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Character Matters: Learn How to Become a Better SAM

Strategic Account Management Association

Dr. Fred Kiel, co-founder of KRW International , a global leadership consulting firm and Kelly Garramone, CEO of KRW and Executive Director of the KRW Research Institute, prove that character “isn’t kumbaya.” Tough Leadership ? Good Leadership. By Rowena Abrahams, Contributing Editor, SAMA. Insights Level ($1,495).

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Want to Accelerate Your SAM Journey? Create a Center of Excellence

Strategic Account Management Association

Organizations are already planning for this new- or next-normal hybrid model and have worked hard to elevate the needed skill sets of their commercial teams – especially strategic account managers. The pandemic has forced organizations to pivot and reinvent how they engage with customers. These changes would otherwise have taken years.

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FROM EXECUTIVE SPONSORSHIP TO EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT

Strategic Account Management Association

In our organization’s work, we see much confusion and lack of clarity on executive sponsorship, even when it is in place. The SAM should be able to count on the help of the executive sponsor in amplifying the voice of the customer throughout the organization, particularly at the executive level. Agile leadership.

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Got CXM? Why customer experience management isn’t just a nice-to-have for strategic account management

Strategic Account Management Association

And yet most SAM organizations — large and small — haven’t tapped this potentially huge source of competitive differentiation. First, a definition of terms: CRM CRM software keeps sales processes organized and aligned with best practices up to the point that a deal is closed. This is where CXM shines.

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A New Age of Hybrid Leadership

Speaker: Renee Thomas and Alexis Barone, Wrike Team

It's time for project managers to gain a new understanding of what good leadership looks like in the future of work. What the future of work looks like for customer-facing organizations and teams. On the other side of the coin, some teams still crave the social, in-person dynamic of work. How to address employee burnout. And much more!

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

Strategic Account Management Association

The program was sponsored by the CEO of Aramex, who created the role of chief commercial officer to drive the required change with the support of the whole C-suite in close cooperation and partnership with the leadership of the regions. A new central commercial organization was born. Tier 1: Organizational Structure.

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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

SAMA and Boston Consulting Group partnered in May 2020 to conduct a study aimed at discovering the early changes to customer expectations for sales organizations as a result of the COVID pandemic. Now more than ever, many customers are looking for suppliers that effectively offer strategic thought leadership. 4: Focus on value.