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7 Sales Negotiation Tips

Brooks Group

Sales negotiation is a critical skill for any sales professional. Whether you’re negotiating with a potential customer or working out the details of a contract, being able to negotiate effectively can make the difference between success and failure. Negotiation is not easy. What is Sales Negotiation?

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A general law of interpersonal relationships?

Red Star Kim

Empathy is one of the core elements of emotional intelligence. There’s a short (eight minutes) video explainer on empathy and emotional intelligence. . And this book explains emotional intelligence and includes a self-assessment of your EQ in four key areas. . Let me explain. . Congruence.

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Soft skills revisited – with a leadership perspective

Red Star Kim

An article in October 2022 in Training Magazine argued that the four most important soft skills to prioritise for remote work – to bridge the distance gap – were emotional intelligence (I devoted an entire chapter to this topic in my book), next-level communication (ie over-communication), active listening and conflict resolution.

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Book review – Can we start again? The patterns of NLP applied to business interactions by Daryll Scott

Red Star Kim

However, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) has arisen a few times at recent training workshops so I thought I would publish the review as a blog post. This book review was published in Magazine – PM Forum way back in 2008. Book review – Can we start again? The patterns of NLP applied to business interactions by Daryll Scott.

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Why are questions so important? (Questioning skills)

Red Star Kim

See the section below on negotiation. When we meet someone, we show interest in them and learn about them (to build empathy and see the world through their eyes An introduction to emotional intelligence (EQ) and empathy (Video) (kimtasso.com) ) by asking questions. Questions are important when we meet someone new.

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Top 11 Professional Selling Skills

Brooks Group

Listening, questioning, negotiating, closing—today’s sales professionals need so many different selling skills to succeed. Communication Communication is the most important selling skill. Use assessments to help them understand communication styles.

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Future Marketing and Business Development Manager: Connections, Collaboration, Context, Creativity, Cause and Continuous learning

Red Star Kim

Delegates represented a variety of roles – many were MBD generalists covering a range of activities (planning, marketing communications, client listening, account management, campaigns, pitches etc). Others specialised in subjects such as events and internal communications.

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