Breaking BizDev

6 Sales Competencies for Professionals


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If you're an engineer, architect, advisor, or consultant, chances are at some point in your career you'll need to learn how to develop new business. 

On this episode, Mark explains how experts and firms can create a "sales competency matrix" that helps firms identify and then build competence in specific areas. He does this by mapping 6 sales competencies across 5 levels of master:

6 Sales Competencies:

  1. Behaviors and Mindset
  2. The Sales Process
  3. Sales Planning
  4. Practice, Industry, and Client Knowledge
  5. Prospecting
  6. Pricing and Value

5 Levels of Mastery:

  1. 知る / To know of or to have heard the concepts
  2. 分かる / To know and really understand the concepts
  3. 出来る / To be able to do on your own very well
  4. やりつける / To do continuously very well over time (and show improvement)
  5. 教える / To be able to do and to teach it well to others


Read more in this blog post by Mark:
https://www.wainwrightinsight.com/six-sales-competencies-for-professionals/

Share your feedback in our listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8V9T6Z7

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