Tag Archive for: Strategy
On the 12th day of Christmas my key account said to me “you can sharpen terms on the doves and pear trees”.
When a lot of your business is controlled or dependent on a few large accounts… Read more
12 Days of Xmas #11: My true love gave to me a £100,000 training budget to improve my team’s Customer Management capabilities!
/in Customer Management /by Alan ThompsonOn the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me a £100,000 training budget to improve my team’s Customer Management capabilities next year!
I can imagine that many of us would be… Read more
12 Days of Xmas #10: My Sales Director said to me “We are all miserable and down-trodden, even though we’re bringing sales in”
/in Sales and Account Management /by Peter LaversOn the 10th day of Christmas my Sales Director said to me “We’re all miserable and down-trodden, even though we’re bringing sales in.”
There is no doubt that many B2B busines… Read more
12 Days of Xmas #9: My Directors said to me “we’re changing strategy”
/in Business Capabilities /by Dr Mark HollyoakeOn the 9th day of Christmas my Directors said to me “we’re changing strategy”
Remember the days when company boards set a strategy for three to five years and then stayed on to see it t… Read more
12 Days of Xmas #8: my boss asked me to set up a Key Account Management process and I don’t know where to start
/in Sales and Account Management /by Alan ThompsonOn the 8th day of Christmas I woke up in a panic as the big day was less than a week away and I still didn’t know what to buy my partner for Christmas; and at work my boss has asked me to set up… Read more
12 Days of Xmas #7: my COO said to me “How can our operations be more customer focused?”
/in Business Capabilities /by Peter LaversOn the 7th day of Christmas my COO said to me “How can our operations be more customer focused?”
It’s one thing to talk strategically about customer centricity in B2B but it’s anothe… Read more
12 Days of Xmas #6: My head of customer experience said to me “If Santa can map his journey to deliver on time then why can’t we?”
/in Business Capabilities /by Alan ThompsonOn the 6th day of Christmas my head of customer experience said to me, “If Santa can map his journey to deliver on time then why can’t we?”
Well ok, that may be too difficult a task for us… Read more
12 Days of Xmas #5: I created Five Golden Rules for Distribution Management
/in Business Capabilities /by Dr Mark HollyoakeThe 5th day of Christmas: Five Gold Rules (for Distributor Management)
I realised that I was way behind in Distributor Management; I skipped all the maids, hens, lady’s leaping, d… Read more
12 Days of Xmas #4: My contact centre manager said to me: We have to simplify our contact channels
/in Business Capabilities /by Peter LaversOn the 4th day of Christmas my contact centre manager said to me, “We have to simplify our contact channels”
Many marketers complain about the unresponsiveness of customers, but… Read more
12 Days of Xmas #3: My largest customer said to me: we need to explore a more formalised relationship
/in Business Capabilities /by Dr Mark HollyoakeOn the 3rd day of Christmas my largest customer said to me “we need to explore a more formalised relationship”.
A call or note like this from a customer who provides a significant amo… Read more