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    Blog Category // Selling in the Breakthrough Zone (3)

    Sales training: should we emphasise technique or thinking?

    I’ve been talking about the long-term impact of conventional sales training programmes with clients, and their experience ...

    The issue with generic "unique value propositions"

    If you were foolish enough to listen to some B2B marketers and agencies, you might conclude that the simple act of ...

    The sorry state of sales due diligence

    Successful start-ups tend to follow a predictable pattern: they identify a problem that needs solving, develop an innovative ...

    Discovery - the foundation of B2B sales success

    What’s the single most important stage in any complex B2B sales process? Is it the “close”? The commercial negotiation? The ...

    Targeting prospects who are “trying but struggling”

    An uninformed and superficial review of the principles of “challenger®️ selling” might lead some people to conclude that it ...

    Are you selling "me-too" or "breakthrough"?

    Have you ever wondered why so many apparently promising B2B sales opportunities end with the prospect deciding to either ...

    Harnessing the power of hindsight...

    Sales opportunities can go so wrong in so many different ways. Sometimes, they go wrong due to events or circumstances that ...

    Creating a new axis for SPIN® Selling

    Like many people of my generation, I was brought up on SPIN® Selling. It’s a little chastening to reflect on the fact that ...

    Self-awareness and self-honesty in complex B2B sales

    Other than an appropriate level of product knowledge, what are the key attributes of a good B2B sales person? Interpersonal ...

    We need to collectively develop sales competencies!

    I’m not sure that what you might describe as the “traditional” approach to sales skills development - sending sales people ...