Build Habits

Dec 6, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Build Habits, Coaching, Sales Coaches, Sales Managers, Achieve, Commitment, Excellence, Results, solutions, Systems, Goals, planning, Objections, Intention, strategy, consistency, Reflection & Holidays

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Goals Again

Yes. Goals again!

In most showrooms, December is rather quiet, with customers, clients and designers preparing for and celebrating the holidays. Prior to setting goals for the new year, December is a good month for evaluation and analysis if you didn’t do so in November. If not, see my November blogs for assistance.

Are you noticing any resistance to writing goals for next year? Do you have any sense that you don’t really need to do write goals? Perhaps you feel that you have figured out a p…

Dec 6, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Build Habits, Coaching, Sales Coaches, Sales Managers, Achieve, Commitment, Excellence, Results, solutions, Systems, Goals, planning, Objections, Intention, strategy, consistency, Reflection & Holidays

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Nov 15, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Retail, selling, Sales Managers, Sales Coaches, Build Habits, Goals, Closing & Achieve

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In an earlier blog, we looked at ACTIONS – since actions are the only things that produce results. Actions are also measurable and observable so we can see if they are working.

When we evaluate performance, we need to look at the specific actions we took and the quantity of those actions. Did we take ENOUGH of them?

Or, did we need to take more impactful actions? Did we do things that were easier or more comfortable or more familiar – that didn’t work – instead of actions that would have bee…

Nov 15, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Retail, selling, Sales Managers, Sales Coaches, Build Habits, Goals, Closing & Achieve

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Nov 8, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Retail, selling, Sales Managers, Sales Coaches, Build Habits, Goals, Closing & Achieve

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Evaluation

As the year starts to wrap up, we have addressed finishing strong - and the actions associated with that – so that we can carry this perspective into the end of the year.

Progressing further into the final quarter, and in preparation for setting goals in December, we want to take a hard look at the year – what worked and what didn’t work – so that we can effectively and objectively evaluate actions that did, or did not, produce results.

Objectively evaluating performance can be tough – we want…

Nov 8, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Retail, selling, Sales Managers, Sales Coaches, Build Habits, Goals, Closing & Achieve

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Nov 1, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #FillTheWell, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Build Habits, Results, Retail, Goals, solutions, Excellence, Achieve, selling, Commitment, #closeratio & Actions

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Don’t Let Up Until You Finish

You are almost there. It’s almost over.

Stay with the process and keep at it until you have crossed the finish line…and resist the temptation to lighten up as the end nears.

This is when others will give up…they will say ‘it’s close enough’…or that making goal is overrated…or some other disempowering belief that makes giving up seem reasonable. You might have done that in the past, too. But this is a new reality, and you are building a new set of skills that will serve you to consistently…

Nov 1, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #FillTheWell, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Build Habits, Results, Retail, Goals, solutions, Excellence, Achieve, selling, Commitment, #closeratio & Actions

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Oct 25, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Closing, Consistancy, Action plan, Creating Urgency, Change, Goals, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Build Habits, Sales Coaches, Coaching, Sales Managers, sales, Results & Retail

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Bear Down

The strategy for coming from behind has MORE actions than the strategy for making goal when you are on track to do so.

That means elevating expectations and perspective of what it will take…to aim higher and be prepared to do what you need to do to achieve the goal.

That also means MORE outreach calls. Making more appointments. Closing more appointments and more sales…and doing more with the time you have or maybe extending the time needed to each segment of the period.

Notice your reac…

Oct 25, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Closing, Consistancy, Action plan, Creating Urgency, Change, Goals, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Build Habits, Sales Coaches, Coaching, Sales Managers, sales, Results & Retail

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Oct 11, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, Sales Coaches, Coaching, Build Habits, Action plan, challenges, communication, sales, Goals & Actions

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Be Realistic and Honest

This month I'd like to dedicate time to discuss ENDING a selling period…and ending it on track and on goal, even if the month didn’t go as smoothly as desired.

We are now in the fourth quarter of the year, so the skill of finishing strong applies to the month as well as to the year.

Let’s start with being straight and realistic. You are either on track to make goal or you are not. You have had a specific number of opportunities that you have closed or scheduled, or you have not. You have sch…

Oct 11, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, Sales Coaches, Coaching, Build Habits, Action plan, challenges, communication, sales, Goals & Actions

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Aug 15, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Appointments, Organization, Build Habits, Action plan, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Achieve, Opportunities & strategy

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Be Organized BY Appointment

Last month my blogs were about ‘leading by example’ as a sales manager: to demonstrate Sell it or Schedule it with a guest, to coach a sales associate from Sell it or Schedule it, and to use Sell it or Schedule it as an operating system for interactions and intentional outcomes.

The same goes for being organized - by appointment.

When one is committed to making appointments and sees the value in making them, they will organize their calendar accordingly, with slots dedicated to appointment…

Aug 15, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Appointments, Organization, Build Habits, Action plan, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Achieve, Opportunities & strategy

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Aug 8, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Organization, Appointments, Systems, Goals, Action plan, Build Habits & Coaching

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What is Your Relationship to Organization?

As a natural list maker, it still surprises me when I work with someone who relies solely on a daily to-do list and doesn’t use a calendar. Is that you?

A daily to-do list is an insufficient structure for organizing actions in time. They are good vehicles for prioritizing results per day…but using them exclusively fosters high stress and a narrow perspective…which is why I encourage using a calendar with at least a weekly view. It encourages a wider vision of the time allowed and the best tim…

Aug 8, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Organization, Appointments, Systems, Goals, Action plan, Build Habits & Coaching

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Jul 25, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #SellItOrScheduleIt, Build Habits, Action plan, Sales Managers, Sales Coaches, managers, Results, Retail, team, Discovery Questions, leaders, practice, sketching, Sketch the space & Closing

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Sell it or Schedule it: Your Operating System

To recap: The flrst level of Sell it or Schedule it as a sales manager is to be able to demonstrate the process and to produce a sale or an appointment.

The second level is to be able to train and coach the process with the sales team to improve results.

The last level is to use Sell it or Schedule it as your operating system with the sales team. This puts the understanding and execution of the process in a full circle.

Let me explain by asking a few questions…

How are you using voice and bod…

Jul 25, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #SellItOrScheduleIt, Build Habits, Action plan, Sales Managers, Sales Coaches, managers, Results, Retail, team, Discovery Questions, leaders, practice, sketching, Sketch the space & Closing

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Jul 18, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #SellItOrScheduleIt, Action plan, Build Habits, Coaching, Sales Coaches, Sales Managers, Retail, Results, Excellence, Goals, strategy, Systems, leaders, team, managers & practice

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Sell it or Schedule it: Train it and Coach it.

Now that you know the elements of Sell it or Schedule it, what are the skills to develop to train it or to coach your sales associates?

If you need to increase the team close ratio, what are the actions in the sales process that will accomplish that? Which steps in Sell it or Schedule it will raise their success rate? How are you going to do that?

And once you train a selling skill, how are going to coach it - formally and Informally?
How will you structure your observations on the floor to wa…

Jul 18, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #SellItOrScheduleIt, Action plan, Build Habits, Coaching, Sales Coaches, Sales Managers, Retail, Results, Excellence, Goals, strategy, Systems, leaders, team, managers & practice

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Evaluation

Don’t Let Up Until You Finish

Bear Down

Be Realistic and Honest

Be Organized BY Appointment

What is Your Relationship to Organization?

Sell it or Schedule it: Your Operating System

Sell it or Schedule it: Train it and Coach it.

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