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Seven Steps to Avoid Employee Lawsuits
Labor and employment disputes represent the top litigation threat to the majority of U.S. corporations, so it's no wonder that a major fear for business leaders is the fear of employee lawsuits.

HOW CAN A LIFE COACH SUPPORT ME IN GETTING WHAT I WANT ???
What do you want? What do you really really want? When was the last time you asked yourself that question? Most of us are wrapped up in the day to day of our lives, and like a hamster, we run and run as fast as we can, panting and puffing, making a lot of noise running within his wheel, only to come out to have a look around and see that everything is the same, in exactly the same place. Nothing has really changed. From time to time, it is just necessary to stop and ask ourselves, what we want and if we are "running" in the direction of our dreams, and unlike the poor little hamster, going nowhere!
Meeting with people- Establish rapport
Last week I started talking about an important part of your Marketing and Branding Strategy, which is to meet with people, usually one-on-one. I made some suggestions on agenda topics you can use with these meetings. This week, I will discuss establishing rapport.
Sales Tip - Top 3 Ways Introverts Can Sell Expertise to Stand Out and Above
Introverts can have the upper edge in a sales career as an expert when they understand the enormity of their strength as eternal learner in a sales career.
Sales Tip – Sell Yourself as the Expert to Stand Out and Above
Salespeople who tend toward an introvert preference thrive on research. What and why is a research strength important in selling?
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
The end of your presentation does not necessarily come when you finish speaking. After your summation you still have another opportunity to face your audience, during the question-and-answer session. The question-and-answer period will also have an impact on your audience, so do not try to escape this crucial time by sitting down or leaving the podium. This is an opportunity for you to further clarify your ideas.
Sales Training Salespeople Who Lose Sales Can Bounce Back
Salespeople need to get over lost sales to avoid a sales slump. At age 45 George Foreman knocked out Michael Moorer after he was outboxed for the first nine rounds. What can salespeople learn to recover from lost sales from a comeback in boxing?
How Long Do You Need To Keep Your Business Records?
This question comes up a lot here at the office. I am asked at least 3 times a week as there seems to be lots of confusion out there in the “real world” amongst business people. The answer is it depends… If you just complete a Self Assessment Return each year as a consequence of having a company car or other employment benefits, then you should keep your paperwork relating to your claims and expenses for...
Sales Coaching Tip: Widen the Why Gap between Gains and Losses to Increase Sales
Do your sales skills include the ability to widen the "Why Gap" between the potential gains and potential losses for your prospect. Learn more about this gap.
Being Non-Judgmental: The kiss of death for your coaching practice
Too many life coaches, business coaches and executive coaches try to be 'coach-like' the whole time. Rather than show-casing their services, this almost always counter-productive and turns prospective clients off. Being non-judgmental when building your coaching practice and trying to get more coaching clients is the WORST thing you can do. This will sabotage all your marketing efforts.
Interview Techniques For Recruiting Your MLM Trainees
If you are in a situation where you want to think about your new multi-level marketing trainees, you'll find the one thing that you need to think about is interviewing them. If you want to make sure that you get all of the money that you need, and as quickly as you can, you'll find that by taking a look around at some good interview techniques that you will be able to stop and really think about whether or not they are right for you.
Coaching Action Plan for Sales Managers
Have your people set specific goals and connect with them regularly to maintain accountability. Always leave people with action steps, goals and deliverables.
Who Does the Best Thinking in Your Company?
If you believe you are the best strategic thinker in your organization, then you have a problem. If you tell your people what and where the opportunities are and then nudge, encourage, insist or demand they pursue them, then who owns the idea? You do. When you tell your people how and where to sell, you rob them of the opportunity to think for themselves.

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Crush Price Objections: Learn to sell value, not price
Two-thirds of the objections salespeople hear come from a failure to qualify and fully understand the buyer’s needs. Superficial probing by the salesperson or a narrow field of vision by the buyer may cause this. And where there is no value to the customer, price rears its ugly head.
A Strategic Approach To Planning For A New Business Year – Ask Your Clients Questions
A new business year has begun and hopefully your strategic thinking and planning has been underway for some time. A strategic thinking business coach suggests that asking clients some probing questions will be very beneficial in your planning efforts for the new business year. The strategy of asking these questions is to gain insight for developing the best solutions for your clients’ problems. Asking questions will help you gain needed information from your clients; build rapport with your clients; increase the clients’ comfort level; understand the clients’ needs; and discover the clients’ concerns, frustrations and fears. What are some examples of questions you could ask your clients? Your strategic thinking business coach suggests the following:

Who's Asking the Questions Here Anyway?
What often happens on an initial sales call is the prospect asks the sales rep to justify themselves. Well, not actually in those words, but they ask the rep questions such as -- Describe what you do. What do you sell? Why should I buy from you? And other probing questions that not only put the sales rep in a defensive position, but puts the prospect in control of the meeting.
How To Improve Your Own Time Management Through Seven Strategic Questions, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Time is such a precious commodity and it is highly valued by strategic thinkers. Strategic thinking people want to get the most benefit out of their time and they have discovered that a great way to do just that is to develop the ability to ask yourself the strategic questions at the right time. And the beauty of this technique is that you only need to invest no more than sixty seconds to ask those questions before you begin any specific activity, task or assignment. The skill of asking the right questions must be acquired and as time goes by you will improve your ability to ask the real strategic questions. It is important to learn how to ask questions and one tip is to have your questions begin with the word “what.” Here is a list of seven strategic questions to ask.
Are you asking questions that make your customers & prospects THINK?
Questioning or probing as it is also known, is most of the most important skills you can learn when dealing with customers and one of the most powerful. The ability to ask questions that uncover important information about a customer’s needs, current supply and willingness to change is a strong characteristic of a ‘consultative’ sales approach.

Top Customer Sales Questions to Increase Profits in 2009
Some salespeople and managers think they’ll keep clients happy by not ruffling their feathers with uncomfortable questions — but customers can’t solve problems they don’t acknowledge. Here’s how to show clients the bigger picture by asking them the right kind of probing questions, leading them to a happy new year of booming business.

Probing: Leading and Controlling with Questions
What: is a probe Why: do we use probes Questions are one of the most powerful weapons in a salesperson’s arsenal of procedures and techniques. Questions require a prospect to participate actively in the sale. Questions help us learn the prospects hidden wants and needs. Questions give us time to gain lost composure. We must become excellent question askers and effective listeners.

Socratic Struggles
Using the Socratic Method to guide discussions is a well known tool. The method is frequently used in educational situations, but it can be a powerful tool at work if used well. The caveat is that it can be dangerous if used poorly. What has been your experience with using the Socratic Method? Are you alert to when other people are using the method with you? The attached article has some of my thoughts on this subject and gives a list and examples of the six types of socratic questions. 1. Questions of Clarification. 2. Questions that probe assumptions. 3. Questions that probe reasons and evidence. 4. Questions that probe perspective. 5. Questions that probe consequences. 6. Questioning the question
What questions should I ask when buying a business?
There are many questions buyers typically ask when thinking of buying a business that include the level of sales, qualifications and motivations of the employees, questions about landlord and suppliers. While these questions are helpful and appropriate, this article offers some more questions that will help in the decision of buying a business.

Can Your Salespeople Sell More Effectively by Asking More Questions?
Selling by asking questions is hard. A list of questions isn't the answer. Left to their own devices, your salespeople won't be able to create the kind of questions that are needed. You might not be able to either.
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