CRM consulting and sales consulting for greater transparency and controllability

Companies are facing growing challenges in sales. Sales managers struggle with a lack of transparency: clear performance data is missing, and subjective reports dominate. This makes it difficult to evaluate investments on a sound basis. In addition, many employees do not manage customer relationships effectively, hindering the development of strong partnerships. The solution: by introducing a CRM system or optimizing your existing system, you can modernize your sales department and ensure long-term success.
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Creating greater transparency

Clear data provides valuable insights into team performance and makes sales investments measurable. This improves your ability to manage your sales team.

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Tap into new markets

As brick-and-mortar retail declines, digital channels offer opportunities to expand market share and win customers where they shop today.

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Strengthen customer proximity

Targeted management of customer relationships ensures greater proximity and promotes trust. Establishing and expanding strong partnerships ensures sustainable growth.

Our customers

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The four ingredients of our sales consulting

The introduction or optimization of a CRM system can only be successful if four key ingredients come together: management commitment, excellent sales processes with the right CRM tool, effective change management, and clear governance. Together with our experienced cooperation partner Iskander Business Partner, we offer change-driven sales consulting. Our focus is not only on the introduction and optimization of CRM tools and processes, but also on the targeted combination with effective change management. We actively involve top management and motivate executives and employees—always in a people-friendly and results-oriented manner. This will make your CRM project a success and lead to greater transparency and control in sales.

01 Management Commitment

With our CRM consulting services, you can establish a powerful guiding coalition within your company that actively promotes greater transparency and better control in sales. This guiding coalition develops a compelling change story that not only highlights the urgency of change in sales, but also explains why the status quo is not an option. Together with the Guiding Coalition, we also develop a clear vision of what your company will look like after the changes have been successfully implemented and define the steps necessary to achieve this goal.

"Together, we will establish a guiding coalition within your company that will ensure transparency and improve management capabilities in sales."

Michael Kempf, Partner at CPC

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02 Excellent processes and actively used CRM

We are your sales consulting experts when it comes to processes and tools in customer management, marketing, and service. With our many years of experience, we support your company in the successful analysis, introduction, and optimization of your sales processes as well as the implementation and use of your CRM system. Together with you, we create the basis for an efficiently used CRM that takes your sales processes to the next level.

Our CRM consulting approach takes into account that a powerful CRM requires much more than just introducing a tool and training the sales team in its functions:

You can expect the following results:

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Demand-oriented process design

All relevant processes and functions, such as lead, opportunity, or visit management, are identified and tailored to the needs of sales staff. System support is based on the CRM tool standard as far as possible.

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Consistent and customer-centric CRM solutions

We approach CRM consulting from the customer's perspective and ensure that the CRM tool used covers all phases of the customer journey. New functions and processes are mapped in the CRM system and ensure a holistic customer experience.
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Transparency and controllability

We ensure that all necessary data, dashboards, reports, and lists are provided in your CRM system. This gives you transparency and control at all levels of sales.

"Our CRM consulting creates the basis for powerful and efficient CRM that takes your sales processes to the next level."

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03 Change management in sales

The introduction or optimized use of a CRM system is not just a technological project, but above all a comprehensive change process. It is about transforming the way teams work in the long term. With our change management methods, we ensure that your teams not only understand the new CRM system and the associated sales processes, but also use them enthusiastically. From the outset, we actively involve your employees to build trust, reduce resistance, and take individual needs into account. In this way, we develop tailor-made solutions that facilitate the transition and promote acceptance. We rely on transparent communication, targeted training, and motivating incentives. The result: a smooth transition to more efficient processes, increased productivity, and better results – for everyone involved.

Our sales consulting approach is based on three phases:

"With our change methods, we ensure that your teams are enthusiastic about using the new CRM system and sales processes."

Diana Herr, Senior Manager at CPC

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04 Clear governance

A modern sales dashboard is much more than just a technical tool—it is the key to more effective collaboration and increased sales. The central Head of Sales and management have a clear vision: a CRM system that is used by everyone, in which data is shared and used effectively for cross-selling and other activities. The goal is to fully exploit the potential of sales.

However, the reality is often different: sales employees complain about the time required for data maintenance and see no direct added value. They prefer to work according to their own processes and refrain from using the CRM tool in a structured manner. As we have seen, change management helps to overcome this resistance through training, support, and motivation.

However, our sales consulting experience shows that change management alone is not enough. Additional social pressure and clear governance are also needed. A dashboard becomes a crucial tool for showing whether and how employees are participating. It makes successes visible and can also create positive incentives through competition. Regular meetings with management ensure control and motivation. Incentive systems and transparency can reward successes and inspire employees in the long term.

Successful governance in sales requires three ingredients:

The dashboard shows whether and how employees are participating. It makes successes visible and creates positive incentives through competition.

Andreas Kuchenbecker, Iskander Business Partner

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Your advantages: Greater transparency, better control

With our CRM consulting and sales consulting services, you have full control over your processes and results—scalable, controllable, and traceable. Your financial investment will finally be in positive proportion to your return. We ensure that all relevant data for managing your sales is available. Together, we will make your organization stronger in terms of sales, more customer-oriented, and future-proof.

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Discuss
your project with us!

The first step is very simple—and don't worry: we don't send boring newsletters or annoying advertising emails. Instead, we focus on what's important: your desire for change and how we can help your business move forward.

Step 1

Call back or email.

We will contact you within 24 hours, record your requirements, and coordinate an appointment with one of our experts.

Step 2

Free initial consultation.

In a video conference, you explain your project and discuss possible solution scenarios with our expert.

Step 3

You decide how to proceed.

Offer, pitch, or project launch? You decide the next steps.

Questions and answers

Is CPC the "right" partner?
CPC is the leading change management consultancy in Germany. For over 30 years, we have been supporting international corporations and large medium-sized companies in more than 2,500 change projects. System implementations have been part of our offering from the very beginning. Since 2022, we have expanded our portfolio to include sales consulting and CRM consulting – together with our partner Iskander Business Partner, which specializes in CRM.
Yes. We have extensive experience in change management, sales consulting, and the implementation of CRM systems. We would be happy to show you relevant references and specific examples. Get in touch with us—we would be happy to convince you in person.
Yes, it takes time, money, and your commitment. But our experience shows that hardly any CRM system has been consistently implemented along the customer journey—and designed in such a way that it really takes the pressure off sales staff. Our practice shows that if you optimize your sales processes and strengthen transparency and control with our CRM consulting, it pays off very quickly.
To meet this need, we work with you to develop a structured effectiveness measurement system. Our CRM consulting evaluates management commitment, sales process quality, employee engagement, and governance. This allows you to see how successful the change is—and what concrete added value it brings to your business.
Yes—because even the introduction or optimization of a CRM system is always unique. That's why we design each CRM project individually, tailored to your corporate culture and specific needs. At the same time, you benefit from our experience gained from numerous sales consulting projects. This allows us to work with you to select the right best practices—saving you time and money.

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