Success Story:

The Customer:
 

As one of Caterpillar's leading power systems distributors worldwide, Mustang Power Systems provides power packages for a variety of land and offshore applications and specializes in the design, engineering and fabrication of state-of-the-art engine packages in a vast range of power ratings. A growing demand for efficient as well as environmentally friendly power has helped establish Caterpillar and Mustang Power Systems as leaders in these markets.

The Challenge:
 

  • Overall reduction of customer budgets and spending
  • Customers relying on objection tactics to disrupt the sales process
  • Increase in cost of production and transportation
  • Dramatic decrease in competition’s prices

The Solution:
 

  • Learn how to build trust with different behavioral types
  • Communicate value through the entire selling interaction
  • Fully analyze customer organizations and their driving forces
  • Anticipate and handle negative behavior and objections
  • Role-play “cold calling” skills and gain an understanding of prospecting
  • Learn how to get an agreement to act to bring closure to discussions
  • Self-evaluate implementation of skills and ensure lasting results in performance

The Breakthrough:
 

  • $585,000 purchase order placed as a direct result of SPORTS Model application
  • Defused difficult customer objections
  • Now develop improved customer relations on a daily basis
  • Use FAB Statements to establish and reinforce positive differences from the competition

 

Skill Areas and Business Processes Impacted

Material Components
SPORTS Model
Targeting Four Specific Buyers
Interaction
  • 3 Customized Role Play
  • Workbooks
  • Visual Reinforcement
  • Case studies
  • Setting Direction
  • Problem Clarification
  • Offering Options
  • Recommending Solutions
  • Testing for Agreement
  • Synthesizing and Sharing
  • User Buyers
  • Technical Buyers
  • Financial Buyers
  • Executive Buyers
  • Application exercises
  • Practice exercises
  • Group discussion
  • Coaching and Feedback
  • Immediate practical application