I don’t want to summon the boogeyman here, but I think it should be acknowledged. We’re entering a tough market. But not to worry. We know how to be ready for it. Learn how to stay mentally strong in a tough market.

What’s your style of listening? I have to be careful about not labeling this merely as “good listening skills”; that would not do it justice. There is a more profound skill. You don’t just listen – you finish listening. Take in what the customer has to say and allow the customer to express it fully.

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Since leadership centers on delivering and creating movement, it stands to reason that driving our actions as leaders through a filter of empathy is the right way to treat our salespeople and a more effective form of leadership when coaching for sales performance.

There always has to be trust for a customer to buy. If confidence in the market is down, you know where the trust needs to come from. It needs to come from you. You need to be thinking of this as a sales professional. How can I go out of my way? How can I double down on my efforts to increase a customer’s trust in me and the service I can provide? One way we can do that is to focus on gratitude.

How can you ensure your team is prepared for the new market? What tends to happen in a “hot” market is people get busy. Sales leaders and agents are slammed with admin and backlog work. Sales training and skill development often go by the wayside as we are likely to focus on sales results rather than sales behaviors.

The important task for the sales professional is to determine what they’ve based their fear upon. Is the fear legitimate? Is there a logical underpinning, or is it an emotional issue?

Certainly, nobody likes it when a customer complains. We don’t like it when a customer says they’re thinking about canceling the sale. But when we see markets shift, this is what happens. So, what can we do about it?

Buyers want to visualize maximizing the product or service they’re about to buy before they put down their hard-earned cash for your product or service. As a sales professional you have the opportunity to help them realize it’s possible and share experiences that worked well for others in their shoes.

Undoubtedly, Cost is a significant inhibitor. The Cost factor scares a great many salespeople. Many sales professionals take a proactive (though faulty) approach by immediately discussing discounts and deals. (Big mistake, by the way.)