CHAPTER 8

Keep It Simple

Overview

The world of communications: how the different ways of communicating work, including using silence effectively.

Stakeholders in the customer organization will assign to the KA manager a sales persona, a kind of archetype based on their limited knowledge of you as a person. This persona will affect how they perceive everything that you do.

Keeping track of business, by using tools or an excellent memory, makes the job easier and will boost your credibility.

Communicating With Ease

Communication plays a very important role in the life of a KA manager. All forms of communication—face-to-face, improvised small talk, formal, legal documents, and everything in between—come into play. When it’s about conveying ...

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