Transformational Sales Making a Difference with Strategic Customers

​Inspired by a new, transformative era in human and business relations, this book provides a unique perspective on the business transformation that results from the collaboration between suppliers and their strategic customers. It is all about guidin

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Philip Kotler  Marian Dingena  Waldemar Pfoertsch

Transformational Sales Making a Difference with Strategic Customers

Philip Kotler Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University Evanston; IL, USA

Waldemar Pfoertsch Business School Pforzheim Pforzheim University Pforzheim, Germany

Marian Dingena MPCN, Action Learning & Business Coaching/ Rotterdam School of Management The Hague, The Netherlands

ISBN 978-3-319-20605-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20606-6 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London

ISBN 978-3-319-20606-6 (eBook)

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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Albert Einstein

To Eva and Peter for eliciting learning of the most profound kind: giving insight into the essence of unconditional love. Marian Dingena I would like to thank all of you who helped me to keep moving in the last years in particularly Marian and Susanne. Waldemar Pfoertsch To Nancy, with everlasting love. Philip Kotler

Foreword

At Vodafone Global Enterprise, I experience that we are entering a new, transformative era in human and business relations. In particular with our enterprise customers we are driving change and making a difference within the market. Since management and employees want to develop and keep up with demand, we need to understand the unspoken customer needs and transform ourselves and our offerings. This new book of Kotler, Dingena and Pfoertsch, presents the proven concepts for this transformational journey. They present a perspective and a road map, which guides you and your company or institutio