Companies not already implementing or trialing Ai are being left behind. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, playing catch up is difficult. But does Ai work for or against your existing workforce? How will the ‘Age of Ai’ affect the skills your company needs for the future.
Read MoreWhat can you stop doing to free up resources for high-value activities?
By Gary Peacock
We cannot deliver sustainable results by doing what we have always done. We need to find breakthrough solutions, solutions that cross departments, solutions that cross technologies and sometimes solutions that cross industries.
Read MoreThe products and services of many organisations are becoming commoditised, with the emergence of niche competitors that can provide true value to customers. To get competitive advantage, organisations need to solve problems internally and externally with fewer departmental barriers.
Read MoreValue for your organisation comes from solving business problems and seizing business opportunities for both your organisation and your top customers.
Solving problems or seizing opportunities as part of a team can leave many feeling frustrated. The usual response is "It would have been quicker if I had done it myself". Working in a team people either compete or conform. When competing they destroy ideas, when conforming they just suggest the usual, old ideas - never anything fresh or new.
Read MoreManaging accounts strategically requires a fundamental shift in the way companies work with their key accounts. Shifting from a selling-mindset to a problem-solving mindset.
With a selling-mindset you only focus on your revenue; with a problem-solving mindset you focus on how you can help your account improve their business results.
Read MoreIn competitive industries like yours, according to executives and experts you should implement Strategic Account Management (SAM). But isn't that just a fancy term for selling to C-Suite executives?
No. SAM is a different way of working with some of your customers.
Read MoreGlobal business is changing, and changing fast. Your major accounts, your top customers, want to work with you differently, with a clear focus on getting better. Your competitors are fighting on price and new and different competitors continue to emerge. For many companies this means less revenue, margin and profit.
Read MoreFor more effective pitches you need to make your presentations relevant and memorable. Show what value you can bring to your client to help then achieve their goals. Garr Reynolds has a ten point checklist to make your pitch a well-told story to win the business. It starts by turning off technology, so you can focus on the job at hand. Moving to technology only when you are ready to create your presentation - if that is the method you choose to use.
Read MoreThe world of business is becoming ever more global and constantly changing, and changing fast.
Companies have fewer customers producing larger share of their revenue and profit Losing one of these customers would have dramatic financial consequences. How would you replace their sales? How would you replace their margin? It's almost impossible to replace these customers because your competitors will protect their large customers at all cost.
Read MoreAs executives and senior managers are getting bombarded with numbers and data, we try to understand what this means.
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