In der neuesten Ausgabe der Harvard Business Review beschreiben Russell Ward, Iain Davies,Ken Le Meunier-Fitzhugh und Lynette Ryals die Ergebnisse ihrer Untersuchung mit über 800 Verkaufspersonen.
Sie stellen fest, dass nur drei Verkäufertypen erfolgreich sind, "Experts", "Closers" und "Consultants". Fünf Verkäufertypen sind ineffektiv, das sind "Storyteller", "Focusers", "Narrators", "Aggressors" und "Socializers". Diese fünf Typen erzielen tiefe Werte in den beiden wichtigsten Vehaltensdimensionen, der "Meeting preparation" und dem "Rising to the Challenge".
Professor Lynette Ryals’ article ‘Do You Really Know Who Your Best Salespeople Are?’ highlights some topical management insights resulting from the joint research project between Cranfield and Silent Edge.
Cranfield worked with data, provided by Silent Edge, analysing the performance of 800 sales professionals observed in live sales interactions. The report identifies eight sets of behaviours in sales meetings. By understanding these behaviours, managers could effect changes in their current sales force and recruit better team members in the future.
“The most exciting part of our results is how the behaviours of these sales people are linked to their success” says Professor Ryals. “This is an important report for companies wanting to improve their sales performance.”
“The results of the research are ground-breaking,” says Silent Edge’s CEO Russell Ward. “For the first time organisations are able to identify what types of behaviours they have in their sales forces giving managers invaluable knowledge to develop their teams. This is where Silent Edge is leading the market and we’re helping our clients achieve incredible performance improvements using our innovative evaluation and development tools.”
HBR is one of the most influential business journals in the world and highly respected among academic and management communities. Read the full article in the Harvard Business Review here: http://bit.ly/d8We4F or read the full research report here: http://bit.ly/h0GMTz