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You’ll need a well-developed relationship to implement your plan, but what does ‘relationship’ mean in a KAM context? Key account mangers often fail to understand it and are deluded about the quality of their customer relationships. Richard Ilsley and Olivier Rivière talk about what a real KAM relationship looks like, what it can achieve, and…
You can’t just write a plan, you need first to devise a strategy based on great customer understanding (why and how) before nailing down the activity (what?) and the people to address (who?). Key account managers often complain that plans are a waste of time and don’t get used – which is ironic, when it’s…
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…
In this episode of Talking KAM, Board Members and global KAM consultants Richard Ilsley and Olivier Rivière discuss failure in KAM. Which may initially sound negative but actually addresses fundamental points for success. Sometimes more is learned from what has gone wrong than reiterating the ‘right’ intentions and actions, which may gloss over some of the real issues. May 1, 2023Sorry, no…
Join Richard Ilsley and Dominykas Cibulskas as they discuss what key and strategic account management really means. Account management comes in many forms these days. We hear terms like key account management, strategic account management, national account management, and more. To add to this growing list of labels, the emergence of disciplines such as customer…
The value key account managers bring to their employer may be obvious, but is the value they bring to their customer equally clear? The relationship will die if there isn’t enough value for the account, and yet this key element is often overlooked. Dominykas Cibulskas and Richard Illsley talk about what value in KAM means…
Alistair Taylor suspects a minority of companies operate executive sponsorship for KAM. Yet Rafi Habibian is clear that it’s essential to show the key account that the organisation is serious about their importance as well as demonstrating the role of KAM internally. But how does it work, what do good executive sponsors do – and…
Alistair Taylor introduces this discussion on what competencies and personal attributes make for high performance in KAM. Capita’s Mike Green and AKAM’s Diana Woodburn see the emphasis shifting from the ‘push’, selling approach towards the ‘pull’ strategy of KAM, requiring more personal attributes like curiosity, emotional intelligence and influencing – and a great deal more.…
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