Course description
The aim of this course is to provide Sales-people, Account Directors, Account Managers and Account Executives with the skills, techniques and confidence that will transform their approach and help them enjoy embedding a professional, pro-active business development approach into their contact with existing clients. This comprehensive programme will include the fundamental skills of a professional sales-person as well as demonstrating how implementing a continuous, carefully delivered series of cross-selling and up-selling opportunities into their lines of communication with customers can have a dramatic and sustained long term impact on the success of the business.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This programme is ideal for Salespeople, Account Directors, Managers and Executives who are responsible for maintaining existing business relationships with clients and wish to explore the wider business development opportunities that may exist.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
On completion of this course delegates will be able to describe Professional Account Management - the Role, Key Tasks and Responsibilities - as well as provide a compelling case for an organisation implementing a Business Development Strategy.
Training Course Content
Day One
- Understand the importance of relationship selling face to face and on the phone
- Behavioural Skills
- Self-awareness
- Assertiveness
- Attitudes & Behaviours
- Transactional Analysis
- Using simple communication skills to gather information and gain commitment
- Recognising and responding to buying signals
- Communicating your 'wider business' product and service offering
- Painting verbal pictures and gaining commitment
- Written communication skills
- An individual action plan from Day One
Day Two
- Building a business profile
- Creating Account Development Plans
- Setting short- and long-term objectives
- Portfolio management
- Matrix management and its implementation
- The importance of call frameworks
- Formal vs informal business interviews
- Selling vs Negotiating
- The foundations for Individual and Team Business Development Strategies
- Painting verbal pictures and gaining commitment
Course delivery details
Delegates will study a variety of modules on behavioural skills and understand the impact of different forms of behaviour and communication both in face-to-face situations as well as when on the telephone. We will introduce appropriate relationship development and business development techniques which can help identify new business opportunities. The trainer will facilitate discussion and put into practice, with simulated role-play, up-to-date techniques required for making client interaction more productive and profitable.
Continuing Studies
Effective Middle Management - an essential skills programme
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