Manufacturing Industry Sales Training: Questioning/Listening Skills

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT IN CRITICAL SALES SKILL #3: QUESTIONING/LISTENING SKILLS QUESTIONING/LISTENING. Great listeners ask great questions. The best salespeople don’t just ask questions; they ask the best questions. These are the questions that allow you to develop a better understanding of the customer’s situation and demonstrate your sincere interest in the customer. Salespeople who do this the best, sell themselves to the customer. The ‘salesperson’ is the first buying decision that the customer makes. When it’s made in your favor the rest of the buying decisions become far easier to achieve. REMARKABLE FINDINGS ABOUT QUESTIONING/LISTENING SKILLS IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

1. Since Application learning out-paced the Universe, Skill Gain improvements were significant and produced significant ROI from the investment in time to improve Questioning Skills.
2. Questioning Skills improvement has implications on other critical skills such as Presentation Skills. I.e. If key needs are not uncovered with questions, presentations cannot accurately hit the mark.

Salespeople responded very well to the training and achieved certification levels in the critical selling skills. Their ability to apply the skills was off the charts improved from 56% to 115%. Every skill showed significant gains. This is an industry filled with salespeople eager to solve problems for customers.