29 April 2025 16:15 - 16:45
Closing bigger deals, faster: High-stakes negotiation strategies for CROs
In todayâs economic climate, pipeline growth alone wonât deliver revenue. Deals are stalling, margins are eroding, and buyers are more empowered, and skeptical, than ever. Yet most sales teams walk into high-stakes negotiations unprepared, armed with a pitch but no playbook.
This session pulls back the curtain on the final 15% of the sales process, where deals are truly won or lost, and why most organizations are bleeding value at this stage without realizing it. Drawing from real-world enterprise deals and frontline coaching, negotiation expert, Mark Raffan, reveals the overlooked capabilities that high-performing CROs are building into their revenue organizations.
Youâll discover:
- Why negotiation, not pipeline, is the new frontier for revenue growth.
- The three most powerful levers CROs can pull to protect margin and accelerate deal velocity.
- How to equip your sellers to handle procurement pressure without caving on value.
If you're responsible for driving top-line growth and bottom-line protection, this talk will give you the insights, and urgency, you need to turn negotiation into your competitive edge.