Tech Giants Apple, Google, and Amazon Get Pricing Right

In an article published recently in the “Technology” section of The Wall Street Journal, the author, Jack Nicas, alluded to pricing excellence in the three giants of U.S. and global technology: Apple, Google, and Amazon. Here are the results of th…

Field Report: Using Give-Gets Nets Sales Team $150k Profit Improvement

I received a call late Friday afternoon from one of our clients, a $800m DaaS company. The VP of Sales Transformation had attended a recent Negotiating with Backbone workshop and played the role of a Coach. She was collecting revenue-and-profit im…

Value Is the Christmas Cheer Even Scrooge Can Get Behind

Nothing beats the smell of a real Christmas tree. Every year on the weekend following Thanksgiving, my wife and I head to the local pop-up seller where tree farmers from up north display their wares of Balsam, Frasers, and Douglas Firs. We ev…