Stay ahead with customer value thinking.

Every sales organization has room to improve; always look for ways to level up the skill set across your entire team. With this end in mind, I’ve put together the final four value selling steps to help sales reps advance their efforts. Set the bar high, then reach even higher to boost productivity and enhance performance.

The days of “selling to” someone is long gone. Instead, the best sales professionals ensure their customers are an active part of the process—and provide them with tools to become your internal champion in the process. Use these five steps to facilitate more proactive and effective collaboration with your prospects.

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In 2016 and 2017, I joined a large global manufacturing company as a Value Coach to assist them in their value transformation in Europe. The project lasted 18 months and was a very transformational experience for the teams and for me. This is when I realized that all I knew about customer value management was not enough. I had to go deeper in concepts of change management, transformational leadership, and mindset change. I started studying Carol Dweck’s work on mindset and bought her bestselling book called Mindset: The New Psychology of Success [1]. This is not a business book, but its...

No industry is immune to The Great Resignation, especially in the go-to-market realm. Salespeople may be particularly susceptible to the phenomenon for a variety of reasons including but not limited to working 100% remotely, timing of the commission payments, pay levels due to increased uncertainty, and a lone-wolf mentality that can quickly lead to burnout and a lack of attachment to their teams.

Economic pressures over the past few years have resulted in increased scrutiny for expenditures under new and existing technology contracts. This heightened emphasis on financial impact products and services deliver requires sales teams and customer success staff to elevate their approach. Conversations with prospects and existing customers must focus on tangible value. Instead of just being the purview of sales teams, value must be front and center in every customer interaction.

While the world is bouncing back, the economic impacts of the pandemic are still being felt across industries and borders. Organizations are putting expenditure under the microscope, scrutinizing every purchase decision. Sales and customer success teams must be ready to make a strong case for every opportunity, backed by substantiated and specific customer value delivered. And that calls for a scalable value selling solution.