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Create Success With Professional Development

Guest post by: Joe Ippolito

Article Overview: To be successful, sales people must develop their professional abilities, because sales is a thinking person's business. Charm is an asset, but in the big picture, it's far less important than the system you use and the control you have in the buyer-seller process. The reality is that everyone needs ongoing reinforcement training to be their best. To commit to professional excellence, we all need to go back to school.

Create Success With Professional Development

It's back-to-school time. We are happy and proud to watch our kids learn, grow and develop new skills. In many professions, it's always back-to-school time as employees are required to keep their skills sharp through ongoing development or certification. Many companies believe that investing in their employees by offering ongoing professional development gives them the competitive edge. How about your sales team? Are you teaching them new skills to keep you on top?

It takes many hours of training to earn a pilot's license. For those of us who fly, it's a good feeling to know that the pilot at the controls has current knowledge and skills. What about doctors, lawyers and CPAs? What level of confidence would you have in any of these professionals if they were not in continual practice and not up-to-date on the most recent research, laws, tax codes and other advancements in their fields? To function in a professional capacity requires consistent skill development and reinforcement training.

So why would you accept that for most salespeople, on-the-job training is good enough?

Selling is a complex business. Perhaps personal charm and apprenticeship formed the basis of successful selling in the past, but in today's technologically advanced, worldwide market, buyers are more sophisticated and have tougher standards when making decisions. Salespeople must be able to adapt to various types of selling situations.

For example, if a company is focused on rapid revenue growth, the sales team will be directed to generate more business. They are now forced to develop and implement new behaviors and skills based on prospecting. Successful prospecting requires specific tactics and techniques. Is it external or internally based prospecting? Does it require effective phone calls, walk-ins, or referral generation? Your expectation that they can perform without acquiring this knowledge will lead to frustration, failure and excuses.

Salespeople aren't born, they are created. To be successful, they must develop their professional abilities, because sales is a thinking person's business. Charm is an asset, but in the big picture, it's far less important than the system you use and the control you have in the buyer-seller process. The reality is that everyone needs ongoing reinforcement training to be their best. To commit to professional excellence, we all need to go back to school.

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