Growth Dynamics Get Down

Hey, one of the things I want to talk about now, and it's kind of personal, is that we understand that our attitude, our mental state, our mental toughness is as important as anything that you can deal with in the world of business development; if your attitude is, woe is me, sorry, you probably need a new profession.

Symptoms:

One of the most common objections salespeople get is about price: "That's a bit more than we were thinking about paying." "Your prices are kind of high." "That just doesn't fit our budget" are typical comments.

Hey, everybody. Charlie Hauck — founder, president, head trainer, and coach at Growth Dynamics. And I'm gonna talk about a little bit of a touchy subject that's happening out there in our world today.

Symptoms:

Bob found himself staring blankly at his calendar. The year was nearing an end and the speed with which the year had flown by surprised Bob again, just like it had each of the last 15 years, since he had started in this business.

Hey, look, the seasons are changing, and the warm weather is coming. I think there are actually some flowers poking their heads up in the gardens around our house. And that's just a reminder... The first quarter is now over.

Symptoms:

John's territory involves working with many prospects that ask for samples, demonstrations, proposals, references and all the usual items that buyers want from a vendor. Trying to appear accommodating and professional, John finds himself spending hours of time preparing, writing, setting up or sending all this information that he believes will help "convince" his prospect.

Symptoms:

Sondra worked relentlessly to hit her numbers and keep her territory on top of the rankings.  Never shy about asking for business, if a sales report showed a dip in the numbers, Sondra would beat the bushes for the orders that might help push her over the goal for that quarter.

Symptoms:

After having been in the same role for over 5 years, Ted was stuck. "What else can I talk about with these people that we haven't gone over all ready?" was the question Ted kept asking himself (with no answer) after he did a review of his clients. He knew he didn't want to be the pesky salesman that just made a meaningless follow up call, or who stopped in to drop off donuts and see what orders might be around to pick up, but he was also very aware that his manager expected him to keep growing the territory and expanding the accounts.

This one is something I have to remind myself of regularly, and that is to slow down and figure out why I am reacting the way I am to any situation.

Symptoms:

“The weather is changing; flowers and trees are popping out and I am exactly the same” thought Sam. Sam has been in sales for her entire career. She knows she does well enough as she has climbed the ranks through various companies, but she tends to plateau with medium accounts. Sam has yet to earn some of the major accounts and or territories that make salespeople’s careers.