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Ian BryceSeptember 30, 2025

Managing Contracts Using Excel: Free Templates for 2025

Manage vendor contracts with our free Excel templates, designed to help you increase visibility and take control of your portfolio.

Ian BryceAugust 18, 2025

What Is Contract Management? A Guide to CLM and AI Best Practices for 2025

Discover how AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) transforms contracts into a board-level control point. Learn best practices for 2025 to cut risk, boost compliance, and protect margins.

Patrick O'ConnorNovember 16, 2021

Why LegalTech CLM solutions are bad for your business and your Legal team

Effective contract management relies on the whole business being able to work collaboratively on agreements. Leaving it all up to the legal team is a recipe for problems.

Rod LinsleyJuly 5, 2019

How to conduct a CLM Maturity Assessment

Calculate where your business sits on the Contract Lifecycle Management Maturity Curve using our free templates and guide. Understand the gaps in your process and the steps to take to move up to the...

Ian BryceFebruary 18, 2019

Six ways your contract management processes are costing your business money

Poor contract management can cost businesses significant amounts of money in lost revenue and wasted resources. However, it's not always straightforward to find and fix the root causes of these...

Rod LinsleyNovember 5, 2018

How to Build a High-Performing Contract Management Team for Your Business

What are the key attributes and skills you need for a high-performing contracts management team? Here we recap the desired characteristics, functional skills and critical knowledge required and...

Rod LinsleyFebruary 14, 2018

Contract Lifecycle Management Measurements (inc. Free Excel Templates)

Effective contract lifecycle management requires the identification and measurement of KPIs. Find out how to approach CLM measurement now.

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