{"product_id":"the-seven-keys-to-managing-strategic-accounts-hardcover","title":"The Seven Keys to Managing Strategic Accounts - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSallie Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoseph Sperry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSamuel Reese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarket-proven strategies to generate competitive advantage by identifying and always taking care of your best customers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seven Keys to Managing Strategic Accounts \u003c\/i\u003eprovides decision makers with a proactive program for profitably managing their largest, most critical customers--their strategic accounts. Drawing on the expertise of S4 Consulting, Inc., a leading-edge provider of strategic account consulting, and Miller Heiman, a global sales training leader serving many Fortune 500companies, this how-to book shows how many of today's market leaders have learned to focus on their most profitable customers, avoiding or overcoming common errors before they become relationship-crippling disasters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlacing its total focus on the design and implementation of cost-effective strategic account management programs, this hands on book provides: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA world-class competency model for strategic account managers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechniques for developing a program to manage and grow \"co-destiny\" relationships \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamples and cases from Honeywell, 3M, and other leading corporations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop-to-Bottom Techniques for Keeping Your Best Customers In-House and Happy--and Away from Your Competition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic accounts are your firm's lifeblood; they play a critical role in its success or failure. \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Keys to Managing Strategic Accounts \u003c\/i\u003eis filled with best practices and examples of how to intelligently manage key interactions and relationships with these vital accounts--for greater loyalty, higher profitability, and consistent competitive advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLet this hands-on guidebook's compelling case studies and examples help you to: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate firm-wide alignment and commitment to meeting the needs and expectations of strategic accounts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop multi-level relationships within these accounts, from line managers to upper executives \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinually quantify and communicate the value delivered to--and received from--strategic accounts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour firm's strategic accounts are its most valuable customers. Discover how today's marketing leaders are designing and implementing cost-effective, results-oriented strategic account programs, and how you can follow their lead, in \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Keys to Managing Strategic Accounts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Keys to Managing Strategic Accounts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book tells it right...there is no magic pill for handling strategic accounts. The author's seven keys, however, are spot on for ensuring strategic account management success.\"--Tom VanHootegem, Director, National Account Program, Boise Office Solutions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Although all customers are important, there are certain customers you cannot afford to ignore or live without...\"--From the Preface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic accounts are your firm's most significant accounts. Chances are they are also your most imperiled.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy? Because as your customer service employees work overtime tending to your most demanding accounts, and as your sales force works overtime searching for new business, your strategic accounts may begin to feel overlooked. Instead of investing your firm's assets to ensure that strategic accounts receive impeccable service, you under-invest--leaving the door wide open to your competitors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seven Keys to Managing Strategic Accounts \u003c\/i\u003eprovides you with a step-by-step approach for providing your best accounts with performance that will make and keep them satisfied, even delighted. A synergistic collaboration between S4 Consulting and Miller Heiman, two of today's leading providers of strategic account management and sales development solutions, this hands-on book provides you with front-line benefits including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA market-proven model for developing, managing, and measuring a world-class strategic account program \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMethodologies for getting everyone in your organization to understand--and buy into--strategic account management \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuman resources solutions for finding, attracting, and compensating your industry's top account managers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We have listed in this book the challenges we have seen most often in helping clients with strategic account management--as well as keys to overcoming them.\"--From the Preface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe day-to-day difficulties and distractions of servicing second-tier accounts can divert your attention from the unspoken, but imperative, needs of your top accounts. \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Keys to Managing Strategic Accounts\u003c\/i\u003e details how today's market leaders are successfully reorienting themselves to focus on their most valuable, cash-cow customers. Now let it show you how to avoid or overcome easy-to-miss errors and oversights before they become disasters that deliver your best customers into the arms of your competitors--who will be only too happy to learn from your mistakes and turn your formerly \"safe\" customers into their newest strategic accounts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSallie Sherman, Ph.D. \u003c\/b\u003eis the president of S4 Consulting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Sperry, Ph.D. \u003c\/b\u003eis a partner with S4 Consulting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Reese \u003c\/b\u003eis president and CEO of Miller Heiman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.44 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45190790807654,"sku":"9780071417525","price":53.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ck9DeXptMGF6dm5ybVQ1bUxhWmJ1Zz09.webp?v=1773453027","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-seven-keys-to-managing-strategic-accounts-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}