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Summary of The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson: Conversation Starters

The Challenger Sale opens with this question: What's the secret to sales success? Most business leaders would answer the question with relationships. While that is fundamentally true, Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson argue that it is not enough to build relationships with customers. To be successful, business leaders need to challenge their relationships. Dixon and Adamson needed to understand what sets apart top-performing reps from the average performing ones. Together with their colleagues at Corporate Executive Board, Dixon and Adamson investigate the attitudes, behaviors, knowledge, and skills that matter to reps that have the highest sales performance. Their discovery may come as a shock to decades-old conventional sales wisdom.

SPIN Selling author Professor Neil Rackham says that Dixon and Adamson’s research is “game-changing.”  His advice is not just to read it but also “think about it, implement it. You, and your organization will be glad you did.” DuPont former chief sales officer Dan James says that the amazing thing about this book is that it “breaks the winning elements of this powerful approach into a set of teachable skills.” Oakwood Temporary Housing Vice President Ken Revenaugh says that The Challenger Sale is “a must-read book for every sales professional.”

A Brief Look Inside:

EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER

than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,

and the characters and its world still live on.

Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to

bring us beneath the surface of the page

and invite us into the world that lives on.

These questions can be used to create hours of conversation:

• Foster a deeper understanding of the book

• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups

• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately

• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before

Disclaimer: This book you are about to enjoy is an independent companion resource of the original book, enhancing your experience. If you have not yet purchased a copy of the original book, please do before purchasing this unofficial Conversation Starters.

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26 printed pages
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
Publisher
BH
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Quotes

  • Jan Christian Spendruphas quoted5 years ago
    assertive and would push back if he sees it necessary in order to take control of the sale.
  • Jan Christian Spendruphas quoted5 years ago
    insights on how they can make money and save money. They adapt their sales message to whatever the customer needs at the moment.
  • Jan Christian Spendruphas quoted5 years ago
    Challengers utilize their deep understanding of the business of their customers. They aim to challenge their thinking and take control the sales conversation. They are not afraid to express their views on controversies and they are assertive with whoever they communicate with. Studies show that the top performing sales personnel are most commonly challengers.

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