{"id":476,"date":"2024-04-15T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T08:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sywil.com\/?p=476"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:11:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:11:09","slug":"we-lose-out-on-our-job-promotion-because-of-our-inability-to-sell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sywil.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/we-lose-out-on-our-job-promotion-because-of-our-inability-to-sell\/","title":{"rendered":"We lose out on our job promotion because of our\u00a0inability to SELL"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"476\" class=\"elementor elementor-476\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f6adcf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f6adcf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b4c59f elementor-invisible 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his or her ideas to his team\/organisation\/clients in a compelling way.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd42c31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dd42c31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a3ed4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3a3ed4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get promoted, we need to appreciate that the skills required at the start of our career are different from the skills we require at 20 to 50% of our career journey. And the most critical skill is SELLING.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our education system does not focus on the art of selling. Unfortunately, the corporate learning and development function fails to recognise its importance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80985e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e80985e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e6b80a elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"8e6b80a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tThe mistake people make is to start believing that skills such as selling are innate, either you are born with it or you don\u2019t have them. This can\u2019t be further from the truth as countless studies have proved that \u201cLeaders are not born but made.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef3c218 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef3c218\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25aedf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25aedf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selling at its core comprises a few key abilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are the ability to:<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Develop Self Confidence\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Visualise a new self and a new situation<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Build Relationship: Ability to build relationship faster with your stakeholders\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Think for stakeholder\u2019s success more than yours\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Conduct productive meetings\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Have and Demonstrate Gravitas: Ability to communicate unrecognised issues or opportunities that others are missing\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Be Action oriented in your attitude, approach and communications\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Have a methodical playbook based approach for the core capabilities required for your job\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selling is not a rocket science, it can be learnt easily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All you need is a more holistic approach to your Sales career as a process &#8211; You need a Sales Performance Coach rather than a unidimensional Sales manual Training.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Particularly, if you\u2019re a salesperson struggling to achieve your target OR a Sales director trying to get your budget approved but the stakeholders are not convinced OR you\u2019re trying to get promoted this year then book your free session here <a href=\"https:\/\/sywil.com\/index.php\/lets-connect\/\"><strong>Book your free Session<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We lose out on our job promotion because of our inability to SELL We hit the proverbial \u201cCorporate Glass Ceiling\u201d Failing to get a job promotion means failing to sell yourself.\u00a0 A good leader is the one who is able to sell his or her ideas to his team\/organisation\/clients in a compelling way. 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