic Account Management Association

They are: Stakeholder Value : Clients have all had to pivot to survive; as a result, the sources of value creation and relevant stakeholders have shifted. Kahn suggests that SAMs need to be “innovating markets…We have to look at the whole system of stakeholders and see how we can create value within that. ”. Be an orchestrator.

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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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The Enablement Profession at a Crossroads

Mike Kunkle

This conundrum can breed skepticism, both within the enablement team (as mentioned above) and from the stakeholders in their organization. The ability to convey this vision can rally senior leaders and front-line stakeholders alike behind our initiatives. Build Alliances: Alignment doesn’t occur in a vacuum.

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Five Steps to Help Your Team Master Virtual Selling

Miller Heiman Group

Changes include the addition of more, and likely new, stakeholders entering the buying and selling process. Increased client expectations add to challenges that include more meetings needed to progress opportunities. One impactful change to the process is the introduction of new stakeholders. Adapt to longer buying cycles.

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The quick guide to sales multithreading

Nutshell

Sales multithreading is the process of connecting with multiple stakeholders at the companies you hope to sell products and/or services to. stakeholders on the purchasing side. With sales multithreading, key stakeholders are identified at the beginning of the sales process and sold to simultaneously, minimizing this problem.

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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Red Star Kim

I deliver and facilitate strategy workshops and it’s always good to be able to recommend strategy books to delegates. I liked his checklist here – balancing governance with engagement – and recommending the use of external facilitators (I’m available for hire! I like that he extends to strategy execution and implementation.

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9 Ways to Get Ideas Brewing with Instant Coffee

Planview

We created Instant Coffee to help facilitate better idea generation — whether you’re a C-level executive thinking through your company’s next big move, or an individual contributor trying to collaboratively solve a problem with your team. Check out this blog for helpful tips for facilitating a successful Lean Coffee virtually.