The 5 Biggest Dangers of Christmas Networking

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The 5 Biggest Dangers of Christmas Networking?

December 17th 2012

By Gregory Ferrett

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Welcome to Monday

I have attended many end of year fuctions and observed some unusual behaviour. It is at these functions where the best and worst of a persopns character can be on display.

Faye Hollands, an accomplished career coach and director of Outshine Consulting, says it doesn’t matter whether you’re at your work Christmas party where you know lots of people, or at a networking event where you know very few, being on top of your game and setting the right impression upfront is paramount when you meet someone new.  As they say, first impressions count.  All of the usual networking rules apply, but here are Faye's 5 pitfalls that the silly season seems to amplify: -

Too Much Booze

A couple of drinks are often great for dutch courage, giving you the confidence to approach someone you’ve wanted to introduce yourself to for a long time.  But be mindful that slurring, spitting, and general drunken behavior probably isn’t going to set the kind of impression you were hoping for!

There’s nothing worse than having ‘the fear’ the following day when you think you’ve embarrassed yourself, especially when it’s in front of someone new and important.  So you have two options – either restrain yourself and go for the quality introductions OR have a blast but avoid staggering up to the CEO for that ‘all important’ talk about how you want to be promoted.  Don’t mix the two!

Over-Talking

In the throws of a Christmas event, when everyone’s excited and having fun, it’s easy to talk over people.  However, we all know how frustrating it is when it’s impossible to finish a sentence without being interrupted.  Hold yourself back, let people have their moment, and then you can have yours too.

Not Listening

You might find yourself in a situation where there’s a lot going on around you which can be quite distracting.  But there’s nothing worse than talking to someone new, and realising that their focus is on everyone else in the room apart from you.  So if you’re going to make the time and effort to meet new people, make sure you properly listen to them and give them your undivided attention during your conversation.  Don’t be remembered as rude!
Being Inappropriate

I don’t know what it is about Christmas events, but I’ve seen too many people use them as a license to be inappropriate.  Just because Santa’s about to make an appearance doesn’t mean that what’s normally off-limits becomes OK now.  If you want to avoid the cringe-factor, make sure you apply the same rules you would at any other regular networking event or party.

Being Loose-Lipped

It great to find common ground with people as it helps build rapport, but being loose-lipped and talking about people or subjects that should remain confidential is a big no-no!  Being seen as a gossip, or an employee that can’t be trusted, won’t help your career at all.  It’s better to say nothing than to spill the beans and find they come back to bite you later!

So now those pitfalls are out of the way, it’s time to go and have some fun!  If you use Christmas events wisely, you can really come out of the silly season on top, with some great connections to follow-up with in the new year and a new network that will help you get ahead professionally.

Questions and this weeks activities

Before you attend that end of year fuction be prepared and have a few conversational starters ready. Remember others like to talk about themselves, so working the room is about letting others do the talking.

1. Take time to memorise the names of the people you are likely to meet - greeting people by their first name gets things moving quickly
2. Have two or three questions you can use with everyone to get the conversation started. This is easier at an office party as the questions are more obvious.
3. Move around the room and have lots of short conversations. If someone seems like an interesting person to follow-up suggest a catch-up in the new year (or some specific time)

The end of year networking event is about meeting people and enjoying their company. Make a good impression and you will be off to a great new year.  
Have a great week

Greg Ferrett

Exceptional Sales Performance

 

Faye Holland - Director of Outshine Consulting. Faye is an accomplished career coach and productivity specialist who has successfully coached countless clients on how to create a career they love, get more done in less time, and achieve professional success.

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Can procrastination save you, your career and you life from being unproductive?

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Can procrastination save you, your career and your  life from being unproductive?

December 10th 2012

By Gregory Ferrett

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Procrastination is the art or putting off or delaying important actions to a later time. This is a close relation to, and often at odds with, the emotional need to have something useful to do and be engaged in life.

Can procrastination be a good thing?

Can a little procrastination be a good thing?

I have an important project I am trying to get under way (more on this another time) and every time I sit down to action my to-do list I find something else to do, which seems important, and gets in the way. I called up my business coach and we had a heated debate on procrastination.

He pointed me to a great article by Erin Falconer, editor of Pick the Brain. According to this article procrastination comes in two categories – structured and unstructured – and there are beneficial aspects to each. This is what Dr Piers Steel of Psychology Today calls ‘Beneficial Procrastination’. Here is my take on the items in this list.

Structured Procrastination

Getting organised – avoiding tasks by using the excuse your workplace needs to be better organised. You feel good as your workplace is neat and tidy

Networking – you have a list of contacts you really should touch base with but don’t have the time. Procrastination is an opportunity to stay in touch. Of course you feel good as there will be a long term dividend.

Planing ahead – The only thing better than actually doing something is thinking or talking about doing it. Take time to identify, record, and schedule all your tasks. Leave the best and most important for last so you can savour the victory.

Errands – How about that dentist appointment? Or car service? These important tasks become appealing to the best of procrastinators. Of course your car and health will be much better by doing these today.

Get up to date – go back to all those emails with red flags and read the reports and memos you should have read. They are definitely a lot more interesting today and you will be ready for questions at the office party

Assist others – If you are not going to do your own work, you can at least deliver on the help you promised your colleague last week.

Unstructured Procrastination

Structured procrastination is a great way to keep busy, but sometimes that doesn’t cut it. When you’d rather not do anything work related, unstructured procrastination is the way to go. It might seem like laziness, but what’s wrong with that?

Unstructured procrastination is essential for recharging creative energy and allowing the unconscious mind to work on difficult problems. These are 6 productive ways to avoid work completely.

Go to Lunch – You need to eat, might as well do it now so you can’t use it as an excuse later.

Exercise – Same as lunch, with the added benefit of increased alertness.

Take a Walk – A casual walk is a great way to unburden your mind and allow great ideas to come to you.

Relax – If you feel a strong desire to procrastinate, there’s probably a reason behind it. Relaxation is important for a healthy productive lifestyle, why not do it now when you can’t get anything else done?

Come Up With a Great Idea – This one can’t exactly be completed on demand, but studies have shown that entrepreneurs and other creative people tend to get their best ideas during down time.

Read a Good Book – If you’d rather not think for yourself, you might as well absorb the great ideas someone else took the trouble to record.

Is Procrastination a good thing?

If you put off something on purpose because you think it's a good idea to delay, you're not procrastinating. You're scheduling or prioritising, sometimes just to feel the motivational thrill of doing it all at the last moment. Procrastination is when you planned or felt that you should have done the thing earlier, and then delayed anyway. In short, it is putting off despite expecting to be worse off.

Sometimes we are lucky and the task we have been putting off doesn't need to get done after all - a truly happy moment, like when a project gets cancelled and it turns out the boss doesn't need that report you never got around to writing in the first place.

So the answer is, yes, procrastination can make life a whole lot more interesting, more rewarding and can save you from being unproductive. Just make sure you seloect the right things to procrastinate on.

Questions and this weeks activities

Procrastination can sometimes be a good thing, however, at key times of the business year, like major holidays, putting off tasks to the New Year or until you get back to work can have devastations consequences for a business. Here are some actions to help keep you focused;

1. Every day write down your ‘six pack’. This is your list of the top six items which you must do today
2. Write down how you will reward yourself once you complete each task and all the tasks
3. Turn off your email, Facebook, Twitter and Cell phone until you have completed and rewarded yourself for completing the first three tasks
4. At the end of the day make your new list for the next day.

There is no reason you can’t do other tasks as long as your have the vital things covered. Life is not one big ‘to do’ list, it is about enjoying life and allowing beneficial procrastination refresh and revitalise your life.  

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Pick the Brain - www.pickthebrain.com
Psycholgy Today - www.psychologytoday.com

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Why do people really like you and do business with you?

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Why do people really like you and do business with you?

November 26th 2012

By Gregory Ferrett


Current research tells us the average person thinks about themselves, and how the world impacts them as an individual, almost every minute they are awake.  Their brain is constantly monitoring the environment alert to physical and emotional danger and opportunities. In less than a second the brain can flood the body with chemicals driving a ‘fight or flight’ or a ‘this sounds great’ response.  

As funny as it sounds, in business I continue to find people who think a person’s response to a sales pitch or a request for support will be different just because it is not a social situation. This is dangerous thinking and can lead to wasteful expenditure of money and emotional capital.


What we see is what we want to see - not what others see

My business partners and I were examining a great product developed by people with outstanding credentials and who seemed to know their target market. Despite good promotion and a strong message which brought in some early wins, it remained languishing as an ‘also ran’ product. At the same time a less developed product with fewer capabilities had grown to dominate the market.

We quizzed the developers who were consistent in their responses.

• They had developed the most advanced product in the market – no one else could come near it technically
• They always made a big effort to deliver a great presentation
• They seemed to be in the right place at the right time early on – now they seemed to be always catching up in the sales process

The consistent message we noticed was our client was focusing on how good they were.

Place yourself in their mind

When you need to influence an outcome or want someone to purchase your product or service the first thing you need to do is understand their situation. The research we mentioned earlier tells us the person you are trying to influence cares very little for you or your company, only for them.  Your telephone call, email or letter is an interruption. You need a way to help the person you want to influence see your product or service making their life better. If you can do this they will start to consider what their life might be like with you or your product or service in it.

This is easier said than done as you also spend most of your time considering yourself. After all you are a human being as well. You think of yourself as someone special, with intelligence and you know what is good for your customer.

I have watched with interest advertisements for the iPad and new Intel Surface computer. Both show people in real situations with their lives enriched because of the device. While they talk about the quality of the display, the discussion is about the way your life will be if you use the device. Not the fact one has so many mega pixels. Each time the advertisment shows my whole family wants one - each one for their own reason.

There is a painfully simple yet important lesson to be learned here. When it comes to influencing people or getting them to make a buying decision it is their expectation of what you are asking them to do or buy which will make their mind up. Not what you think is right or wrong.

You can tell the story enthusiastically and with passion, using the best multi-media presentation with endorsements by the best personalities. If you do not know what the person thinks about you are, at best, putting on a show in hope someone listens.
People decide to buy on the basis of expectation – what they perceive the decision will do for them and in their life. If your product or service fits into that perception you have a sale. If not then you don’t. It is as simple as that.

The company was investing enormous amounts of time and effort into selling the inventors idea. He had come up with the idea and made a number of initial sales. Now the company was talking with people who were unfamiliar with the inventor and the concepts he presented.

By changing the perception of the company owners and the way the product and services were presented made an immediate and enormous difference.

People like you and do business with you because they can picture you and your product or service working in their life. The better you are at helping people place you in their life the more successful you will be.

Questions and this weeks activities

There is nothing mysterious about what we did. It required a few simple changes. Try these and you will see your level of influence change quickly and dramatically;

• Engage your customer in a discussion about their business and their life using a reflective questioning style. You will be surprised what you will find simply by  being genuinely interested and scratching under the surface.

• Once you have established some rapport ask questions like “Have you considered …?” and “What happens when…?”

• Paint a picture using words like “Can you imagine leaving the office early confident …?” or “Can you hear your team celebrating knowing …?”

Leave your own ideas at the office – even better, in the shredder. They are great ideas if you are buying – but you are selling and you need to become a part of the buyers concept they are thinking about all the time.

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How can you take a commodity and turn it into a vital requirement for your client?

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How can you take a commodity and turn it into a vital requirement for your client?

November 26th 2012

By Gregory Ferrett

“How can you take a commodity item and turn it into something critical to your clients' business?” is one of the most common questions I am asked.

To date I have never come across a product or service which can not be linked to something of value - even common things.It just takes a little effort and planning.

Here is an example of how disposable nappies and rubber gloves, in a mature market, turned two businesses into industry powerhouses.

Disposable Nappies / diapers

The first question territory reps of this company were always asked was "What is your best price". They were in a tight competitive aged care market where every dollar counted. The business was going nowhere fast.

With a bit of effort and market research they discovered one of the more significant costs an aged care facility has was laundry.

With a bit of smart thinking they were able to demonstrate by using their incontinence pads laundry costs were reduced significantly due to leakage reduction.

Instead of calling the purchasing manager they were now able to call the CFO and ask this question “If I could show you a way to reduce your laundry costs by 22% would that be something of interest?” The answer was always “How?” and of course the appointment was made.

Rubber Gloves

(Reported in ‘The Age’ – Monday April 15th 2002)

Ansell moved its stake in Ford’s occupational glove business form 25% to 100%, a deal that it sees as a template for future company arrangements.

The Ford contract is worth close to $20 million a year, and is an example of Ansell’s approach to large customers, in which it will enter a contract to assume responsibility for protecting the hands of it’s customer’s workers.

While Ansell has really interesting technology (knitted Kevlar gloves coated with a nitrile polymer) technology alone would never maintain a long term competitive business advantage and they would have easily been caught up by competitors.

Ford used to spend $20 million a year on gloves, however they also had medical costs of $40 million a year for hand injuries. With the use of the new gloves and a partnership with Ansell for ongoing development in the first full six months there was a 50% reduction in injuries.

Ansell were able to link a commodity produuct to a critical business issue and demonstrate the value of working with them alone.

Today's Questions and Actions

Here are some questions and actions to help you uncover how important your product or service might be to your client.

1. Ask yourself ,and others involved with your clients business, what the challenges they face? List the top few and keep going until you have twenty or more. Be creative and think about the issues their competitors face as well as they are likely to have the same challenges.
2. What is the press saying about their industry?
3. What are the opportunities opening up?

For each item list two or three ways your product or service makes it easier to deal with the challenge. From this list you should have at least one, if not more, compelling reasons why a client should talk to you and not just ask for a price.

Have a great week.

Exceptional Sales Performance

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How can you generate curiosity and keep your clients engaged

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How can you generate curiosity and keep your clients engaged?

November 19th 2012

By Gregory Ferrett

Welcome to Monday

An account manager, during a review of his sales performance and knowing his numbers were down, said, by way of excuse to his manager said, “Richard, I can lead a horse to water, but I can’t make them drink.”

“Make them drink?” Richard retorted. “Making customers drink is not your job. Your job is to make them thirsty! When they are thirsty they will drink.”



The most common challenge business and sales people face is coming to an understanding that selling is not something we do that makes a sale occur – it is something the client does. At some point in the sales process the client decides what it is we are selling will satisfy a need and quench their thirst.

So the question is, “how do you create the thirst?”

Curiosity!

There are four main strategies we can use to create curiosity – and to remain curious through the sales process.

1. Be provocative with questions and statements

 

Provocative questions and statements are the most powerful ways to generate curiosity.

When you make that first call what can we say that is provocative, bold and will shake your client out of their current mind set and pay full attention to you?

You may want to try something like this;

“Hi Ben, this is Greg from Acme Jones Associates. I have a question. I was reading about your company …. and was wondering if you had ever thought…?”

Or perhaps

“Hi Mary, this is Jenny from Acme Jones Associates. I was talking to Merna Balwin of Main Main & Main and wondering if you have experienced the same market challenges as they do?”

2. Provide some of the information

Another challenge business and sales people face is the urge to tell someone everything straight away. I call this ‘showing up and throwing up’. Once there is nothing let to give what value is there in a follow-up call? The key to building and maintaining a long term relationship is to continue adding value with each conversation. If you leave the client curious after the end of each call there is always a reason to call back or to schedule another meeting. Try things like these;

“Hi Mary, we met with Mohammed and ran those tests on the production line over the past few days and I think there may be some serious problems.”

Or

“We have evaluated the supply chain process and compared it to the industry norms in you market sector and found some anomalies.”

These statements tell a part of the information and are designed to stimulate curiosity. A typical response would be “What kind of problem?” or “What sort of anomalies?”

Of course we do not want to tell them all so we move into something like the following;

“Yes – I will get to that. Would you mind if I ask a few questions first?” and move into a conversation with the full attention of the client. Of course we need to share some of the information – but always leave something on the table to come back with.

3. Provide a glimpse of value

In this technique we dangle an idea that could deliver value and then move to start a conversation. It could go something like this;

“Well, John, with just one small change to the manufacturing process you could dramatically improve your return on investment. Would you like me to show you how?”

The response “Sure – what do I need to do?”

“Before I launch into that do you mind if I ask you a few questions?” and the conversation is on its way…

4. Are they a part of the herd

If everyone else is moving in the same direction most people want to know what direction that is. This is classic ‘herd mentality’. Try something like this;

“Well, Mr Jones, we solve a very important problem that most of the companies in your industry have.”

Almost without fail the response is “What problem is that?”

Today’s questions & action

Curiosity is a powerful tool to get conversations started. Here are some ideas to get you started.

1. What are the most unusual applications for your service or product?
2. Call your best clients and ask them the question “What is it that keeps you buying from me / us?” or “What are the key problems / issues our product solves for you?”
3. Turn the question around and ask yourself “If I were being called about my product or service what would the person need to say to grab my attention?”

Use the answers to these questions to create conversation starters. Develop the habit of creating curiosity and you will always have a valid reason to call on your clients.

 

Have a great week.

Exceptional Sales Performance

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How can you uncover hidden need all the time?

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How can you uncover hidden need all the time?

November 12th 2012

By Gregory Ferrett

Welcome to Monday

A recent study showed that 75% to 80% of customers purchased only what they initially set out to buy. What if there was a really simple way to uncover a customers hidden additional need? and you could use this to help you customer uncover their need themselves?

Jewellery Store

My watch kept stopping. I assumed the battery needed replacing so I walked into one of the best-known jewellers in Australia to get a battery fitted. I handed my watch over to the sales assistant and asked them to replace the battery.

 

“I am sorry,” the assistant said “but we do not sell this brand, so we can’t put in a new battery.”

I was stunned! I reminded the assistant that this was where I had purchased batteries before.

“Well, this watch is waterproof, and we can not guarantee it will still be waterproof after we open it”

This assistant was really annoying and definitely trying to avoid making a sale. I needed a battery so I persisted with one more attempt.

“I know you can not guarantee the waterproofing, you said that when you replaced the battery here last time.”

“I am sorry, but we probably do not have the battery in stock …”

I was angry. I stormed out and went to the jewellers a few shops down and handed over my watch.

“No problems, let me have a look,” the assistant said.

After a few moments, the jeweller came out with a battery tester and showed me the battery was fine. We discussed what the problems might have been with the watch that stopped it working from time to time. He asked a few questions and ...

Guess who purchased a brand new watch! (They had uncovered my hidden need)

This sales assistant had;

 

• Established rapport
• Differentiated themselves from their competitor, and
• Helped me discover I needed a new watch.

But what had they done differently?

They had listened and established rapport by taking an interest, engaging my emotional buying style, asked questions and listened. In just a few minutes they had me agreeing I needed a new watch and were on the way to closing the opportunity.

The first jeweller was only interested in selling something in their catalogue. The second jeweller took the time to test the battery (no cost), and then asked some simple questions (also no cost). I felt like they cared for me and I trusted them. They helped me discover I needed a new watch, so when I had a look at a couple of options, and listened to their recommendation, I acted on it.

Chip Bell said "Effective questioning brings insight, which fuels curiosity, which cultivates wisdom." Effective questioning helps your customer uncover their own need. By helping your customer uncover their own need you also create a powerful emotional reaction and driver for action.

Industrial Example

Say you sell industrial heating elements and call to find out if a manufacturing company is interested in using your product. Rather than asking when they plan to buy more (you just know you will have the lowest price!) ask something like “How often do you change the heating elements in your gas turbine?”

This simple question tells you if there is a problem with the life expectancy of current heating elements. You know one key feature of your product is its long life and by planning this question in advance you will also have the follow-up questions ready to help your customer discover they need your product. With this small piece of information you can ask for an appointment to show them how you helped another company reduce the number plant shutdowns by using your heating elements.

Of course, by the time this meeting is done your prospect has 'discovered' they have an unrecognised need for long life heating elements and the lowest price is no longer an issue!

Today’s question & action

Take your product or service and ask yourself "what problems could my product solve?"

Be creative and outrageous. Don't stop until you have a full page of ideas. Do this with a colleague or ask someone to help if you get stuck.

Distill this down to a list of five key problems.

For each problem create a question designed to help your prospect discover hidden problems.

Try these question with everyone you visit this week. You will be surprised how many new opportunities you prospects will reveal to you even they did not know existed.
Have a great week.

Exceptional Sales Performance

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Are you making room for success?

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Are you making room for success?

November 5th 2012

By Gregory Ferrett

Welcome to Monday

It is 2AM and I can't sleep. My mind is racing with ideas! Why is it the best ideas come in the middle of the night? 

Every night I spend time writing my ‘six pack’ so I can get stuck into my day the moment I wake up. I start about 7 and before I know it 5PM rolls around. Where has the day gone? The vital tasks that will drive my success and maintain my health are still not done ... yet I feel productive. 

Here is an important lesson. When we allow our lives to be crowed with 'things to do' time flies. When we let things go, like in the middle of the night, important things come to the surface. Things which will drive our success.

Success comes when you decide what it is you can let go and create the space to do what is important – the learning, the relationships, health breaks and sales calls.

At 2AM there is nothing else happening to crowd your mind.

Think about your life. What could you choose to let go of today? What could you add to your day to make success that step closer?

• Make an appointment with yourself for a short stop at a book store or walk around the lake
• Have lunch with a friend that makes you laugh so much your serotonin levels rise 
• Write that chapter in your book or your Blog
• Sort out that cluttered office ... and cluttered mind

You see, Success needs space  and you are the only one who can control your cluttered day.

Today’s question & action

What are you willing to let go of today? 

• Select one thing you can let go and delete it from your life
• Select one thing to help you move towards your goals and make it happen first each day

Observe what happens as you introduce these changes and add or delete things to help move you to towards success.

Have a great week.

 

Exceptional Sales Performance

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