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December 2005 Ansa win 2 year project to take on mentoring role of middle managers from various functions for highly successful UK business.

Ansa have just been taken on by a client for a two year project to work with a selected group of people who have been identified as the "leaders for tomorrow" of the clients business.

The task will involve one-to-one mentoring with each individual; small group workshops; ongoing feedback sessions with the Managing Director and training in specific practical skills as identified.

The advantage of this 2 year programme is that new recruits can even get involved as and when they join; and the mentoring subjects can be tweaked/altered throughout the 2 year duration depending on market situations and company objectives at that time.

Why not ask for details of the Ansa Mentoring for Managers programme - totally flexible to suit your people and totally tailored to each individuals development requirements - both personal and professional.
Email debbie.jackson@ansabd.co.uk for details.
May 2002 Launch of BRAND NEW video package by Ansa
14 March 2002 Winning Business Magazine
How to implement the new dimension of winning negotiations
by Patrick Harlington
Something has to change. As markets become tougher and the economy faces long term uncertainty, companies need to find another dimension to winning negotiation. Patrick Harlington points to a "third" way. Read the full article.

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2001 Winning Business Article : Managing in a Downturn

To shape our businesses for the future we must embark upon a strategy, which focuses upon simultaneous activity in protecting volumes, reducing costs and increasing prices. There are three leverages upon our margins; volume, cost and price and to adopt any policy or strategy for managing in a downturn which does not encompass specific action on all three of these leverages can not possibly shape a business for the future. Read the full article.

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Recommended Reading


MAKING MAJOR SALES
BY NEIL RACKHAM
ISBN 0-566-02627-9
Published by Gower.

This book provides a set of simple & practical techniques (known as SPIN Selling) that have been used in leading companies worldwide leading to dramatic improvements in sales performance.
It presents the selling strategy based upon the buyers view and suggests a practical selling strategy which has maximum impact on the buying decision at each phase of the buying process. (click here to buy this book)


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Tips from Ansa

You have More Power than You Think!
BRAND NEW ARTICLE BY PATRICK HARLINGTON
Negotiation is about trading. "Give me some of what I want and then I will give you some of what you want" exemplifies the meaning of trading in a negotiation context.

Download this superb article to read the 6 rules for effective negotiation.

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Managing Distributors

Most ‘distributor’ arrangements are in a mess and provide little tangible
benefit to the producer. Bringing distributors under control can demonstrate
a higher margin though the distributor channel than through direct sales.

In assisting a client recently to bring about more effective management of
their distributors our brief was to consider how the existing distribution
channel of our clients should be improved?

Specifically we were asked to address a) “What must we do to protect, indeed
improve, margins” and b) “How can our distributors better assist in the
overall company strategy of ‘going for growth?”

Read the case study to find out how you can improve your distributor
arrangement.

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Are You Making Enough Money From Your Customers?
An article by Patrick Harlington
In working to find ways of making major customers more profitable we have just completed a comparison between those that are making money from their customers and those who are not.

Patrick Harlington tells you what the differences are between companies who are bucking the trend of depressed margins vs those that are not performing well as well as the specific activities we should be considering to make more money from our customers.

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10 Tips for Increasing Top Line Sales
Increased competition driven by globalisation, increased outsourcing and supply chain management makes every parcel of business harder to get. New competition and competition from unexpected quarters means that the battle for top line growth is harder than it ever has been. This document contains 10 tips for increasing your top line sales.

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10 Tips for Successful Negotiation
Negotiating is much misunderstood in commercial, service and industrial businesses today. Often negotiating is simply considered to be a means of "closing". However reality is much different. Negotiating is a complete process which commences long before the customer has agreed to buy. This document contains 10 invaluable tips for negotiating successfully.

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5 Tips for Profitable Bid Management
by Patrick Harlington


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