by Nick Anderson | May 3, 2021 | Alignment, Focusing Change To Win, Negotiating, Sales Effectiveness
Rackham & Carlisle’s research on the differences between successful negotiators vs. their average counterparts was illuminating. It had an impact as very few studies have investigated what actually goes on face-to-face during a negotiation, mainly because: Real...
by Nick Anderson | May 3, 2021 | Negotiating, Sales Effectiveness
Having salespeople with clear minds in negotiations has never been more important. In the conflicted world of sales negotiation, the tensions between closing a deal and not losing commission are just two factors which leaves money on the table. Then, there are mixed...
by Nick Anderson | Nov 10, 2020 | Change Management, Crisis Management, Focusing Change To Win, influence, Leadership, Nick's Blog, productivity, Sales Effectiveness
Why is building productive relationships so important? As Terry Merriman says, “Performance is Personal Before it is Organizational”. None of us work in a vacuum. Improved workplace performance requires productive relationships with peers, bosses, subordinates,...
by Nick Anderson | Mar 18, 2020 | Change Management, Focusing Change To Win, Getting People on the Same Page, Nick's Blog, Project Management, Sales Effectiveness, Sales Management
In normal times somewhere between 45%-70% of change fails to some degree in North America. Now you have Covid-19. So, what are you going to do to succeed? Apart from understandable anxiety, How misaligned with your people? Many make this worse by being driven to plan...
by Nick Anderson | Nov 2, 2018 | Nick's Blog, Sales Effectiveness, Sales Management, Uncategorized
An account plan is essentially a change management plan. Strategic account management is, after all, about creating a vision and inspiring buyers with that vision of what’s possible and the difference you can make for them, if they were to align more closely and...
by Nick Anderson | Feb 3, 2017 | Sales Effectiveness, Sales Management
Most sales leaders at some time get stuck trying to fix things with more of the same, and not doing different things. Typical reasons: Fear of “sticking their heads above the parapet”(again) Not trusting their bosses, peers or their people Not trusting the new and...
