Take the Sales Skills Self-Assessment and Discover Where you Stand on the Sales Skills Spectrum

Don’t Let Poor Sales Skills Kill Your Thunder

There is one thing that will make or break your success in business and it’s your ability to sell. There is absolutely no way to get around it I don’t care what industry you are in or if you are a service provider or widget maker. Mastering sales is mandatory.

It’s interesting because when I write articles like this they are read less than average. Would you rather meditate than sell? It’s not going to bring in the money folks.

One of the first things I assess with my new coaching clients is where they stand on the sales skills spectrum.

Take this self-assessment and see if your poor sales skills are killing your thunder:

1. Do you love sales or do you avoid it?
2. Do you need to find more of the right people to talk to or are you not connecting with the ones they’ve got?
3. Do you think you are good at sales (but your revenue numbers say otherwise)?
4. When I say the big word….” sales” …. does your voice get small and you tell me you plan to hire people to do that for you because you don’t want to do it?
5. Do you hear sales and say ‘bring it on baby’.

There are two teachings here.

The first is for you to own that this is your company, no matter the size, and no one will ever be as passionate about your business and sell as well as you. Ever. This is your baby and no one will love it as much as you. So, you MUST embrace selling. When I worked in corporate America, the CEO of the fortune 50 company I worked for made sales visits. If he did it so should you! After you master sales you can train and hire people to do it for you, they will still never be as good as you.

The second point is that you can truly “sell without selling” and there is an authentic, personal, way to connect that comes from a place of serving others. Embracing sales is how you will share your unique gifts with the world.

Sales is about asking questions and learning the needs of the person you are talking to, not asking for money or pushing yourself on someone. Talking and telling all about yourself is not the name of the authentic game. In episode 44  of the Fresh Tracks with Kelly Robbins podcast, Fresh Tracker Judy Hoberman shares, sales is about building relationships, helping people solve their problems, and my favorite, being interested not interesting.

Your sales skills play an incredibly important role in your ability to make money and succeed in business. Don’t hide your head in the sand, think you are better than you really are, or try to get away with not doing it at all and continue to struggle in building your business.

I talk about sales with strength, yet with kid gloves. When done correctly with integrity and authenticity, sales is an amazing way to help people. There are so many formula’s and slick willy teachings about selling that don’t work because people are busy following the formula instead of being present to helping the person in front of them. They ultimately miss the mark.

It’s your time right now. Find a mentor to help you embrace selling and step into the powerful you that’s here to serve others!

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