The Beliefs
Compounding growth through partnership.
Creating Value — The What
Understanding your customer’s mission and motive also called buying motives and business objectives
Understanding buying influences (Economic, User, Technical, Coach- Miller Heiman)
Understanding a customers “Odds Are” (Dimensions of Professional Selling)
Asking better questions to uncover hidden needs
Aligning solutions to impact, not features
Tools: pre-call planning, stakeholder interviews, SWOT analysis
Strengthening Trust — The How
Delivering on promises consistently
Communicating openly and with compassion
Investing relational capital before you need to withdraw it
God gave us 2 ears and 1 mouth in that proportion for a reason
Tools: opening statement, building rapport, trial close, handling objections: LAER model (Listen, Acknowledge, Explore, Respond), or ECIR (Empathize, Clarify, Isolate, Respond) feedback loops
Driving Growth —The Result
Leveraging your network for mutual wins
Building partnerships that multiply opportunity
Measuring growth not just by revenue, but by influence and impact
Think differently to think BIGGER (David Cote- Winning Now, Winning Later)
Tools: partnership scorecard, competency & character evaluation, ROI worksheet

