Sales & Customer Experience

Consultative Selling

A High Performance Learning Journey that moves a sales team from transactional to consultative, diagnose before you prescribe, and build the customer's business case with them.

The business challenge

Why organizations ask for this

Sellers who lead with product get compared on price. The commercial conversation collapses into discount negotiation before value has ever been established, the main contact stays at middle management, and the account is one procurement review away from being replaced.

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Approach & methodology

How the programme actually runs

2 days face-to-face or 4 × 3 h online + ½ day follow-up · Blended: workshops, digital assignments, group coaching · RO / EN

Preparation

Two to three individual conversations with selected participants, customisation of the workshop materials, and the start of the digital journey on PROMOTE: pre-reading, case-study videos, preparation exercises.

Day 1: Client understanding

Welcome and setting the scene; a business case debated and debriefed; SWOT analysis to identify the main challenges; consultative selling principles; consultative versus transactional; customer profile and segmentation; territory management and sales pipeline.

Day 2: The sales process

Developing the relationship and lowering tension; identifying needs with the SPIN model; building and presenting a persuasive offer; overcoming objections; closing; getting recommendations.

Embedding missions

Digital assignments and a personal performance plan between sessions.

Follow-up

A half-day group coaching session on sales implementation and calibration.

Competencies built

What participants can do afterwards

Strategic questioning

SPIN questions that surface the cost of the problem, not only the problem.

Relationship building

Lower the tension early, so the customer tells you what is actually going on.

Needs discovery

Diagnose before you prescribe, and check the diagnosis with the buyer.

Persuasive presentation

Present the solution as their business case, in their numbers.

Closing techniques

Move to commitment when the criteria are met, not when the quarter ends.

Expected business outcomes

What the organization should see

10–15% increase in conversion rates
Higher customer lifetime value
Increased retention through trust-based relationships
Schedule & format

Practical details

Audience
Sales teams
Duration
2 days face-to-face or 4 × 3 h online + ½ day follow-up
Format
Blended: workshops, digital assignments, group coaching · RO / EN
Measurement
Kirkpatrick L1–L4
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Sales teams.

2 days face-to-face or 4 × 3 h online + ½ day follow-up. The rhythm is deliberate: modules are spaced so participants apply the behaviour at work between sessions.

Blended: workshops, digital assignments, group coaching. We adapt the mix to your geography and shift patterns.

Yes, and it always is. We start with two to three individual conversations with selected participants, then rebuild the cases, the language and the practice situations from your business.

Kirkpatrick levels one to four: reaction, knowledge, self-assessed behaviour, and the participant's manager assessing the same competencies. We agree the target behaviours with the sponsor before design starts.

Digital missions and buddy work on PROMOTE, with the participant's own manager involved. This is the difference between 15-20% and 60-80% transfer into practice.

Yes. We also deliver in French across our Western European and African operations.

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