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Does Your B2B Closing Technique Include This Strategy?

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No amount of sales training, scripting or coaching is going to get them over the hump without understanding their fear. Matt Dixon, this time writing for Harvard Business Review , speaks to a psychological effect called omission bias. SalesFuel - Sales Credibility | Sales Research | Sales Hiring | Sales Management | Sales Enablement

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Why Likability is Among the Most Effective Sales Techniques

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But at this stage, we’re all on training wheels. Dr. Judith Orloff offers techniques in the art of reading people in an article for Psychology Today. SalesFuel - Sales Credibility | Sales Research | Sales Hiring | Sales Management | Sales Enablement Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.

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3 Skills for Influencing the Customer’s Thinking

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In fact, research from The University of Western Ontario shows that “roughly 80 percent of managers admit that they would willingly sacrifice long-term performance to smooth earnings or meet a short-term earnings target.” . Research from The Journal of Corporate Finance shows that CEO tenures have halved over the past two decades.

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Why Your Salespeople Won’t Follow Up With Prospects

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Be certain about this, however: you can’t solve an ability problem with a motivation solution, and you cannot solve a motivation problem with a training solution. . Here is the test: has there been sufficient training and testing in the past? If you want to assess the can’t-vs-won’t question, begin with training and testing.

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Chaser, the dog that knows 1000 words! #Chaser1000

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The story of Chaser actually begins with Yasha, the faithful companion of John Pilley, emeritus professor of psychology at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Using play and positive reinforcements rather than relying on treats or punishment, he started training her to recognize items by name, and by group.

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How you manage makes a difference

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The research, completed in 2003, details how happiness extends up to three degrees of separation (for example, to the friends of one’s friends’ friends). Near the end of the 19th century, a researcher noticed that cyclists on a cycling team rode faster when other cyclists were present. Social Psychology,” 1898. 1 Fowler, J.

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Using Motivations to Turbo-Charge Your Career

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So recent developments in the field of psychology that point to intrinsic motivations as the key to peak creativity and performance could help sales professionals. Here’s an example from research I’ve conducted into how motivations define conflict and compatibility in any relationship—including at work. Author: Sean K.