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Account planning worksheet

A worksheet for the account, the people involved, the risks and the next 30 days.

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Account snapshot

Account:

Relationship owner:

Last reviewed:

Current business priorities:

Products, markets and channels in scope:

People and decisions

Who sponsors the relationship?

Who uses the service, controls the budget and makes the final decision?

Who is affected by change but rarely represented in meetings?

Where is the relationship dependent on a single contact?

What the customer expects

What did the customer expect to achieve?

What evidence shows progress against that expectation?

Which assumptions are still untested?

Where do your view and the customer's view differ?

Health and risk

Risk | Evidence | Potential impact | Owner | Next action

[Complete with specific observations, not a colour alone]

Expansion

Opportunity:

Customer problem it solves:

Evidence of need:

Commercial value:

Dependencies and effort:

Customer sponsor:

Next decision:

The next 30 days

Review

What changed since the previous plan?

What will you stop doing, continue doing or do differently?

A working template by Kieron Summers-Smith. Adapt it for your own use. Check marks are kept only while this page is open.