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VIRTUAL PANEL

Today's QBR failures & the urgent need for better business conversations

 
Register for our Virtual Panel on May 8th 2025 at 14:00 BST (09:00 ET) to hear essential insights around the findings of our whitepaper: The QBR Frustration

Our expert panellists will be revealing the failures of today's Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), and the urgent need suppliers have for better business conversations.
 

MEET OUR PANELLISTS

James Ward

Founder & CEO, Clientshare

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James’ background is in business-to-business (B2B) relationships. He launched Clientshare with the vision to help B2B enterprises retain and grow their customers by giving them the tools to stand out, win trust and deliver exceptional Business Reviews. Today Clientshare is used by 1-in-3 FTSE100 companies. Previously he was at Xerox Corporation leading the financial and professional services sector.

Maggy Thorvardardottir

Director Global Service Management Practice, Ricoh Global Services

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Maggy is Global Service Management Director at Ricoh Global Services, based in The Netherlands, and has extensive experience spanning support and service delivery. With a long history in Ricoh services, Maggy is dedicated to fostering collaboration across cultures, empowering teams, and aligning people and processes to deliver outstanding service excellence.

Doug Janikiewicz

Managing Director, CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, EMEA

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Doug is an internationally experienced Director who has successfully led substantive and transformational change across a range of businesses. Currently at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, Doug leads diverse teams to deliver complex and challenging projects, and has a wider focus on sustainability, asset management and safety.

80%

of suppliers say they risk margin erosion of their profit margins if they can't demonstrate consistent value to their buyers.

71%

of suppliers point to QBRs/regular review meetings as their top opportunity to evidence value and innovation to buyers.
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The QBR Frustration: 

Uncovering current QBR failures and the urgent need for better business conversations

At its core, the QBR should be seen as a space for collaboration and an opportunity for suppliers and buyers to have more meaningful business conversations.

85% of B2B suppliers say that enhancing their QBR process would help them retain more customers. 87% believe they could unlock greater upsell and cross-sell potential by consistently engaging the right stakeholders in reviews. Meanwhile, 80% warn that failing to demonstrate ongoing value through QBRs puts their margins at risk.

Our whitepaper highlights the main challenges suppliers face - featuring insights from senior leaders in enterprise organisations - and outlines practical steps to overcome them.

Download whitepaper

Clientshare has built the world's leading Business Reviews platform

Our platform helps B2B enterprises across FM, Logistics, Contract Catering, BPO, RPO and ITO, to prove consistent value and innovation. Pulse digitises the Quarterly Business Review process, giving businesses the tools to create and deliver standardised high-quality reviews, and measure feedback, CSAT and NPS easily across all accounts. Pulse also provides risk analysis dashboards to help senior leaders act based on data-driven insights.

1-in-2 FTSE 100 companies already use Clientshare Pulse.

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