MC3 Flashcards
Consultative Selling
The process of exploring needs and demonstrating what is available to address them
Need
A desire to achieve or change something
Basic flow of every Consultative Recruiting Conversation
- Build Rapport & Listen with Purpose (immediately and ongoing throughout every interaction)
- Engage
- Explore
- Enable
- Gain Commitment
- Respond to Objections and Disinterest (at any point of the conversation)
What are the 2 types of skills for success in MC3?
- Effective Communications Skills
2. Consultative Selling Skills
What are the 2 Effective Communications Skills?
- Build Rapport
2. Listen w/Purpose
Define Build Rapport
Developing a relationship through interpersonal skills
Why Build Rapport?
To facilitate trust and honest exchange of information
When to Build Rapport?
Immediately and ongoing in any interactions.
How to Build Rapport?
- Demonstrate Corps Values
- Find Common Ground
- Match & Mirror
What are potential “Wrong Turns” in regards to Build Rapport?
- In appropriate Words
- Humor
- Sexual References
- Intimidation
- Sounding “Robotic”
Define Listen w/Purpose
Focusing attention to gather information and build relationships
Why Listen w/Purpose?
To ensure understanding
When to Listen w/Purpose?
Immediately and ongoing in any interaction
How to Listen w/Purpose?
Listen to Understand, listen for Facts and Feelings, Listen to Build Trust and Observe Body Language.
How to listen to understand what a person is saying?
Use open questions to clarify what a person is saying and use a close question to confirm your understanding.
What are potential “Wrong Turns” in regards to Listening w/Purpose?
- Physical distractions
- Personal Biases
- Snap judgements
- Thinking ahead
Define Engage
Opening the conversation
Why to Engage?
To align on an agenda and the value of the conversation
When to engage?
When it’s appropriate to start a consultative conversation
How to Engage?
- Transition to Business
- State the Agenda and its Value and test for YES.
How to Transition to Business?
Use a positioning statement to let the person you are speaking to with your overall purpose, or that you’re moving on to a recruiting conversations or changing to a completely new topic
What is the importance of stating the value of your agenda?
This provides information about why the conversation will be valuable to the other person.
What are potential “Wrong Turns” in regards to Engaging
- Sounding Robotic
- Engaging without Rapport
Importance of Testing for Yes?
This ensures that the person you are speaking with agrees with what has been said and is ready to move forward.