Leadership drives better results & negotiations with suppliers

As some of you know, from the last blog that I have just returned from an executive workshop at the Harvard Law School, Boston, USA. One main message from the “Negotiation and Leadership” workshop was ...

Negotiation, Stephen KozickiStephen Kozicki5 June 2014FOGM, Leadership, MGSM, Negotiation, Procurement, Strategic Supplies, Training, Consulting, Problem SolvingComment

Negotiations need a solid framework

In their marketplace, your top accounts are under tremendous pressure and are struggling to deal with ...

Negotiation, Stephen KozickiStephen Kozicki5 June 2014MGSM, Training, Account Management, Persuading, Consulting, Negotiation, Problem Solving Comments

With your best customers, should you Persuade or Negotiate?

When consulting, clients often ask when should I negotiate with my best customers?
To answer this question we ...

Gary Peacock, Negotiation, PersuasionGary Peacock5 June 2014Account Management, Negotiation, Persuading, Consulting, Logic & EmotionComment

Managing Strategic Accounts in China

We have entered a new phase, what I call the Era of Rapid Adaptability® of balancing our intuitive self (the Gut feeling) with ...

SAM, Stephen KozickiStephen Kozicki5 June 2014Account Management, Strategic Account Management, China, Culture, Differences, Negotiation Comment

How do you influence your best customers - part 3

In Part 2 we recommended you should ask one simple question: What business results can we help them achieve? The next challenge for you is ...

Gary Peacock, Persuasion, Account Management, SAMGary Peacock5 June 2014Account Management, Negotiation, Persuading, ConsultingComment

Persuading customers you can’t afford to lose - part 2

In part 1, we suggested identifying your customers you can’t afford to lose by looking at ...

Persuasion, Gary Peacock, Account Management, SAMGary Peacock5 June 2014Account Management, Negotiation, Persuading, Consulting, Problem SolvingComment

Risk Management is a key part of Account Management

As we saw with Gary’s post last week, the world of strategic account management is changing faster than the world of social media. To remain a key partner, you must ...

Stephen Kozicki, SAMStephen Kozicki5 June 2014Training, Account Management, Persuading, Consulting, Negotiation, Problem Solving Comment

Persuading customers you can’t afford to lose - part 1

Who are the customers you can’t afford to lose? Often they are those customers who ...

Persuasion, Gary Peacock, Account Management, SAMGary Peacock4 June 2014Account Management, Negotiation, Persuading, Consulting, Problem SolvingComment

Account Leadership is about Accountability

Like many of our clients in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA, I continually look at ways to grow a sustainable revenue stream and EBIT from our client base. We grow revenue and profit from our top clients by ...

Stephen Kozicki, SAMStephen Kozicki4 June 2014Account Management, Persuading, Training, Account, Consulting, Solve Impossible Problems, Pro, Negotiation, Problem Solving Comment

Solving Impossible Business Problems

One of the purposes of the Gordian Blog is to help busy managers in fast-growing or mature organizations solve ...

Gary Peacock, Business ProblemsGary Peacock4 June 2014Account Management, Business Problems, Negotiation, Persuading, Solve Impossible Problems, Problem Solving, SYIP Comments

Sheena Iyengar says; "The average CEO makes 50% of their decisions in 9 minutes or less."

As we mentioned in our last post, chaotic change is occurring in the business world so you need to be able to ...

Gary Peacock, Business ProblemsGary Peacock4 June 2014Sheena Iyengar, TED, Video, Choices Comment

DECISIVE ACTION IN 2012

We need bold and decisive action in 2012 to deal with the issues of our day. We have entered a new phase, what I call the Era of Rapid Adaptability® (ERA). This means that we need to ...

Stephen Kozicki, SAMStephen Kozicki4 June 20143M, ERA, Era of Rapid Agility, Training, Account Management, Persuading, Consulting, Negotiation, Problem Solving Comment