Insights

Practical thinking for better sales conversations.

Short field notes from SILAP on prospecting, discovery, value, objections and sales leadership—written to be discussed and used.

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Discovery

Seven questions to ask before you present a solution

A useful presentation begins before the slides. These questions help uncover context, consequence, priority, process and the customer’s own definition of a worthwhile outcome.

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Coaching

Coach the observable behaviour

“Improve conversion” is an outcome. Managers need to identify the preparation, questions and next-step habits that can be seen and coached.

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Pipeline

A stage is a customer commitment

Sales stages become useful when each one represents a verifiable change in the buyer’s position—not an activity performed by the seller.

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Value

Make value concrete before price appears

Customers compare price when value remains abstract. Tie the offer to a problem, consequence, measurable change and credible path.

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Leadership

Training needs a management system

A workshop can create insight. Managers, routines and field feedback turn that insight into an operating habit.

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