Sales Leaderships' Third Law of Selling
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Release Date: 08/14/2022
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info_outlineFor every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
You probably remember this concept from your high school physics class, as it has been studied and analyzed since Sir Isaac Newton published his Three Laws of Motion almost 350 years ago. You may not know that this theory can also be applied to understand better how we can efficiently drive sales in our day-to-day management decisions.
New Sales Managers Start Learning Here
It starts with a basic idea: every decision you make is an action that elicits an expected reaction from your team.
You make your management decisions based on the results you want. Maybe your sales are below target, so you take a look at your KPIs and decide to encourage your team to work harder to improve their numbers. You expect this decision to result in improved numbers.
But what happens when you implement that decision, and you DON'T get those improved sales numbers you were looking for?
More effort, your action isn't producing more sales, the expected reaction. Why is this? The problem is focusing on the reaction instead of your action. This is the science of successful selling.
You may want to sit down for this part:
Sales is actually NOT all about the numbers.
Yeah, I know; I'll give you a second to recover from that. Shouldn't the whole point of sales be making actual sales? Well, yes, of course, if you didn't make the sales, then you wouldn't have the job you have. But it's more complicated than just that.
What is just as important, if not more important, than the sales themselves?
New Sales Managers Start Learning Here
The Behaviors that take place during the creation of those activities that create the numbers. What behaviors maximize the results of those numbers? If you focus on a sustainable way to make sales, then you'll find yourself with those improved numbers you were looking for.
Vaughn is the co-founder of Results-Driven Leadership. He is a leadership development expert, podcaster, and author. His methods are brought from his real-world experience working on the front lines and living the role of being a high-impact leader and manager. His coaching and training programs offer no theory, just common-sense advice and direction. He is a former executive with CarMax, the world's largest and most respected company in the auto industry, and is a Fortune 100 Best Places to Work.
Vaughn's mission is to improve the impact of executives and other managers by increasing their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
His motto is "No matter what business you're in; you're in the people business."
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