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The Winds of Change: Drawing Industry Conclusions

Focus: Bank sales team members

Main Messages: Participants examine trends in one or two target industries and translate their implications into conversation starters, sales conversation questions, and potential situations.

Learning Points: Participants learn how to

  • Think about the impact of the economy and industry issues.
    • Distill the most critical issues from industry information documents.
    • Translate the issues into potential business implications.
    • Phrase questions that demonstrate insight and perspective without obvious “look how smart I am” tactics.
  • See the implications of industry operating cycle trends.
    • Identify industry operating cycle challenges and opportunities.
    • Anticipate potential financial needs that accompany the challenges.
  • Consider the likely bank product solutions that could help.
    • Anticipate the benefits that might address operating cycle challenges.
    • Identify one or more bank products or services that could generate those benefits.
    • Generate questions to confirm desirable benefits.

Delivery: Pre-work, half-day classroom session, and optional (and encouraged) field sales meetings. Can be used in small group or very large (300+ people) settings.

Download The Winds of Change – Drawing Industry Conclusions program description.

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca