Sales Success Obstacle #7: Failure to Continuously Improve

This blog post kicks off my new series of posts that count down seven of the biggest obstacles that hold sales professionals back.

The seventh obstacle is the failure of business leaders to continuously improve.

Leaders are learners, and successful sales professionals are always learning and improving their skills and their mindset. Both require attention and intentional development.

Sales people fail in this area typically because they are not intentional!

You Can Always Improve

No doubt you are reading this blog because you want to improve! Let me encourage you to continuously read, observe, engage mentors, attend seminars, talk to colleagues, and evaluate your selling experiences. Create a personal development plan right now – if you don’t already have one – to learn and grow as a sales professional.

There are three areas that you must address in order to take your sales to the next level. As you learn and grow, you will want to focus on these three areas:

  1. You must have a basic knowledge about the product or services that you are selling. Have you done research on your product and it’s competitors? Do you know what the pros and cons are of the service you provide? You don’t have to be the best expert in the world, but you need to be able to answer questions and have adequate responses.
  2. You must have a reliable selling process. Are you just hoping that your prospects are going to respond to your pitch? Have you thought about common objections and developed responses to them? If you don’t have a process, you will never know why you made or didn’t make a sale…and you won’t be able to improve it! Write down what your process looks like. Make a flow chart. Script what you’ll say.
  3. You must have the right mindset or attitude. My observation is that mindset or attitude is often the most challenging! Are you going into sales meetings thinking you are going to fail? Or do you believe that what you are selling is the best choice for your customer? Do you believe that what you are doing is good?

The Results of Learning

Being an aggressive learner can result in big benefits, including:

  • becoming a top-notch sales professional
  • gaining more confidence and improving your performance
  • falling in love with selling and beginning to see it as “serving” rather than taking
  • gaining greater financial success
  • enjoying the fruit of a growing network of people who appreciate you
  • realizing the enormous potential you have to succeed in sales

As a business coach who serves Katy, Sugar Land, and the West Houston area, I am here to help you! Your success is my success! Contact us today for a free Strategy Session to evaluate your sales process.

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Glenn Smith is a sought-after Executive Coach with over two decades of experience. Recognized for his strategic insights and leadership training, Glenn has been a guiding force for more than a hundred successful small to mid-sized businesses. Merging data-driven strategies with profound insights into human behavior, he aids business owners and executives in realizing their fullest potential. A respected thought leader, Glenn has contributed to numerous business publications and is a popular keynote speaker. Outside his professional realm, Glenn cherishes family time and outdoor activities. He is a pilot with over 30 years of flight experience. He is also a professionally trained gunsmith and a firearms instructor. His dedication to fostering leadership and driving transformative change marks him as a premier figure in executive coaching.

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