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Client Teams: Lead or Get Out of the Way Silvia L. Coulter, Principal , LawVision Group
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Overview
• The Clients’ Views
• Client Teams – High Performers – Low Performers
• Building Client Loyalty
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The Clients’ Views
• Loyal clients are less fee resistant; more opportunities for flexibility
• Client management and good client relationship skills are “table stakes” and expected; they are not seen as value add or contributing to building loyal relationships
• Four key characteristics lead to what is considered exceptional service and for which clients are willing to pay higher rates
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LOW PERFORMING TEAMS—WHERE TEAMS CAN
IMPROVE…
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Low Performing Teams—When Teams Can Improve
• Team Leaders – Poor planning – Team meetings are postponed regularly – No Vice Chair – Too analytical; analyzes versus acts – No or little accountability to leadership – Do not hold team members accountable – Build teams that are large versus nimble
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Team Members
• Unclear about their role/have not confirmed role with leader
• Reactive versus proactive about ideas
• Lack confidence to challenge each other’s and team leaders’ thinking
• Lack sales training and are unable to build effective relationships at their level within client organization
• Unprepared for meetings
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Business Development Professionals • Note -takers versus strategic advisors
• Don’t see their role as coaches to help motivate/encourage
• Not informed about client goals
• Reactive versus proactive about value add opportunities
• Need to continually update themselves through sales training and other resources
• Focus on reporting history and current WIP versus facilitating conversation about potential
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HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS—YOU CAN MAKE THE
DIFFERENCE!
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You Can Make the Difference • Team tactical information
– Budgets – Post pitch debriefs – Client interviews (aka client satisfaction surveys) – Investor relations communications – Daily newsworthy events—impact on client/impact on your firm – Daily tracking of decision-makers who are key to the
relationship with your firm • Report and suggest actions
• Encourage (demonstrate leadership)
• Proactive (anticipate needs; think strategically)
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You Can Make the Difference • Patient (not discouraged)
• Persistent (not argumentative)
• Prepared (review and understand relevant data)
• “Partner” with team leaders outside of team meetings to discuss strategy/ideas
• Own responsibility for success of the team
• Proactive about providing information
• Connect client CLE to firm value propositions (what is important to the client/do we offer training in these areas?)
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You Can Make the Difference
• Visit counterpart at client organization; get to know the procurement people
• Attention to the supply chain/vertical market of clients and what is going on that may impact the client
• Stay abreast of team and industry initiatives
• Create a sales pipeline report for use at team meetings
• Encourage team leaders to be their best
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Influencing Team Leads • Suggest they recognize and value others; compliment input and
accomplishments
• Help facilitate team conversation
• Help team leaders look good--Prepare for meetings
• Suggest assigning a Vice-Chair and potential successors to team
• Demonstrate confidence—you are their “partner” for client teaming
• Suggest inviting client(s) to join team meeting at least once a year
• Help to define roles and metrics for reporting to firm management
• See revenue as a by-product of successful client engagement through team efforts versus as the only goal
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Connecting with Clients to Build Loyalty
• Client meetings, statesman visits and client interviews—knowing the difference
• The correlation between the above and team success
• The clients’ views about client service
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Thank You!
Silvia L. Coulter, Principal Consultant
Ofc: 978-526-8316; Cell: 617-697-4869
email: [email protected]