The Challenges
Changes in strategy are difficult to get implemented across an organization.
From a sales perspective, a change in strategy is often manifested in the form of a change in sales process. Sales processes are often rolled out with some training classes, a manual or book in support of the methodology, and unfortunately little other reinforcement of the process or selling tools.
As a result of being left largely on their own to follow a new methodology, sales reps often revert to the playbook that they’ve historically followed, sometimes adopting pieces of the new methodology that they either know they’re going to be called upon to produce, or that they think will actually help improve the way they have been working.
In some cases, the consequences of this can be disastrous: Consider a shift from a product-centric approach to a solution-centric approach where the rep is expected to sell more than just one product, or sell both products and services.
The ability to impact day-to-day sales rep activity can play a heavy role in determining the success of a new strategy.
The Solution
Kadient allows your sales management team to quickly and easily create and deliver to your sales people a selling playbook that aligns with a new approach to selling.
It equips your sales people with the best practice tools and content they need to engage with clients in the new model, and through coaching built into the playbook, helps reinforce the usage of these assets during the critical period of transitioning to a new sales approach and beyond.
As your sales people begins to use the new approach and tools, Kadient will give you an understanding of which resources are being used, which are being ignored, and even let your content owners take advantage of feedback from the sales team.
This feedback loop is critical to the process of taking the theory built into the new sales approach and turning it into a workable practice for the real world, and also provides insight into problem areas associated with the transition to a new approach.
Finally, the feedback loop gives the sales reps a voice in helping shape the process and tools at their disposal, and a deeper stake in the success of the new approach.
The Benefits
Driving sales success is a powerful and critical lever in implementing a new strategy for sales.
With Kadient, sales management is enabled as never before to support a new approach to selling with the tools, practices and selling content needed to make sales people successful.