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Nail The Sales Conversation To Accelerate Sales Enablement, John Reid

January 23, 2019

Don’t bring donuts, bring insight

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Sales Enablement Tips you’ll learn today on The Sales Podcast…

  • Sales tips have not evolved since 1983

  • Most sales “stuff” is driven from a model 

  • We become zealots of “the model” because “the model has to be the answer”

  • Sales enablement today is not about the model

  • Belief systems drive sales behaviors

  • The world does not need another sales model but models are good

  • Skill vs Will

  • Most sales professionals believe they are good at relationship building

  • Most sales professionals are wrong

  • The Mentalizer’s Paradox

  • Salespeople are not trained properly

  • Salespeople are unaware

    • How many won deals because your customer liked you?

    • How many lost deals because your customer didn’t like you?

  • You use weak words

  • You’re afraid of being told no

  • You’re afraid of the answer

  • You’re afraid of re-building the pipeline

  • You’re afraid of not being liked

  • We’re emotional beings who think

    • Needing purpose

  • Don’t bring donuts, bring insight

  • Manage, don’t coach

    • Coaching is seen as negative

  • The learning objective is not the answer. The improved behavior is the answer.

  • Be learner-focused. They should do most of the talking. It’s all about them.

  • There’s too much emphasis on “liking” vs. trusting and respecting

  • Desire with no discipline is worthless

  • Insight + Humility takes Rigor

  • Most people want a thinking partner, not the answer

  • Give them an idea

  • Challenger model is hubris

  • Priming

  • You still must master the art of controlling the conversation

  • Questions are always the answer

  • When you talk you create objections!

  • Get comfortable with being vulnerable

    • “N.B.O. (New Business Opportunities)” Ask if you’re confused

  • Be brief. Be good. Be gone.

  • Once you get high, stay high.

  • Don’t ask permission. “Hey, I’m going to be meeting with your boss. Anything you’d like me to bring up with your boss?”

  • Expand your curiosity.

  • Out-understand your competitors. Only 11% of customers believe salespeople understand their needs.

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