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9 Conversations
100

The GROW model for  coaching follows these four steps.

What are "Goal,  Reality, Options, and Will or Way Forward"

100

Many practitioners of  LEAN would say that this is the WORST of the 8 wastes.

What is "over production"

100

If you have a simple project focused on solving a PROBLEM quickly, then this approach may be helpful.

What is  "8D"

100

Good candidate customers for Value Co-Creation must perceive Henkel to have some capability beyond mere material supply.  They must also have a high degree of _______.

What is "Openness"

100

Customers usually have 2 big questions which must be answered before a project is approved.  The first is "does the project generate enough value to pay for the investment" and the second is this.

"Is the project big enough to bother with"

100

Each of the 9 conversations is focused on one Customer Question, and for a business review it is this.

What is the  "status quo"

200

When it can be used… Coaching is the most effective type of conversation.  Coaching is distinctly different from other types of conversations because it involves this.

What is "helping the person solve their own problems"

200

If our adhesive sets faster than the competitor (requires less drying or curing time), we may be able to reduce or eliminate this waste.

What is  "waiting"

200

A project's core team  should have at least one SME, which stands for ___ ___ ___.

What is "subject  matter expert"

200

Although not necessarily equal, Value Co-Creation must have shared: vision, values, risk, resources, and ___.

What is "reward"

200

If you want to understand your customer's decision-making process, there are two big questions which must be answered.  The first is "what financial tools" do they use" and the second is this.

"What are their acceptance thresholds or criteria"

200

In order to be more persuasive and memorable, it is a good idea to make your key points obvious and limit them to this number or less.

What is 3

300

Managers who are "all business" may neglect this type of conversation… which is essential for building trust.

What is Connecting

300

If bond strength is critical, and our adhesive bonds better than the competitor (more likely to pass strength tests), we may be able to reduce or eliminate this waste.

What is  "defects"

300

Anybody who is  affected by a project or its result is considered as one of these.

What are  "stakeholders"

300

Sitting down with your customer and brainstorming about what you could possibly do is known as ___.

What is  "Ideation"

300

Sales can identify better opportunities, gain more senior audiences, and structure better proposals by understanding a customer's ____.

What is "financial situation"

300

According to the principle of Primacy… When presenting, your customer will remember about this much of what you say FIRST.

What is 70%

400

Thinking "hats" is a technique conceived by Quinn De Bono.  The black hat is the pessimist, the yellow hat is the optimist, and the green hat is the ____.

What is  "creative"

400

If you need to show trends in data over time, to spot process changes or pinpoint outliers… then this visualization would be most helpful.

What is a  "control chart"

400

This member (of the project steering committee) champions the project and helps the project leader overcome obstacles.

What is the  "Sponsor"

400

Once you have a good idea, avoiding knee-jerk reactions while determining if an idea CAN be done is ___.

What is  "viability"

400

Payback time is easy to calculate and understand but it does not consider this important factor.

What is the "time value of money"

400

According to the principle of Recency… When presenting, your customer will remember about this much of what you say LAST.

What is nearly 100%

500

Meetings can be more productive when everyone attending knows what type a meeting is going to be.  These are the 6 types of meetings: Design & Innovation, Information Sharing, Decision-Making, Status Update, Problem-Solving, and ___.

What is "Team Building".

500

If you want to show  how strong correlation is between an input and an output, then this  visualization is most useful.

What is a  "scatter plot"

500

The letters R,A, and G in RAG status stand for ___ ___ ___.

What is "Red,  Amber, Green"

500

Determining if both parties could make a worthwhile profit from an ideas is ___.

What is  "feasibility"

500

If your project is one of several large project options (of which they can do only one), and the  customer wants to consider taxes and depreciation into their decision, they may want to use ___ ___ ___ to help make their decision.

What is AAR  "average accounting return"

500

Each of the 9 conversations is focused on one Customer Question, and for a price increase it is this.

What is "why should I pay more and stay with Henkel"

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