Welcome to Mike Gospe’s CAB Resource Center.
I am your CAB Strategy Advisor and I lead KickStart Alliance‘s CAB Practice. I’ve been facilitating CABs since 2002 – far more than 100 at last count. And, I’ve learned a few things along the way. This website is dedicated to being a repository of best practices and insights.
Here you’ll find my methodology and “lessons from the front lines” in my books, articles, videos, and my new CAB Masterclass. May they aid you in your journey to deliver a world-class CAB experience!
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In addition to CABs, I facilitate Partner Advisory Councils and Executive Roundtables. I also plan and guide Executive Strategy workshops (vision, corporate strategy, & go-to-market strategies) for CEOs and staff. For details on these, or for designing a custom service to fit your unique needs, give me a call.
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How Well Do You Really Know Your Customers?
Do you know the trends and drivers shaping their business decisions? Do you know where they plan to invest three years from now? Do you know how to stay relevant so you can remain a preferred provider to them?
A Customer Advisory Board is a strategy-level focus group – a sounding board for your leadership team to learn from and better understand your most strategic customers. Because whoever understands the customer best wins. A well-run CAB program holds the secret to your future success.
A Well-Run CAB Is Unlike Any Other Meeting.
Customers do 80% of the talking. You do 80% of the listening. Agendas are made up of discussion modules, not a parade of product update presentations.
Your CAB is your “inner sanctum”. It’s a small, intimate group of 8-12 senior decision-makers, plus your leadership team and a CAB facilitator.
This is a strategy-level focus group. Agendas are business topics. Use your CAB to better understand your best customers, where they are investing, and what you need to do to stay relevant.
Recent Posts
3 Steps to Guide your Customer Advisory Board Success
A Customer Advisory Board is a unique form of qualitative customer research. How you plan for and execute yours will say a lot about your leadership team and the maturity of your company. If you are planning to launch your Customer Advisory Board program this spring, here are the 3 first steps that will guide your success.
What does your Customer Advisory Board and the Great British Baking Show have in common?
With 16 years and 100+ Customer Advisory Board meetings under my belt, I offer a CAB critique — all in the style of the Great British Baking Show. See what they have in common.
5 Steps to designing your Customer Advisory Board program
A Customer Advisory Board represents the one place where a dozen of your most trusted customers are interacting with your leadership team at the same time. A strategy-level dialog between customers and your leadership team doesn’t happen very often. Here’s a proven 5 step methodology for designing a world-class CAB program.
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5 rules for designing your best Customer Advisory Board
Companies are now discovering the benefits of sponsoring a Customer Advisory Board (CAB). When used effectively, this critical engagement tool greatly helps CEOs and staff to develop, validate, and enhance crisp business strategies. Follow these 5 rules to design your best CAB program.
3 Tips for Building the Business Case for your Customer Advisory Board
Building a business case to support your Customer Advisory Board (CAB) initiative is no small task. One of the biggest mistakes is when executives interpret the CAB to be merely a “marketing event”. When this assumption is made, companies dramatically limit the value and ROI that can be achieved. You need a business case to properly set expectations. These 3 initial tips will guide you in setting expectations effectively.
The perfect Customer Advisory Board agenda
Here’s the ideal agenda for your first CAB meeting.
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