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“We Aren’t In Kansas Anymore” Going Global

Partners in Excellence

Many are glad to take your money, but will not do much more than executing what you have contracted them to execute. Nothing wrong with that, we all do that. But they won’t have the same vision, priority, culture, and ambitions. Some will be better.

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Gap Selling Delivers BIG Results

A Sales Guy

Value to client and client satisfaction has gone through the roof…I know this is not a quantifiable measure, but here is an example of an email sent to my CEO after spending 4 hours with a prospect (multi-hospital health system in Kansas) doing a discovery call with 17 stakeholders (C-suite, VPs and key Directors) in the room.

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Three Secrets to a Successful Acquisition

SaaStr

What I’ve learned is that true due diligence requires more than a scan through boxes of contracts and reviewing the balance sheet. One of the most notorious examples of a post-M&A culture misfit is the 2005 merger of Kansas-based Sprint and Nextel. Conservative Sprint executives clashed with scrappy Nextel personnel.

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How Nonverbal Cues Could Make or Break Your Career

Hubspot

A high-power pose is any open, expansive posture, whereas a low-power pose is a closed, contracted posture. Researchers at the University of Kansas , for instance, instructed participants to either smile or hold neutral facial expressions. Afterwards, the participants were asked to engage in a stressful task.

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Super Bowl Ads Were Short This Year: Here's Why That Worked

Hubspot

In reality, the game ended at a decent hour because the Kansas City Chiefs smoothly took down the San Francisco 49ers without entering overtime. Since Tom Brady and the Patriots lost the playoffs, rumors have swirled about whether or not the long-time quarterback would return to the team now that his contract is up.

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Make it. Move it. Sell it. — Episode #2

Spiro Technologies

That’s again where I look back at our customers and say tell me about the businesses that you’re spraying or the contracts that you have. Are they 90-day contracts because you’re not gonna be able to pay me in 30 days, you’re gonna need to work out a different arrangement on that individual contract.

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How to Negotiate Your Next Sales Contract: 9 Tips for Success

Salesforce

To successfully negotiate a contract in today’s sales climate, you need to prioritize relationship building over persuasion, practice active listening, and empathize with your customers’ challenges. What you’ll learn: What is contract negotiation? Why is contract negotiation important?