Jermaine Edwards

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In 2016 I wrote a post on the five foundation steps for stakeholder management success in key account management, that was well received and guided lots of leaders. Our contacts and stakeholders just aren’t making decisions – How do we deal with their disengagement and getting pushed back and back while they still expect more from us?

Stakeholders 130

Stakeholders Decision-making Shareholders Key Account Management 130

Strategic Account Management Association

JANUARY 25, 2022

While this customer’s staff demonstrated both passion and expertise, to make this process a reality, they needed a project focused on innovative thinking, data-driven insights, stakeholder connectivity and patient/provider resources. Stakeholder management. My team and I led the internal mind-mapping of the customer’s stakeholders.

Healthcare 400

Healthcare Co-Creation Stakeholders Account Management 400

Red Star Kim

MAY 3, 2023

At the recent PM Forum workshop on stakeholder engagement and buy-in there was an interesting mix of delegates from law, accountancy and actuarial firms from across the UK and Ireland and even China. Stakeholder engagement and buy-in: Influence and persuasion skills using Aristotle and Knights and Dinosaurs.

Stakeholders 130

Stakeholders Digitalization Communication Decision-making 130

Account Manager Tips

MAY 9, 2024

Struggling with stakeholder engagement? Follow this easy ChatGPT prompt guide to develop your strategy and forge stronger connections in less time.

Stakeholders 100

Stakeholders Management 100

Hubspot Sales

MAY 10, 2023

Getting multiple stakeholders to arrive at a consensus is hard enough on its own, and bringing an additional decision-maker into the fold means adding a potential detractor to the mix. However, if they’re trying to help a friend out, your best bet may be to focus on the other stakeholders.

Stakeholders 128

Stakeholders Decision-making Meetings Software 128

Strategic Account Management Association

AUGUST 6, 2021

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.

Supply Chain 520

Supply Chain Logistics Co-Creation Account Management 520

Strategic Account Management Association

OCTOBER 14, 2021

If you make your units too small, you will be focusing attention on stakeholder and business drivers that aren’t truly strategic to your customer. Your team members will react better if they understand the relationship between any issue and existing information about the client’s business drivers, initiatives and stakeholders.

Account Planning 520

Account Planning CRM Account Management Decision-making 520

Upland

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Buying groups, or buying committees, are often composed of 10 stakeholders but can have more. It is the job of these trusted stakeholders to make sure that they make the right purchasing decision for their business or organization. Here’s how to just that when working with buying groups. What is a Buying Group in B2B Sales?

Decision-making 368

Decision-making Account Planning Stakeholders B2B 368

FinListics Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

As executive buyers bring in more stakeholders, sales teams must work through layers of priorities and decision-makers—all of which slows the process. When Momentum Slows, Deals Stall Sales cycles are getting longer, and with each added day, deals lose steam.

Stakeholders 78

Stakeholders B2B Sales 78

Strategic Account Management Association

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The co-value creation process includes your organization’s ability to engage internal stakeholders to sketch out a proposed co-value starting point that can be furthered with the customer early. Executives within the organization need to empower account managers through key internal stakeholders and step in to open doors when needed. #

Co-Creation 520

Co-Creation Suppliers Management Supply Chain 520

Strategic Account Management Association

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As the shift toward virtual selling accelerates, the salespeople who thrive in this new environment will be those who: • Understand both the similarities and differences between in-person and virtual selling • Know how to avoid common virtual selling pitfalls • Are able to establish rapport and build trust with new customers in a virtual environment (..)

Virtual Selling 520

Virtual Selling Suppliers Account Management e-Learning 520

Holden Advisors

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Always look for new ways that your customers might use your product or for other stakeholders that might benefit from your solutions. Then probe for financial benefits or business improvements that their customers will get. Most importantly, stay curious. Step 4: Build the financial model.

Procurement 369

Procurement Manufacturing Negotiation Stakeholders 369

Upland

AUGUST 25, 2023

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.

Stakeholders 195

Stakeholders Decision-making Sales Leadership 195

Upland

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Relationship mapping refers to the process of outlining the inner workings of an organization – the decision makers, influence, and political structure – to ascertain the path of least resistance to building meaningful relationships with stakeholders. What drives the relationship between two important stakeholders?

Account Strategy 195

Account Strategy Stakeholders B2B Decision-making 195

Account Manager Tips

JUNE 29, 2021

Create contact plans to keep in touch with key stakeholders in your company and your client's. GRAHAM Different stakeholders will value different things. Who are your stakeholders, and what floats their value boat? Stakeholders value business improvement. Stakeholders value business improvement.

Suppliers 246

Suppliers Shareholders Stakeholders Decision-making 246

FinListics Solutions

MARCH 11, 2024

Continuing our exploration of goal setting and executive compensation in our last blog, let’s delve deeper into FinListics’ Seven-Step Process for Developing Client Insight, that is reshaping enterprise sales.

Stakeholders 75

Stakeholders Sales 75

Red Star Kim

MARCH 1, 2024

At the recent Training – PM Forum on “ Buy-in, engagement and stakeholder management ” workshop we welcomed executive and manager delegates from legal and accountancy firms as well as a delegate from Poland. Delegate poll results Which topic is of most interest?

Stakeholders 130

Stakeholders Decision-making Emotional Intelligence Communication 130

Strategic Account Management Association

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

While there are no easy answers to these questions, we anticipate that the COVID-19 crisis will force all industry stakeholders to step outside their silos and seek collaborative, cross-industry solutions to these and other emerging health care challenges. However, no trend effectively bridges the existing gaps across industry stakeholders.

Supply Chain 400

Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence Innovation Suppliers 400

Upland

MARCH 29, 2023

Benefits of mapping relationships in a CRM strategy Here are a few ways that relationship mapping can be an important part of your customer relationship management strategy: Identifying key stakeholders: Relationship mapping helps identify the key decision-makers and influencers within an account.

CRM 195

CRM Management Stakeholders Decision-making 195

Clarity Engagement Solutions

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Tailored by vertical industry and 100% native to Salesforce Lightning, CX1™ makes it easy for sales and account teams to map stakeholder relationships, identify the sources of decision-making influence and manage a larger number of better-qualifed opportunities as a result. That’s where Clarity CX1™ comes in. Request a CX1™ Demo Here.

Stakeholders 172

Stakeholders Decision-making Account Planning Prioritization 172

Red Star Kim

AUGUST 11, 2022

Then it looks at the change management process (without mandating particular processes or steps) in detail – with an emphasis on stakeholder engagement before, during and after the change process and the various process groups and inputs/outputs required: Evaluate change impact and organizational readiness. Define the change.

Management 130

Management Stakeholders Digital Transformation e-Learning 130

Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 30, 2023

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.

Leadership 293

Leadership Stakeholders Decision-making Sales Training 293

Mike Kunkle

APRIL 8, 2023

Although, in complex B2B opportunities, especially with longer sales cycles, qualification – like discovery – may be ongoing, because new stakeholders are introduced, others leave, budgets shift, and in general, things change.) To start, assess the Buyer Type for each stakeholder. Here’s what I mean.

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B2B Decision-making Sales Stakeholders 243

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 24, 2021

They have an ideal result that they're trusting a firm and its stakeholders to achieve. Scope creep occurs when those stakeholders wind up adding additional functions, features, requirements, or other unauthorized work as a project progresses. Differences in Stakeholders' Opinions. Overly Long Projects.

Stakeholders 132

Stakeholders Leadership Decision-making Communication 132

SBI Growth

MARCH 2, 2022

The goal is to gain confidence across the company and stakeholders. You need to develop a strategy with a clear execution plan that will be ready for the first major organizational interaction, whether it be a board meeting or QBR. However, before the high-fives can begin, there is work to be done.

Stakeholders 150

Stakeholders Sales Meetings 150

Red Star Kim

JULY 11, 2022

There are lots of articles on internal communications, buy-in and stakeholder engagement. Animal magic of buy-in and stakeholder engagement (Video) (kimtasso.com). Ten top takeaways on stakeholder engagement and buy in (kimtasso.com). Align stakeholder needs and expectations. 36% Sort of. Break out session summaries.

Innovation 130

Innovation Marketing Stakeholders Value Proposition 130

Red Star Kim

AUGUST 7, 2023

Raya Blakeley-Glover, Global Head of Business Development – Markets and Business Relationships, Bird & Bird Amanda Afful, Senior BD Executive, Bird & Bird (Moderator) Employee communications There was a discussion about the importance of internal communication for stakeholder engagement and buy-in.

Communication 130

Communication Management Value Proposition Stakeholders 130

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

If you have to reschedule a meeting, get in touch with the other relevant stakeholders ASAP — ideally via a quick communication method like chat or email. When rescheduling, be respectful of your fellow stakeholders' time. The stakeholders you‘re meeting with will understand where you’re coming from if you need to reschedule.

Meetings 110

Meetings Stakeholders Communication Sales 110

Red Star Kim

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The processes to obtain and analyse data, engage all stakeholders, consider the options and implications, make choices and be pragmatic about implementation. 21% Strategic analysis 14% Strategy options 0% Strategy choice 65% Strategy implementation “Stakeholders changing the strategy part way through!”

Marketing 130

Marketing Strategic Thinking Stakeholders Artificial Intelligence 130

Upland

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

These tools are a centralized repository where relevant information about individuals, key stakeholders, potential opportunities, next steps, and more can be accessed. This approach extends beyond the sales department to include marketing, customer support, and other key stakeholders.

Decision-making 195

Decision-making Stakeholders Customer Experience CRM 195

Nutshell

MARCH 15, 2021

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.

Sales 141

Sales Stakeholders Decision-making Facilitation 141

Strategic Account Management Association

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

By rallying revenue teams around people and their problems, we can build a motion that truly centers on the customer and that benefits all stakeholders in the process. To do so, we have to be intentional about both gathering and sharing information visually across the revenue team so that everyone is equipped to row together.

Account Planning 400

Account Planning Supply Chain Prioritization Digital Transformation 400

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Remembering who each of these stakeholders are, their roles and responsibilities, and relationship to the decision-maker can be even more difficult. Of course, there will be other times when you want to remember something later or share a helpful comment to a colleague or stakeholder in another department. Attendance. Private Notes.

Meetings 143

Meetings Decision-making Stakeholders Sales 143

Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

To better influence senior stakeholders and also support junior levels coming through How are M&BD roles changing? What do fee-earners expect from M&BD? Psychological safety and the importance of this in projects (see A general law of interpersonal relationships?

Emotional Intelligence 130

Emotional Intelligence Marketing Stakeholders Communication 130

Red Star Kim

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Some guidance is provided: Be more visible – the PVI model (kimtasso.com) and Be visible, assert and challenge and remember your goals (kimtasso.com) Other points of interest How to engage fee-earners?

Marketing 130

Marketing Stakeholders Communication Digitalization 130

ClearPoint Strategy

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The leadership team or stakeholders identify the major issues and goals as a first step. From there, stakeholders will create action plans for each goal and begin tracking and measuring progress. The goal is to establish common visions and values for all stakeholders. Stakeholders create personal action plans.

Stakeholders 145

Stakeholders Software Software Organization 145

Customer Think

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

One of the best advantages of using Agile is a relatively short time-to-market which saves both internal and external stakeholders precious time and money. The Agile methodology promises numerous benefits that companies love. Other benefits include heightened productivity, intuitive teamwork, increased efficiency, and more.

Organization 111

Organization Stakeholders Marketing 111