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Big Customer Negotiating: Dancing with a Gorilla

Holden Advisors

Those negotiations are often tough and focus on price. As a result of those brutal negotiations, the oftentimes smaller seller will lose money or barely break even. The truth is that we see large and small sellers often give too much during hard, price-oriented negotiations with big customers.

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How Women in Leadership Are Mastering Influence, Credibility, and Tough Conversations

SBI Growth

The path to leadership is more than climbing the corporate ladder. True leadership comes with overcoming obstacles, creating space for others, and mastering the art of negotiation and influence. If youre an executive interested to join a future growth forum, request your invite here.

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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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MDI’s Leadership Lab: Unlocking the Future of Leadership Training

MDI Training

MDI’s Leadership Lab: Unlocking the Future of Leadership Training Would you like to listen to this article? Traditional formatsclassroom sessions, workshops, and coachingremain essential for leadership development, providing deep insights and impactful learning experiences.

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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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We’re All in Sales – Or Maybe Not

Mike Kunkle

We’re trying to persuade, influence, and negotiate to get what we want and get others to do what we want. It’s “other-centric” servant leadership (leading, serving, acting in your buyers’ and customers’ best interests, creating, communicating, and confirming value, and change management).

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

Brooks Group

The buyers journey has become a complex negotiation requiring diplomacy, deep understanding, and the ability to build cross-functional consensus. Executive Leadership (CEO, COO, CFO, CRO) Leadership stakeholders want to know how a product or service aligns with the companys overall strategy.

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