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Hold the number

No figure without a source, no concession without a trade.

For
cfofinanceprocurementfoundersales
Meetings
Negotiation · Discovery · Status
By
sidekick
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Lens

How Sidekick reads these meetings when you walk this route.

In these meetings a figure is a commitment. Inquiry 4+ means leaving with their number, where it comes from, who approves it and what matters most to them. Influence 4+ means opening first with a precise, ambitious figure when you know the market. Pushback 4+ means no concession without a condition. A price not tied to a scope is a mistake. When they anchor first, coming back to your own target is Composure 4+; a reflexive counter is Composure 2.

Path

Milestones tick themselves as your meetings meet them, in order.

  1. 1
    The number in 3 negotiations3 Great inquiry moments in negotiationsmoments:great x3 skill:inquiry kind:negotiation
  2. 2
    Push back with evidence in 3 meetingsScore 4+ out of 5 on Pushback in 3 meetingsskill:pushback >= 4 x3
  3. 3
    A held silence that workedA Brilliant composure momentmoments:brilliant x1 skill:composure
  4. 4
    Pushback ProficientPushback level 60 (Proficient)level:pushback >= 60

Focus tracks

Each one becomes a skill with its own level once you walk the route; unrated until then.

No figure without a sourcenever states or accepts a number without saying where it comes from
Inquiry
Trade, don't giveevery concession comes with a condition or a counter-ask, said out loud
Pushback
Scope before priceties every price to a scope, or offers two or three priced packages
Composure

Achievements

  • The number ×10Ten negotiations you left with a figuremoments:great x10 skill:inquiry kind:negotiation
  • Traded, every timeFive negotiations where every concession had a conditionskill:pushback >= 4 x5 kind:negotiation
  • Think, then answerThree times you paused before a hard answer and came back with substancemoments:great x3 skill:composure kind:negotiation
  • Scope firstFive rounds where every price was tied to a scopeskill:composure >= 4 x5 kind:negotiation|discovery
  • Steady handThree negotiations at 80+ accuracyaccuracy >= 80 x3 kind:negotiation

Drills

Lines to practice your answer to, before the meeting where someone says them.

ProcurementEveryone else came in twenty percent lower.Pushback
Their CFOWe have budget, roughly. Let's not get into numbers yet.Inquiry
Head of operationsIf we sign this week, can you take ten percent off?Pushback
Finance controllerWhere does that number come from?Clarity
Their founderIs that really your best price?Composure
Procurement leadWe need the proposal by Friday, with three pricing options.Closing