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All KPIs green. And yet €20 million slipped away.
Martijn Rozendaal describes how a FreshEyes® Review revealed what no dashboard showed. With three questions every commercial director should ask themselves.
Follow expectations, don’t manage them
Expectation management sounds professional. But the term itself is misleading. “Manage” suggests that you determine what the customer expects. In reality, expectations change continuously, often without the customer realizing it.
Your team spends all day inside. But not with customers.
Your account managers are busy. Very busy. Are they with customers or in meetings? Being busy is not the same as delivering value.

85% retention sounds good. But is it?
85% retention. Sounds like a solid pass. But do the math: with 15% customer loss per year, you lose almost half your customer base in four years. Your sales team must fill that gap before growth can begin.

Why I stopped selling
For more than 25 years, I worked at large corporations, the last two in IT. Great titles, solid budgets, good results. And yet something still...

Your account manager is not a firefighter
Recently I was at a training session with an account team. Ten people, all busy. Very busy. One of them proudly told us how he had dealt with a billing problem that morning...

The conversation you do not have costs you your biggest customer
Customer retention starts with knowing expectations and the right relationships. Discover why this is the turning point in customer retention.

Account management as a web: build a strong network
Prevent customer relationships from depending on one person. Discover how to build a strong Web of Influence and minimize risk.
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