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Sometimes referred to as a “knee-jerk reaction”, this happens when the prospect gets us off-balance by how they behave – or by what they say. In the sales process, it can happen in many places but the WORST thing you can do is “react.”

In this podcast, Bill and Bryan select five areas where they’ve seen salespeople react in a “knee-jerk” fashion and give you some ideas on how to solve them.

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You’ve just written an email to a prospect who’s not calling you back. 
You get ready to hit SEND…but as you read it again, you realize it just doesn’t quite capture your thoughts. Here’s our advice: STOP – Don’t SEND! Instead, read EMAIL IT!, 
The Seller’s Guide to Emails That Work.
http://emailitsellersguide.com/

As sales pros and sales leaders, we’re frequently in situations where we’re either giving or getting “performance feedback.” As with any business skill, there are right and wrong ways to look at feedback. In this episode, Dan Paulk, Senior Designer, Professional Development Programs at Hogan Assessments, discusses some ‘feedback intelligence’ that he has used as a psychotherapist and Hogan consultant.

For those of you who don’t recognize Hogan Assessments, they are one of the fastest growing personality assessment companies in the US. Full disclosure: We use the Hogan Inventory of Personality tests as both selection and coaching instruments for our private client group. We recently attended a certification class on Hogan and Dan was the workshop leader. We felt his approach to feedback was worth you knowing about.