Playing the game is not the same thing as playing to win. You can play the game, simply going through the motions, without intention, without being mindful, and without a spirit of competition (found in this book). This is nothing more than…
I am fascinated by football. I am spending more time watching games (both college and professional), and I am reading and studying to understand how championship teams are built—and sustained over time.
It's hard to take a client from your competitor. C asks two questions about how you take a trusted advisor relationship from a competitor and a question about a client that stops the process.
The video that C refers to is Beating Good Enough (Continue Reading
Your very best targets, your dream clients, are almost always the most difficult to penetrate. They have deep relationships, they’re loyal, and your competitor didn’t win their business because they couldn’t create value. The status quo is…
There are gaps worth noticing when it comes to pricing power.
Two Levels Deep
If your client’s clients don’t have pricing power, they will expect your client to help absorb their weakness. Your client’s client can’t capture value, so your…
You don’t want to be a commodity. You don’t want to price like a commodity. And you surely don’t want to be disposable or interchangeable like a commodity. If you want to be something more strategic, then you cannot behave transactionally.
A few years ago, I spoke to a big sales organization. Their leadership team was brilliant. They were all on message, and the message was powerful. But it fell flat with the sales force. I wasn’t sure why it didn’t inspire them. For some reason…
I am a landscape designer/landscape contractor. I just took a call from a client about a drafting a landscape design. They said they had also contacted one of my competitors and I really wanted to say, “Oh, they’re great…
You can't afford to cut your price anymore. You can't afford to make a less money than you're making now. You already can’t afford to deliver and execute on the promises you made. You don’t…
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