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The question was posted by Andrea on 29/12/2018 04:36:04

Hey all,
I have the two modules on empathy from Trainers Library but also keen to see other alternative ways of teaching sales people empathy. Would anyone be open to sharing anything with me, just an hour module would be great. Much appreciated.
Andrea


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Hi Andrea, I was interested in your challenge as a previous Psychiatric Nurse and a sales training manager in Pharma. I am not sure if empathy as such can be learned, but I am convinced that increasing the emotional intelligence of sales people can go a long way. I have a slide deck and can share notes on the subject if that would help? Happy to share and chat. 07795111440. Warm regards. Alison
07/01/2019Alison
Hi Andrea,

You could look on a website called SessionLab - there's an exercise in there somewhere which is all about Empathy maps - basically you would possibly need to give them a scenario and then ask them to look at it from the perspective of the buyer. What pressures do they have? What might be the cost of a wrong decision? Who do they care about 'pleasing'? etc etc. I've used this exercise before and it works well.
04/01/2019Becky
Hi Andrea,
Happy New Year to All!
I've delivered a half day session on this to our contact centre staff and used the following areas to help them understand what it is. I covered the following:
When do you show it- trigger words
What does it look like- Empathy vs Sympathy
What does a good call look like- use two calls, one with empathy one without, what are the outcomes?
Why do we use it/ what are the benefits?

You could easily take a couple of these elements and put it into an hour session.
Any support you need, let me know...
Thanks
Jamie

03/01/2019Jamie
Hi Andrea,

I'm not sure if you've looked at it, because it might not be an obvious choice, but Doctor in the House could be a brilliant way of covering this topic - ensuring that sales people consider and who demonstrate and awareness and understanding of the buyer's perspective:

https://www.trainerslibrary.com/user_area/materials/training_doc_details.aspx?doc=1753&area=2

Hope this helps.

Rod
29/12/2018Rod


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