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Write You - Increase Sales - Overcoming Barriers
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Examples of behavioral barriers include techniques, strategies and skills such as:
Prospecting
Profiling
Telemarketing/scripting
Overcoming objections
Asking for the business
Closing the sale
Following up and managing the relationship
Leaders who are very successful in overcoming behavioral barriers follow this three-step approach in this sequential order:
- Managers must TEACH employees what behaviors (actions) are expected
- Managers must COACH employees to build their confidence to master sales management behaviors
- Managers must EXPECT and hold employees accountable for completing the desired behaviors on a consistent basis
Conceptual Barriers
Conceptual barriers are the absolute most difficult barriers to overcome.
Conceptual barriers are the barr
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Most managers have felt this way about certain employees at some point in time.
Let's face it, some employees have a very hard time consistently executing tasks that "should" be relatively simple to complete.
So what are the barriers getting in the way of their success?
Actually, there are several types of barriers - but perhaps not the typical sort of barriers that you may be thinking.
Barriers can be classified in three major categories. Each category identifies strong barriers that, if not quickly identified and corrected by the team leader, can negatively impact the progress of your team.
The Three Major Types of Barriers are: (Hint: Remember A, B, C)
A-ttitude Barriers
B-ehavioral Barriers
C-onceptual Barriers
Attitude Barriers Every employee must take ownership of his or her own attitude.
A manager is NOT in charge of anyone's attitude except her own. If an employee has a poor and non-productive attitude and is not willing to correct it, that is a personal choice and that person needs to be held accountable for that decision.
Quite simply, there are too many quality people who are willing to learn and add value to an organization, for a leader to invest time and money on anyone who makes the conscious "choice" to portray a poor attitude.
Keep in mind, if a leader does NOT hold team members accountable for non-productive attitudes, then he/she has in essence told the team "it's ok".
Employees' displaying poor attitudes is NOT ok. A leader should never allow herself to be seen as "sanctioning" this kind of behavior.
Here is a great way to communicate expectations about "owning your attitude" to your team.
Go to any hardware store and buy the largest coat hook that you can find. "The Hook" will be a visual reminder to your team members that you expect them to leave any personal issues or poor attitudes on this hook prior to beginning their day.
(Suggestion: You might want to paint The Hook a bright silver or gold color, and perhaps even mount The Hook on a nice piece of stained wood. Hang The Hook in a common area, away from customer view, where employees will see it often and be reminded throughout the day about your expectations of leaving poor attitudes on The Hook - as they do not belong anywhere in the workplace.)
When you introduce "The Hook", and your expectations relating to attitude, you might say something like:
"Rest assured, if you each will make sure to leave all your personal issues on the hook each morning when you arrive, I will take personal responsibility for guarding it on your behalf. I will watch over it for you throughout the day, and I promise that every night when you are ready to return home, it will still be there - just waiting for you to take it back home with you. That is my solemn promise to each of you." :)
Behavioral Barriers
Behavioral barriers equal actions not taken or completed, which hinder the achievement of maximum results.
Behavioral barriers refer to an employee not completing critical sales management tasks as expected - despite having mutually agreed to do so.
Managers spend most of their time coaching to behaviors - working to increase results of the mid-level and low-level producers.
Examples of behavioral barriers include techniques, strategies and skills such as:
Prospecting
Profiling
Telemarketing/scripting
Overcoming objections
Asking for the business
Closing the sale
Following up and managing the relationship
Leaders who are very successful in overcoming behavioral barriers follow this three-step approach in this sequential order:
- Managers must TEACH employees what behaviors (actions) are expected
- Managers must COACH employees to build their confidence to master sales management behaviors
- Managers must EXPECT and hold employees accountable for completing the desired behaviors on a consistent basis
Conceptual Barriers
Conceptual barriers are the absolute most difficult barriers to overcome.
Conceptual barriers are the barr
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C-onceptual Barriers
Attitude Barriers Every employee must take ownership of his or her own attitude.
A manager is NOT in charge of anyone's attitude except her own. If an employee has a poor and non-productive attitude and is not willing to correct it, that is a personal choice and that person needs to be held accountable for that decision.
Quite simply, there are too many quality people who are willing to learn and add value to an organization, for a leader to invest time and money on anyone who makes the conscious "choice" to portray a poor attitude.
Keep in mind, if a leader does NOT hold team members accountable for non-productive attitudes, then he/she has in essence told the team "it's ok".
Employees' displaying poor attitudes is NOT ok. A leader should never allow herself to be seen as "sanctioning" this kind of behavior.
Here is a great way to communicate expectations about "owning your attitude" to your team.
Go to any hardware store and buy the largest coat hook that you can find. "The Hook" will be a visual reminder to your team members that you expect them to leave any personal issues or poor attitudes on this hook prior to beginning their day.
(Suggestion: You might want to paint The Hook a bright silver or gold color, and perhaps even mount The Hook on a nice piece of stained wood. Hang The Hook in a common area, away from customer view, where employees will see it often and be reminded throughout the day about your expectations of leaving poor attitudes on The Hook - as they do not belong anywhere in the workplace.)
When you introduce "The Hook", and your expectations relating to attitude, you might say something like:
"Rest assured, if you each will make sure to leave all your personal issues on the hook each morning when you arrive, I will take personal responsibility for guarding it on your behalf. I will watch over it for you throughout the day, and I promise that every night when you are ready to return home, it will still be there - just waiting for you to take it back home with you. That is my solemn promise to each of you." :)
Behavioral Barriers
Behavioral barriers equal actions not taken or completed, which hinder the achievement of maximum results.
Behavioral barriers refer to an employee not completing critical sales management tasks as expected - despite having mutually agreed to do so.
Managers spend most of their time coaching to behaviors - working to increase results of the mid-level and low-level producers.
Examples of behavioral barriers include techniques, strategies and skills such as:
Prospecting
Profiling
Telemarketing/scripting
Overcoming objections
Asking for the business
Closing the sale
Following up and managing the relationship
Leaders who are very successful in overcoming behavioral barriers follow this three-step approach in this sequential order:
- Managers must TEACH employees what behaviors (actions) are expected
- Managers must COACH employees to build their confidence to master sales management behaviors
- Managers must EXPECT and hold employees accountable for completing the desired behaviors on a consistent basis
Conceptual Barriers
Conceptual barriers are the absolute most difficult barriers to overcome.
Conceptual barriers are the barr
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Here is a great way to communicate expectations about "owning your attitude" to your team.
Go to any hardware store and buy the largest coat hook that you can find. "The Hook" will be a visual reminder to your team members that you expect them to leave any personal issues or poor attitudes on this hook prior to beginning their day.
(Suggestion: You might want to paint The Hook a bright silver or gold color, and perhaps even mount The Hook on a nice piece of stained wood. Hang The Hook in a common area, away from customer view, where employees will see it often and be reminded throughout the day about your expectations of leaving poor attitudes on The Hook - as they do not belong anywhere in the workplace.)
When you introduce "The Hook", and your expectations relating to attitude, you might say something like:
"Rest assured, if you each will make sure to leave all your personal issues on the hook each morning when you arrive, I will take personal responsibility for guarding it on your behalf. I will watch over it for you throughout the day, and I promise that every night when you are ready to return home, it will still be there - just waiting for you to take it back home with you. That is my solemn promise to each of you." :)
Behavioral Barriers
Behavioral barriers equal actions not taken or completed, which hinder the achievement of maximum results.
Behavioral barriers refer to an employee not completing critical sales management tasks as expected - despite having mutually agreed to do so.
Managers spend most of their time coaching to behaviors - working to increase results of the mid-level and low-level producers.
Examples of behavioral barriers include techniques, strategies and skills such as:
Prospecting
Profiling
Telemarketing/scripting
Overcoming objections
Asking for the business
Closing the sale
Following up and managing the relationship
Leaders who are very successful in overcoming behavioral barriers follow this three-step approach in this sequential order:
- Managers must TEACH employees what behaviors (actions) are expected
- Managers must COACH employees to build their confidence to master sales management behaviors
- Managers must EXPECT and hold employees accountable for completing the desired behaviors on a consistent basis
Conceptual Barriers
Conceptual barriers are the absolute most difficult barriers to overcome.
Conceptual barriers are the barr
Many entrepreneurs who are opening a dollar store forget that aggressive cost management is one of the keys to the success of their business. They don’t realize that cost management will be required from the time the very first purchase is made in preparation for opening their store and it includes every purchase that is made as long as the store is open and operating. While low cost items may not warrant a huge investment of your time and energy, other costs will require continual scrutiny.Those who are opening a dollar store often assume that major expenses should be examined as they prepare for opening a dollar store. While they might look for methods to reduce the costs of store fi
"Rest assured, if you each will make sure to leave all your personal issues on the hook each morning when you arrive, I will take personal responsibility for guarding it on your behalf. I will watch over it for you throughout the day, and I promise that every night when you are ready to return home, it will still be there - just waiting for you to take it back home with you. That is my solemn promise to each of you." :)
Behavioral Barriers
Behavioral barriers equal actions not taken or completed, which hinder the achievement of maximum results.
Behavioral barriers refer to an employee not completing critical sales management tasks as expected - despite having mutually agreed to do so.
Managers spend most of their time coaching to behaviors - working to increase results of the mid-level and low-level producers.
Examples of behavioral barriers include techniques, strategies and skills such as:
Prospecting
Profiling
Telemarketing/scripting
Overcoming objections
Asking for the business
Closing the sale
Following up and managing the relationship
Leaders who are very successful in overcoming behavioral barriers follow this three-step approach in this sequential order:
- Managers must TEACH employees what behaviors (actions) are expected
- Managers must COACH employees to build their confidence to master sales management behaviors
- Managers must EXPECT and hold employees accountable for completing the desired behaviors on a consistent basis
Conceptual Barriers
Conceptual barriers are the absolute most difficult barriers to overcome.
Conceptual barriers are the barr
"There's no avoiding it. The eternal search for sustainable competitive advantage is leading us straight into the squishy softness of culture and character. Many business people won't like it. They won't be comfortable talking with colleagues about trust, honesty, purpose, values, and other topics out of the self-help section of the bookstore. They will have to face the fact that they will likely be eaten alive by competitors who confront these issues with relish." — Geoffrey Colvin, "The Changing Art of Becoming Unbeatable," Fortune MagazineAll organizations have access to more-or-less the same resources. They draw from the same pool of people in their markets or geographic areas. And
Examples of behavioral barriers include techniques, strategies and skills such as:
Prospecting
Profiling
Telemarketing/scripting
Overcoming objections
Asking for the business
Closing the sale
Following up and managing the relationship
Leaders who are very successful in overcoming behavioral barriers follow this three-step approach in this sequential order:
- Managers must TEACH employees what behaviors (actions) are expected
- Managers must COACH employees to build their confidence to master sales management behaviors
- Managers must EXPECT and hold employees accountable for completing the desired behaviors on a consistent basis
Conceptual Barriers
Conceptual barriers are the absolute most difficult barriers to overcome.
Conceptual barriers are the barriers that are right behind the eyes, DEEP within the brain. "Beliefs" which were planted at a very young age and re-enforced over a long period of time - which is why they are so hard to "dislodge".
Here are a few quick examples of conceptual barriers:
(Think back to your own childhood. Were you ever taught any of the following rules?)
- Don't talk to strangers
- It is impolite to talk about money
- Never interrupt important people
- Wait to be asked
Now think about what you are asking your sales people to do.
- Telemarket (cold call)
- Profile/Prequalify based on ability to buy
- Create new relationships
Do you see how many of the things we were taught as children fly directly in the face of today's daily sales management expectations?
It is no wonder why some folks have such a difficult time adopting certain routine sales management practices. They are quite literally "handicapped" by a belief system that limits their potential for success.
As a leader it's your responsibility to approach performance issues with a clear understanding of these predetermined belief systems. Armed with this knowledge you can more quickly address issues in a way that can help both the sales rep and your entire organization.
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