blog, Business Development, Leadership, Motivate, Objections, Personality Traits, Presenting, Questions
So, there I am chatting with yet another sales director about their team and how they are going about their business. The words I’m using to describe sales today are ‘sophisticated intelligent approach where we care about a client’s needs and position ourselves as the...
blog, Communication, Language, Mindset, Questions, Sales
Succeeding as a leader in your industry means understanding what motivates your clients to buy. The key to reaching and engaging clients is to understand the decision-making process behind their purchasing habits. Understanding customers have different motivators...
blog, Business Development, Questions, Video Conferencing
What are the 7 key criteria of high performing salespeople? 1. They ask more than 20 open – and insight building – questions at each interaction – and are ‘present’ when the answers are given. 2. They listen actively and understand what...
blog, Business Development, Listening, Questions
Do your sales team ask enough open-ended questions?  Do they have over 100 questions and regularly use over 40 (different questions for different clients)? Or are they defaulting and reeling out the same questions to each client? Note, the longer they are in the job –...
blog, Business Development, Leadership, Mindset, Performance, Questions
Your mindset determines your results. If you have decided you are in charge of your outcomes then this is the article for you. Mindset means you are accountable, you are always enhancing your performance, you are driving for improvement. You seek, and create, great...
blog, Business Development, Listening, Performance, Questions
Let’s set the scene. You are in a bar and the good-looking person is over there. So, choose which person you are. Person A. Things run through your head: they won’t want to talk to me, they are too busy, I’m not quite right for them, I don’t want to disturb them, I...