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How Aramex’s Young SAM Program Provides Strategic Value and Impact

Strategic Account Management Association

Executive Sponsorship: Maps key customer stakeholders to executives and experts inside Aramex. Forecasting and Business Outlook: Provides forecasts and regular formal status updates to ensure visibility of the business performance and outlook to the internal stakeholders. Change is challenging both internally and externally.

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Winning Over Buying Groups: How to Sell to Multiple B2B Decision Makers

Brooks Group

77% of B2B buyers report their last purchase was complex, involving multiple stakeholders. More stakeholders means longer sales cycles. Sellers need sophisticated communication and consultative skills to understand varying stakeholder needs. Decision-making time, compared to five to seven years ago, has increased by 60%.

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Shortcuts Salespeople Should Never Take, According to Experts

Hubspot Sales

Imagine the majority of your prospects are finance managers. For enterprise deals, the number can jump as high as 10-15 stakeholders. A solid approach to handling this is multi-threading, aka building relationships with multiple stakeholders at your target companies.

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The Art Behind Becoming a Strategic PMO Leader

Planview

Throughout her career, she has developed expertise in project portfolio management , process improvement , change leadership , and stakeholder management. Then, I identify all stakeholders, flagging who is an assister, a resistor, and a neutral. But portfolio management wasn’t always her field.

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Influence Mapping: Why it’s Necessary to Your Sales Strategy

Upland

An influence map is a visual tool that helps you identify and understand the stakeholders who have a say in your project or decision. It can be used to: Identify the key stakeholders who need to be engaged in order to achieve your goals. Understand the relationships between stakeholders and how they influence each other.

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Winning With Internal Stakeholders

Whetstone

Engaging Internal Stakeholders in Strategic Accounts Introduction : No one questions the critical importance of effective stakeholder engagement in managing strategic accounts. However, the critical importance of internal stakeholders is often overlooked until it’s too late.

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Selling Just Got Even Harder With Economic Uncertainty (Money Monday)

Sales Gravy

Mistakes can put their business, company, career, finances, or family at risk. Mistakes can put their business, company, career, finances, or family at risk. The penalties for making mistakes can be severe. This is why, for buyers, doing nothingmaking no decisionis often the emotionally safe choice, even when staying put is illogical.