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The future of Strategic Global Account Management
Professor Stefan Wengler shares his latest insights on the “The future of Strategic Global Account Management”: His research shows that, increasingly, a systematic SGAM approach needs to be extended to other players along the supply chain. It’s already happening in some sectors but others seem reluctant to admit that they may not sell anything direct…
Developing Key Account Managers as Leaders
For Lufthansa Systems, key account manager leadership is an obligation, not an option. For over a year the business has been working hard on this issue. Alistair Thursfield, Head of Key Account Management, explained why and how the whole organisation had been driving three core attributes critical to the kind of leadership it wants to…
Contract disputes and how to avoid them
How to make sure you never see the contract again? Because something’s gone wrong it you do!
Why KAM fails Pt. 2
Richard Ilsley and Olivier Rivière agree that focusing solely on revenue is a pitfall, and discuss the power of setting clear alternative goals that involve every corner of the company. They explore the essential need for clarity in organizational goals, effective measures, and a shift from short-term pressures to long-term success. Uncover the strategies to…
New key account managers: what tangled webs they weave!
ISM’s senior lecturer Kristina Maikštėnienė’s fascinating presentation on networks made everyone realise a) how important they are in KAM; b) that they hadn’t given nearly enough attention to them; and c) they certainly would now! We saw how different networks could be drawn according to different criteria, so defining the network basis is the place to start.…
External stakeholder networks and KAM: Beyond the dyad
How to understand, survive and thrive as a KAM in today’s business ecosystems Join Professor Paul Smith in this insightful webinar as he explores the topic of External Stakeholder Networks and Key Account Management (KAM). Drawing on his extensive experience in B2B marketing and management consulting, he provides valuable insights into how external stakeholder networks…
Team engagement and effectiveness
Key customers, when asked why they select one supplier over other options, frequently refer first to the quality of the chosen suppliers team, the alignment, efficiency of working and ease of jointly building business. Yet in many key account programmes, the focus is on the rigors of account selection, strategies, value propositions and customer insight…
Sharing customer knowledge – a total organisational approach
This webinar was hosted by Jeremy Campbell Executive Director, Marketing and Business Development, EMCOR Group UK and Steven Dolan UK Key Account Director, EMCOR Group UK. How do you get a Facilities Management biased business to focus on customers and customer value when the main thrust of the business is on providing services? How do you get any business…
