“Buyers are treating us as a commodity” “Its all about Price, Price, Price” “We aren’t competitive at that price point” Given how often we have heard these statements over the last few years, I would be surprised if they were not common phrases within your sales team.- even in complex sales, we find that customers […]
View PostFor the last 9 years Greenbank have been working with a great group of nutritional scientists from across Europe who are part of the wonderful network group ENLP. Together, we have developed a transformative annual development programme – ENLP Advanced – aimed at supporting senior leaders in academia, industry and not-for-profit associations. The programme is highly […]
View Post Adobe Connect, ENLP, Virtual Coaching, Virtual Sales Training, Virtual WorkshopsTransforming learning & development – quickly & easily Our personal thoughts on how to create high-impact virtual training programmes It was Plato who first suggested that ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ and today that is more relevant than ever before, as we face huge changes outside of our control with far reaching impact on […]
View Post Virtual Coaching, Virtual Sales Training, Virtual WorkshopsAvoiding and Handling Tricky Sales Objections If our work with sales teams around the world is anything to go by, customers haven’t yet stopped giving you reasons why they don’t want to buy from you…and we are regularly asked for ways to address objections during our sales programmes. Tip 1: Heading objections off at the […]
View Post Leadership, Learning and development, Negotiation, Sales, Sales TrainingNegotiating from a position of strength Participants in our win-win negotiation programmes, often state that their main objective for attending the programme is that they want to feel ‘stronger’ in a negotiation. In this short blog article we aim to provide some quick hints and tips to allow you to walk in to a negotiation […]
View Post Leadership, Learning and development, Negotiation, Sales, Sales TrainingWhy 360o feedback is a vital leadership tool If your goal is to make your organisation more successful, you first need to make your people more effective, but of course the million-dollar question is how do we do that? From our experience, a big part of the answer is helping people, especially anyone in a […]
View Post Leadership, Leading Millennial PeopleLeading talented people is challenging. Managing Generation Y (‘Millennial’) people – typical those between the ages of 18 and 25 – has many managers frustrated and confused! From discussions with a wide range of leaders who attend Greenbank programmes they often talk about needing a different approach with the latest generation of team members. One […]
View Post Leadership, Leading Millennial PeopleA couple of years ago, we introduced you to a Christmas survival guide – using the wonderful Insights Discovery model to suggest how different personalities might best copy with the hustle and bustle of shopping for presents. This year we focus on how we can best celebrate with a little tipple – a cocktail that […]
View Post celebration, Christmas, Christmas drinks, cocktails holidays, Insights DiscoveryOne of the differences we have noticed in our conversations with sales managers over the last few years, is that there is a real acceptance that the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to selling simply doesn’t work anymore – not unreasonably, customers and prospects have increasing expectations that a salesperson should tailor their pitch to them. This can […]
View Post Communication, Meetings, Presentations, Sales, Sales Training, Selling, Trust, ValueA simple, but highly effective model that might just transform your life… How often do we sit in a meeting (obviously organised by somebody else…) and think “why am I here and just what am I getting from it?” When you walk away at the end of the interaction still none the wiser, do you […]
View Post Communication, Meetings, Presentations, Sales, Sales Training, Selling, Trust, Value