Sales Skills Training
«People buy trust before they buy goods.» – Mark Stevens
? Training Objectives
Build systematic habits for collecting, analyzing, and using customer and competitor information.
Develop personal standards for the preparation, execution, and evaluation of sales to key clients.
Master techniques to identify and develop customer needs across different client types.
Strengthen the ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships.
Learn how to formulate and present the value and benefits of your products to decision makers (DMs).
Create a «Bank of Advantages»—a library of product benefits for use in sales work.
? Training Program
1. Introduction
Program overview and goal setting.
Rules and format of the training.
Introduction to the consultative sales model: players, process, and influencing factors.
2. Customer Information Collection & Opportunity Recognition
Client segmentation using the «Potential–Loyalty» matrix.
Collecting personal information on DMs: background, motivation, interests, authority, decision-making criteria.
Analyzing the client organization: history, strategy, structure, risks, and key players.
Business simulation: “Company – Information Gathering in Sales.”
3. Identifying and Shaping Customer Needs
Understanding personal vs. business needs of clients.
Techniques to build empathetic customer contact.
The 4-question model: situation, problem, consequence, requirement.
Adjusting communication styles to match client type.
4. Building Long-Term Customer Relationships
Loyalty ladder: how to ascend it together with the client.
Trust through personal connection vs. business outcomes.
The psychology of confidence and relationship development.
Business process integration with the client.
5. Competitive Analysis & Tailored Client Offers
Basics of competitive analysis: SNW analysis.
Stakeholder interest matrix. Three-position interest analysis.
Workshop: Strategic modeling for client work.
Creating your “Bank of Advantages” based on DMs’ reasoning and decision drivers.
? Training Methods
Theory inputs
Role plays
Small group work
Business simulations
Case studies
Video analysis
Communication skills training
Business modeling
? Format: 20% theory / 80% practice
? Training Outcomes for the Company
Actionable recommendations:
to improve the sales model,
and on personal development of team members.
A shared understanding of the consultative sales model within the team.
Transformation of the sales mindset toward proactivity and long-term partnerships.
Strengthening of core consultative sales skills: data collection, need identification, trust building, and offer creation.
Field-based analysis of competitor strengths and weaknesses to enhance market competitiveness.
✔️ Implementation Recommendations
Ideal group size: 12–15 participants.
Duration: 2 full days of intensive training.
Include both junior and senior sales staff to foster internal knowledge exchange.
Optionally, run a light version for technical or support staff involved in the sales process.
Ensure post-training support (coaching, team meetings, implementation planning).
Pre-communicate the training goals to participants to reduce stress and resistance.

















