Discover how to open discussion with a positive attitude, keeping an atmosphere of trust and cooperation. Use collaborative win-win negotiation to satisfy underlying needs of both parties. Understand how you can be in control and build high-trust, positive client relationships. Learning Objectives Describe steps for opening a discussion, Explain four ways to build high-trust, positive client relationships, Apply five criteria for high-quality negotiations, Summarize win-win alternatives to positional bargaining Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Discover how ineffective habits limits success. We will show you the 'overreached referral' technique for reaching influencers. Understand how to find four types of decision-maker buying influencers. Understand the importance and how to always advance the sale to the next realistic stage. Learning Objectives Explain how ineffective habits limit success, Apply techniques to get your voice mail calls returned, Qualify prospects quickly with screen test questions, Utilize exit strategies to advance the sale Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
We will show you how to engage audiences throughout your presentation by being interactive and keeping it conversational. Understand how to keep your verbal, vocal, and visual messages congruent to increase likeability, believability, credibility, and persuasiveness. Be prepared and think through the presentation from start to finish and anticipate any problems. Learning Objectives Define the new language in sales persuasion, Identify the three V's of communication, Select objectives for your presentation, Analyze your audience Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Experts could influence others as a result of an earned, not elected or appointed status. Understand the two approaches to gaining expertise and how to make good decisions quickly. Discover why you need both depth and breadth of knowledge in order to set an appropriate direction other will follow. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of expert status as a leader, Describe the behaviors of expertise, Assess your leadership expertise, Identify depth of knowledge categories Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Understand how to use trustworthiness and expertise to inspire belief with those people around you. Discover ways to build credibility and playing devil's advocate against your case. Understand how to restore lost credibility using tools such as apologizing, explaining and recovering with a plan. Learning Objectives Explain why credibility is the core of influence and its two dimensions, Apply seven ways to build credibility to increase your influence, Implement three steps to restore damaged credibility Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Assertive behavior is to confidently express what one feels, believes, or thinks while respecting the boundaries of feelings, beliefs, and thoughts of others. Understand the three components of interpersonal communication in more detail, verbal, vocal and visual message. We will show you how to own your thoughts and feelings and take a stand to express your rights or emotions. Learning Objectives Identify the three components of interpersonal communication, Describe the benefits of assertiveness, Explain verbal, vocal, and visual language and behaviors Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Personal accountability is about taking control of your life to achieve the outcomes you want by design, not by default. Understand the difference between the victim and victor and apply the four stages of the victim or victor cycle to keep your team accountable. Understand why collaboration will be vital throughout the four stages when others accountable. Learning Objectives Define personal accountability, Describe the four stages of the Victim Cycle, Implement the four stages of accountability Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Poor hiring practices shows up in both the bottom line and in hidden costs. A focused and organized recruitment strategy begins with a checklist of items to guide the hiring process and we will show you how to write effective job descriptions. We will help you to understand why interviews, reference checks and testing are critical in the hiring process. Learning Objectives Describe elements of effective hiring using a checklist,Write an effective job description, Implement guidelines for conducting an interview Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Your professional image should reflect not only your business's social norms, but also allow you the freedom to express yourself as a person. Understand the five professional image strategies and what makes each one unique. Discover how a professional image also includes good grooming, upright posture, being punctual, word articulation, effective listening, reliability, responsiveness, respect, and courteousness. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of projecting a professional image, Implement five strategies for professional dressing, Demonstrate behaviors and characteristics of professionalism Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Confirming a sale takes both nature-or common sense, and nurture-good technique. You will learn how to look for verbal and visual buying signals throughout. We will show you how getting to yes requires stacking building blocks of smaller yeses and how to always advance the sale to the next realistic step. Learning Objectives Explain the ABC's of getting to yes, Identify buying signals, Implement steps for getting to yes, Build a pyramid of yeses that lead to a confirmation Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams