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Never Split the Difference: Chris Voss’ Essential Negotiation Tactics for B2B Leaders
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September 26, 2024
In today’s high-stakes business environment, the ability to negotiate effectively can make or break a CMO’s success. Chris Voss, renowned former FBI hostage negotiator and author of Never Split the Difference, joined a CMO Huddles Career Huddle to share powerful insights into the art of negotiation and conflict resolution. His techniques, once used to defuse life-or-death situations, are now helping...

Unleashing Impact Players: 5 Strategies for B2B CMOs to Elevate Their Teams
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August 22, 2024
In today’s high-pressure B2B landscape, CMOs face relentless demands to drive growth with limited resources. Liz Wiseman’s “Impact Players,” offers a blueprint for cultivating game-changing talent within your organization. During a CMO Huddles Career Huddle, Wiseman shared actionable insights on how marketing leaders can amplify their own impact while nurturing high-caliber talent. Here are five key strategies to transform your...

Think Faster, Talk Smarter: 7 Strategies for Mastering Spontaneous Communication
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July 18, 2024
In today’s fast-paced business world, CMOs face a whirlwind of high-stakes, spontaneous communication situations—from impromptu board meetings to unexpected client calls. Yet many lack formal training in handling these high-stakes moments.  Enter Matt Abrahams, Stanford lecturer and author of “Think Faster, Talk Smarter,” who joined a CMO Huddles Career Huddle to share actionable strategies for mastering off-the-cuff communication.  Abrahams argues...

Underground Recession: The Hidden Strain on B2B CMOs
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June 18, 2024
The United States’ macroeconomic indicators appear robust. Since the beginning of 2024, the S&P 500, America’s main stock market index, has increased by 446 points, or 9.34%. The Federal Reserve has pushed back its initial cut in policy rates due to continued growth resilience and firmer inflation data. However, buried within this robust economic data is a different reality: an...

Beyond Happiness: 4 Ways to Uncover Purpose & Fulfillment
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June 13, 2024
In our metric-driven business world, it’s easy to get caught up chasing short-term wins while losing sight of deeper purpose and long-term, sustainable growth. But CMOs should prioritize finding their purpose to drive sustainable growth and impact—that’s where going “beyond happiness” comes into play. Author Jenn Lim joined a CMO Huddles Career Huddle to discuss insights from her book “Beyond...

The Time to Win: 6 Ways to Exceed Customer Expectations
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May 8, 2024
Speed and responsiveness have become crucial competitive advantages in today’s fast-paced business world. Jay Baer, a renowned author, customer experience expert, and purveyor of fine tequila, joined a CMO Huddles Career Huddle to share insights from his latest book, “The Time to Win,” which explores the power of speed in driving customer satisfaction and revenue growth. During the insightful conversation,...

Demographic Shifts: Adapting B2B Marketing Strategies for New Generations
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April 19, 2024
Millennials and Gen-Zers now outnumber Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers in management roles, heralding a significant shift in the B2B buying landscape. As key decision-makers, their distinct preferences and buying behaviors differ markedly from their predecessors, and marketing must adapt accordingly.  To help you adapt to this demographic shift, here are 5 key insights from Forrester’s VP and Research Director, Matt...

The Key to CMO Candor: Care Personally and Challenge Directly
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March 25, 2024
Author Kim Scott joined the CMO Huddles Book Club to share insights for CMOs from Radical Candor, her book on how to be a kick-a** boss without losing your humanity. Radical Candor, the philosophy Scott details in her book, boils down to caring personally while challenging directly. It’s about building relationships based on trust and mutual understanding, not just delivering...

The Ultimate Customer Onboarder – Nasdaq
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March 4, 2024
I recently witnessed the stock BitFuFu going public on Nasdaq. It was quite a show offering multiple lessons for B2B marketers. A show that Nasdaq reproduces about 500 times a year. And boy are they good at it. From the invitation to the parting pictures in Times Square, every moment is carefully orchestrated for maximum impact. And of course, all...