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Sales Training Workshop Agenda

Day One

Morning workshops - 8:00AM - 12:00PM

  • Course objectives
  • Selling difficulties & introductions of participants
  • Learning zone - Not Now List, BS List
  • Creating Usage Scenarios - In-class Exercise
  • Key Selling Skills
  • Alignment of Buying and Selling Stages
  • Crossing the "Chasm"
  • Core Concept of CustomerCentric Selling®
  • Key Player/Opportunity Org Chart - In-Class Lab

 

Afternoon workshops -1:00PM - 5:30PM

  • Dealing with the "looking to change"
     - Calling the Prospect back
     - Responding to an inbound inquiry
  • Opportunity Qualification Roadmap™
     - Call Introduction
     - Goal Identification
  • Role Play #1: Call Introduction and Goal ID
  • Solution Development Process
     - Questioning Etiquette
     - Solution Development Model™
     - Solution Development Prompter™
  • Vision Processing +Benefit lecture
  • Role Play #2: Call Introduction and Solution Development
  • Discuss evening assignment
    Night #1: group work of approx. 1 hour
Day Two

Morning workshops - 8:00AM - 12:00PM

  • Review of previous day & homework collection
  • Enhanced Solution Development
     - Obtaining Measurement
     - Checking for Desire/Emotion
     - Use of Plausible Emergency
  • Role Play #3: Enhanced Solution Development
  • Sales Call Debriefing Questions
  • Opportunity Qualification Roadmap™ (continued)
     - Sales Cycle Control Letter
     - Qualifying the 'prospect'
     - Dealing with 'No'
  • Role Play #4: Overcoming Roadblocks
  • Proof
  • How Decisions are made: Involving Key Players
  • Management Review Meeting
  • Qualifying the 'buying process'
  • Sales Cycle Control Letter - Evaluation Plan

 

Afternoon workshops -1:00PM - 5:30PM

  • Role Play #5: Qualifying the Opportunity
  • Buying Process Control - Evaluation Plan
  • Implementation Plan
     - Who owns it?
     - Mitigating IT's risks
  • Establishing Business Value/ROI
     - Sources and use of measurements
     - Establishing Success Criteria
  • Legal / Technical / Administrative Approvals
  • Value justification / Projected Cash Value
     - In-Class Lab
  • Pre-Decision Review Meeting
     - What is a 'proposal'
     - Orchestrating
  • Negotiations
     - Buying Tactics
     - Negotiation Worksheet
Day Three

Morning workshops - 8:00AM - 12:00PM

  • Review of previous day & homework collection
  • Negotiation In-Class Lab
  • Competitive Strategies
  • Plausible Emergency Creation lecture & In-Class Lab
  • Strategy for Dealing RFP's
  • Competing When Your Not First
  • Strategy for Dealing with 'Stalled" Opportunities
  • Role Play #6: Conducting a Refocus Meeting
  • Business Development for Individual Salespeople
     Getting People Not Looking to Look  - Phone prospecting  - Creating interest on the phone  - Getting past gate keepers  - Direct mail  - Seminars  - Trade shows
  • Competing When Your First

 

Afternoon workshops -1:00PM - 5:30PM

  • Managing Your Pipeline
     - Grading Your Pipeline
     - Forecasting Your Time
     - Balancing Pipeline Strength and
        Business Development Activities
     - Pipeline Strength and Skill Assessment
  • Monthly Pipeline Management Report
  • Discuss evening assignment
     - Case Study coaching
        approximately 1 hour
     - Group homework of
        approximately 3 hours
Day Four

Morning workshops - 8:00AM - 12:00PM

  • Review of previous day
  • Sales Process Management
  • Getting started with CustomerCentric Selling®
     - Sales Management, Salespeople,
        Marketing
     - Territory and Account Planning
     - Territory Review
     - Control of future opportunities
     - First week activity
        recommendations
  • Begin Case Study Presentations
  • Debrief presentations
     - Compliments
     - Revelations
  • Review original selling difficulties
  • Adjournment and Awards
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