The New Power Base Selling: Master The Politics, Create Unexpected Value and Higher Margins, and Outsmart the Competition
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The New Power Base Selling Master The Politics, Create Unexpected Value and Higher Margins, and Outsmart the Competition

Edited by Jim Holden · Ryan Kubacki
John Wiley & Sons April 2012

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781118206676
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication
April 2012
Format
Hardback , 234 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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An updated and revised version of the business classic Power Base Selling

Power Base Selling, originally published in 1990, left readers with an understanding of and language for gaining political advantage within accounts. Now famous among sellers, the concept of aligning with powerful customer individuals or "Foxes" is taken to a new level. The New Power Base Selling offers an updated and more in-depth edition of the original classic with an empirically based breakthrough to significantly increasing sales performance. It explains how competitive selling is as much a matter of politics, customer value, and strategy as it is a management science.

Based on data from one of the most comprehensive sales surveys in the sales training industry, along with over 50,000 deal reviews, The New Power Base Selling will help salespeople quickly outfox the competition, impress customers with unexpected value, and achieve new levels of professional success.

  • Create Demand, as well as competitively Service Demand
  • Quickly leverage "Situational Power Bases" to drive up win rates
  • Provide customers with value that advances their critical business initiatives
  • Effectively use LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social tools in a sales campaign
  • Increase customer satisfaction and competitive differentiation

See measurable gains and exceed quota when you leverage customer politics, value, and competitive strategy.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Part One: Sales As Management Science

Chapter 1: Seeing The Invisible

It Is Not The Strongest Of The Species That Survives, Nor The Most Intelligent, But The One Most Responsive To Change.

Chapter 2: The Mba Of Selling

Learning Is Like Rowing Upstream; Not To Advance Is To Drop Back.

Part Two: Politics

Chapter 3: Influence And Authority

The Secret Of My Influence Has Always Been That It Remained Secret.

Chapter 4: Foxes: The Heart Of The Power Base

With Foxes We Must Play The Fox.

Chapter 5: Power Base Types And Implications

Sticks In A Bundle Are Unbreakable.

Chapter 6: Fox Hunting And Power Base Mapping

Nothing Has Such Power To Broaden The Mind As The Ability To Investigate Systematically.

Chapter 7: Gaining Political Advantage

Recognition Is The Greatest Motivator.

Part Three: Unexpected Value

Chapter 8: Moving Up The Sales Value Chain

Now My Eyes Are Turned From The South To The North, And I Want To Lead One More Expedition. This Will Be The Last... To The North Pole.

Chapter 9: Building Expressions Of Customer Value

Make No Little Plans; They Have No Magic To Stir Men's Blood.

Chapter 10: Creating Demand To Displace Competitors

A Wise Man Will Make More Opportunities Then He Finds.

Part Four: Strategy

Chapter 11: Introduction To Compete Strategy

All Men Can See These Tactics Whereby I Conquer, But What None Can See Is The Strategy Out Of Which Victory Is Evolved.

Chapter 12: Competitive Diffrentiation

If You Know The Enemy And Know Yourself, Your Victory Will Not Stand In Doubt.

Chapter 13: The Direct Strategy: Traditional And Nontraditional Application

The Truly Wise Can Perceive Things Before They Have Come To Pass.

Chapter 14: The Indirect Strategy: Changing The Ground Rules

Appear Where You Are Not Expected.

Chapter 15: The Divisional Strategy: Peaceful Coexistence

If The Enemy's Forces Are United, Separate Them.

Chapter 16: The Containment Strategy: Transition Back To Indirect

Though The Enemy Be Stronger In Numbers, We May Prevent Him From Fighting.

Epilogue: Helping Others To Elevate The Sales Profession

Lead Me, Follow Me, Or Get Out Of My Way.

About the Author

Jim Holden is the CEO and founder of the sales consulting and training firm Holden International; a global leader in sustainable sales performance improvement. Through its ability to apply unconventional thinking that enables companies to defeat competitors and develop accounts, while providing their customers with unexpected value, Holden has improved the performance of over 700,000 salespeople in 35 countries since its founding in 1979. Mr. Holden's previous books include Power Base Selling, World Class Selling, and The Selling Fox.

Ryan Kubacki (MBA, Harvard) is President of Holden International and a recognized authority in making business development a sustainable competitive advantage. Prior to joining Holden, Mr. Kubacki was with Microsoft Corporation, where he held sales and marketing leadership roles in both the field and headquarters, including directing sales operations and field marketing for an 18-state region with a $1.4 billion quota.

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