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What the Customer Wants You to Know: How Everybody Needs to Think Differently about Sales Audiobook, by Ram Charan Play Audiobook Sample

What the Customer Wants You to Know: How Everybody Needs to Think Differently about Sales Audiobook

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Read By: Dick Hill Publisher: Tantor Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 2.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2008 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781400176175

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

8

Longest Chapter Length:

53:28 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

18:49 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

32:19 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

25

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Publisher Description

The bestselling author of What the CEO Wants You to Know teaches you how to rethink sales from the outside in.

More than ever, these days, the sales process often turns into a war about price—a frustrating, unpleasant war that takes all the fun out of selling. But there's a better way to think about sales, says bestselling author Ram Charan, who is famous for clarifying and simplifying difficult business problems.

Instead of starting with your product or service, start with your customer's problems. Focus on becoming your customer's trusted partner, someone he or she can turn to for creative, cost-effective solutions that are based on your deep knowledge of your customer's values, goals, and problems. This powerful book will teach you:

—How to gain a deeper knowledge of your customer's company, including costs, values, and how decisions really get made

—How to help your customer improve margins and drive revenue growth

—How to focus on your customer's customers

—How to work with other departments in your own company to customize better solutions

—How to make price much less of an issue

Someday every company will listen more closely to the customer, and every manager will realize that sales is everyone's business, not just the sales department's. In the meantime, this eye-opening book will show you how to get started.

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"good reminder that we shouldn't be selling based on cost - we should be selling based on value. By understanding our customer's customer we can start understand the value our products provide"

— Tim (4 out of 5 stars)

Quotes

  • Charan (Know-How) skillfully and efficiently offers a tutorial on upgrading the productivity of any size company’s sales force…The book serves as a practical guide to competing with aggressive price-cutters in today’s market.”

    — Publishers Weekly
  • “Ram Charan’s done it again! In his signature, easy-to-follow style, Ram describes a practical, down-to-earth yet radically new approach to sales and new business development. Any professional—from a CEO to a front-line sales person—who is looking to improve sales effectiveness is sure to find this book well worth reading.”

    — Francisco D’Souza, president and CEO, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
  • “What the Customer Wants You to Know challenges sales forces to revolutionize their methods—and our experience at the Thomson Corporation testifies to the fact that the payoff in increased sales and customer loyalty can be significant. His recommendations may sound radical, but they are practical and effective.”

    — Dick Harrington, president and CEO, the Thomson Corporation

What the Customer Wants You to Know Listener Reviews

Overall Performance: 3.7142857142857144 out of 53.7142857142857144 out of 53.7142857142857144 out of 53.7142857142857144 out of 53.7142857142857144 out of 5 (3.71)
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  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Narration Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Story Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5

    " A must-read book on customer services for knowledge workers, managers, executives, and entrepreneurs. "

    — Lori, 9/20/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5 Narration Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Story Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5

    " I knew a lot of this already, but some good ideas were presented. "

    — Darcy, 9/18/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5 Narration Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Story Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5

    " GOod to start, boring to end "

    — Aaron, 7/25/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Narration Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Story Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5

    " Must real for sales guys in product oriented organization. I myself used somethings for some of my customers though I head R&D division. Nice read and may be Must read. "

    — Lokesh, 5/17/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Narration Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Story Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5

    " This book will make you a customer centric manager(read it 'successful') for sure. "

    — Anand, 4/23/2012
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 Narration Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Story Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5

    " lagi-lagi charan, memiliki sense of global thing, ia menulis apa yang harus dilakukan seorang CEO dalam prahara ekonomi seperti sekarang ini. buku bagus. "

    — Graha, 2/22/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Narration Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Story Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5

    " Very good reading - a great reminder of the basics that are so often overlooked in a tough environment. "

    — Robert, 2/25/2009

About Ram Charan

Ram Charan is a distinguished business advisor, business strategy expert, and speaker. For over thirty-five years, he has worked with top executives at some of the world’s most successful companies, including GE, Verizon, Dupont, and Bank of America. He is the coauthor of What the CEO Wants You to Know and Confronting Reality, among others. His articles have appeared in publications such as Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Director’s Monthly, and Strategy and Business. Charan has served on the Blue Ribbon Commission and was elected a distinguished fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. Currently on the board of Austin Industries and Tyco Electronics, he resides in Dallas, Texas.

About Dick Hill

Laural Merlington is an audiobook narrator with over two hundred titles to her credit and a winner of multiple Earphones Awards. An Audie Award nominee, she has also directed over one hundred audiobooks. She has performed and directed for thirty years in theaters throughout the country. In addition to her extensive theater and voice-over work, she teaches college in her home state of Michigan.