The High Stakes Customer

The High Stakes Customer

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The High Stakes Customer episodes

  • Creating Value in High Stakes Customer Relationships with Mark Davies
    In this episode of the High Stakes Customer Podcast, Adrian Davis welcomes Mark Davies, Managing Director of Value Matters and Chair of the Association for Key Account Management, for a substantive conversation about what it really takes to create value with strategic customers. They explore why key account management is more than a sales program, how organizations can better understand what customers truly value, and why internal alignment, procurement strategy, and the ability to work across organizational silos are essential to becoming a trusted strategic partner. Mark also looks ahead at how AI is beginning to reshape customer value propositions and the future of key account management.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    51 min
  • Building Trust at Scale: Libby Souder on Strategic Customer Relationships
    What does it take to build and sustain relationships with your most important customers? In this episode of the High Stakes Customer Podcast, Adrian Davis sits down with Libby Souder, CEO of SAMA, to explore strategic account management, executive engagement, trust, and the practices that create lasting customer value. Drawing on decades of experience and a shared commitment to customer stewardship, this conversation offers practical insights for anyone responsible for cultivating high value relationships.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    23 min
  • From Vendor to Thinking Partner
    High Stakes Customer Podcast Host Adrian David invited guest  Sandeep Aujla, executive coach and founder of Multilevel Leadership Consulting Inc., to explore what it means to engage leaders as true thinking partners.Drawing from her work with senior executives, Sandeep unpacks how complex decisions are actually made under pressure, where trade-offs, competing priorities, and limited capacity shape every outcome.
    The conversation reveals why traditional selling approaches fall short and how a coaching mindset creates space for clarity, alignment, and better decisions. Together, they examine the importance of helping leaders name the real problem, identify key influencers, and navigate internal tension to drive successful execution.This episode challenges sales professionals to move beyond performance and step into a more strategic, human-centered role that builds trust and delivers lasting impact.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    29 min
  • The Shift from Knowing to Doing
    Season II of the High Stakes Customer Podcast with Adrian Davis moves beyond principles into practice, taking listeners into real-world conversations with leaders navigating pressure, complexity, and consequence. Building on the six foundational principles established in Season I, this season explores how those ideas hold up when decisions truly matter. Each episode features practitioners who are actively shaping high-stakes relationships inside organizations where alignment is fragile and outcomes are critical. The focus shifts from knowing to doing, revealing how trust is built, sustained, or lost over time. Through these stories, listeners gain not just insight, but the discipline and perspective required to lead when the stakes are highest.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    4 min
  • Champion from the Top
    Adrian Davis emphasizes executive visibility and sponsorship. He shows how senior leaders can build feedback loops with the field, reinforce customer-centric decision-making, and embed customer success as an organizational value.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    15 min
  • Coach for Transformation
    Managers become multipliers when they foster a culture of learning and collaboration. Adrian Davis illustrates how coaching across departments—sales, service, operations, and marketing—creates cross-functional alignment and continuous improvement.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    16 min
  • Measure What Matters
    Adrian Davis shifts focus from lagging metrics to leading indicators, teaching leaders to measure the behaviors that drive success. By tracking engagement, insight generation, and proactive conversations, organizations evolve from reactive to predictive performance.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    21 min
  • Build Disciplined Habits
    This episode moves from mindset to execution, emphasizing that reliability builds trust. Adrian reveals how consistent micro-habits elevate daily execution, replacing firefighting with strategic follow-through.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    23 min
  • Lead with Empathy and Insight
    This episode moves from mindset to execution, emphasizing that reliability builds trust. Adrian reveals how consistent micro-habits elevate daily execution, replacing firefighting with strategic follow-through.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    23 min
  • Make the Customer the Hero
    Using the Hero’s Journey as a metaphor, Adrian reframes customer relationships as collaborative quests. He challenges leaders to become guides who help customers overcome real-world villains—competitive threats, internal resistance, and market turbulence.

    Recorded by ROC Vox Recordin & Production, Rochester, NY www.rocvox.com
    16 min

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High Stakes Customer with Adrian Davis is dedicated to elevating how leaders think, speak, and act when serving their most important customers. Guided by Adrian’s mission to teach the mindset and…