Executive Sales Training & Coaching

“We turned to LSA Global’s executive sales training to help us take our solution and executive selling skills to the next level.

Their ability to formally assess our situation, identify key sales gaps, develop a plan to measure the results, and fully implement a key sales initiative has been outstanding.

I recommend them to anyone looking to transform its sales force the “right way” to sell higher and wider.”
Daniel Heckman | Director of Sales-Enterprise Accounts | Avid Technology

“We engaged with LSA Global to create a highly interactive business learning activity for 90+ sales distribution partners. LSA focused on high-yield questions and the creation of an impactful and effective questioning framework. We were very pleased with the design and delivery.

LSA really engaged and challenged everyone with relevant activities and expert sales facilitation.”
Richard Marshall | Senior Manager, Global Marketing | SketchUp

Description

Selling to executives is different from solution selling. Before executives or senior directors approve a purchase decision, they need to understand how the product or service will specifically impact their overall corporate goals.

Prior to the executive selling training and coaching workshop, you pull together information on a current account that you want to target. Then you spend up to three class days with a corporate officer with experience at the C-level who consults on the account’s current situation and the specific sales strategies that are needed for the future.

Throughout the executive selling training and coaching workshop, the executive will play the part of “the client.” Together, you analyze the company’s annual report, financial reports, and industry analyst reports to identify crucial issues affecting the client’s company.

You receive a detailed look at financial concepts such as ROI, time to market, and the time value of money. After analyzing a customized case, you will plan for and practice conducting executive level sales meetings using your identified account.

Once you have completed the program, you will be able to develop sales strategies for building strong relationships with executives that will lead to increased revenue. To better sell to executives, you will know how to:

Perform a financial analysis to identify an executive’s overall corporate challenges and concerns.
Position products and services as part of a strategic investment that addresses corporate goals.
Communicate the value of the proposed solution (such as greater revenue, faster sales cycles, less price discounting, improved customer loyalty, increased market share, decreased operating costs, and better control of inventory) designed to gain a business edge.
Begin and grow executive level relationships by better understanding the problems that a prospective C-Level client faces and by increasing your insight into the executive’s objectives and thought process.
Be regarded by executive buyers as leaders, advisors and problem solvers who add value to their sales relationships.

Target Audience
Executive sales training is for any Sales Professional or Sales Manager that needs to sell solutions to C-Level executives or senior leaders to be successful.

To learn more about how we have helped leading organizations increase their executive selling skills or to speak with an LSA Expert to learn more about the executive selling training and coaching options for your company, please contact us.

Related Information

ServiceSource has relied on LSA Global’s expertise for a variety of core initiatives, from strategy design and implementation, to business sales skills, to sales coaching. We recently engaged LSA Global to create a competency matrix for our inside sales team that will serve as our roadmap for employee on-boarding, development, succession planning, and retention.

This critical project had a tight timeline with high visibility. LSA Global completed the deliverable ahead of schedule and surpassed our expectations.

PMO and Outside Sales Operations
Senior Vice President

LSA Global has been a great partner in helping us move toward being “the leading developer of talent in the service performance management industry.”

I have engaged LSA to help develop best-in-class programs in the areas of: Executive On-boarding, Manager Training, Sales Training and Coaching, Employee Engagement, and Instructional Design.

They have consistently met or exceeded my (very) high expectations and are always responsive to my needs to increase performance, engagement, customer satisfaction, and sales growth.

Mike Normant
Senior Director, Training & Development

Seagate has always found LSA to be a highly valuable consulting, training, and coaching resource.

The recent business sales training programs they’ve delivered for Seagate University have been the right solution, of highest of quality, and highly customized to our unique business and culture.

I would highly recommend LSA to any company interested in offering top notch learning solutions that make a difference.

Tammy Dujmovich
Sales, Marketing & Customer Service

LSA Global’s sales negotiation training and assessment process provided the sales negotiation tools and practices that have significantly enhanced our negotiations process. Their facilitators understood our business, its challenges, and framed the learning in a way that we understood.

I am very happy with the value we have received and would highly recommend LSA to others looking to improve their sales negotiations results.

Jeff Bizzack
President

Originally, we launched a RFP to partner with a sales training provider to improve the sales skills of our global distributor network.

LSA Global challenged our thinking by suggesting we focus on the systemic sales strategy, culture, and talent factors that create sales success before we invested in the more symptomatic needs of sales skills and knowledge.

LSA Global identified the critical strategic actions to improve overall sales performance and then designed and delivered world class business sales training across the globe to help increase revenue and margin.

I’m so happy we took a more strategic approach to sales performance with LSA. Thank you for making this fit our culture.

Kim Benson
Director Human Resources

We value the relationship we have with LSA Global. They customize and deliver top quality sales solutions when we needed them. They pay special attention to ensuring the solution fits our unique needs, business, and culture.

I would recommend them to anyone looking to greatly improve the skills of their sales force.

Carol M. Harbin
Manager, Worldwide Sales L&D

LSA Global demonstrated excellent expertise in sales and sales leadership, spent the time required to make sure the objectives were clear, and showed flexibility in shaping and sustaining everything that they did.

They “MEDRADized” the session to meet our unique needs, looked beyond the obvious, and got the key points across in a way that made sense. Thank you!

Doug Stantial
North America Sales Training Manager

LSA Global rocks! Thank you for helping our executive team get aligned by creating a powerful and clear strategic direction and go to market sales growth plan that we could all fully commit to.

From a sales growth perspective, I am really energized about the outcome and grateful for what I have learned throughout the strategic clarity facilitation process.

Stacey Wong
VP Sales

LSA’s customized Effective Presentation Skills program has helped us elevate our presentation skills to the next level. I personally now have a much greater self-awareness of my presentation skills and can leverage my strengths while working to improve upon other areas.

I definitely recommend LSA Global to anyone for whom presentations are an integral part of their job.

Jim Elliott
Senior Marketing Manager

We selected LSA Global over several other sales experts based upon their ability to clarify and align our sales strategy, their expertise in identifying the critical sales scenarios necessary to meet our growth targets, and their willingness to stand behind the results with targeted sales management training and coaching and a pay-for-performance guarantee.

They have become an integral part of my sales team as we rapidly scale. I would recommend them to any sales leader looking for a true partner.

Anthony Lanham
SVP, Sales North America

We recently hired LSA to help us take our client delivery methodology to the next level as we continue to grow and help our clients succeed.

The custom strategy and design session exceeded our expectations. They really understood our business and delivered within tight time frames. They were the best I have seen for this type of complex, visible, and strategic work.

LSA’s ability to get a group of 20+ executives from around the globe on the same page, push their thinking to new heights, and ensure an executable plan was excellent.

I would recommend LSA to anyone looking to take their strategy and strategic execution to the next level.

Rob Sturgeon
EVP Client Delivery

From beginning to end, LSA was as invested in making sure the program succeeded as we were. They not only met the needs of our sales organization, but they helped us meet our very tight launch deadline.

The consultant operated with the sense of urgency necessary to ensure that we were ready to roll the business sales training program in a way that made sense.

Without their dedication and sales expertise we would not have been able to launch the program with the success that we did. Thank you LSA for being a valued business partner!

Erin Surprise
PHR, Manager - L & D

LSA was instrumental in making our worldwide sales meeting a success. They saved me a ton of time with ‘best in class’ solutions to meet our business objectives. Whenever I’m in a pinch, I can count on LSA’s dynamic team of sales trainers and consultants to really go the extra mile.

They truly understand the meaning of customer delight. Thank you!

Amy Walker
Manager

We evaluated 6 well known sales development partners in the market. We ended up selecting LSA global because of their unique ability to get results selling solutions. They also had the strongest assessment, implementation, measurement, coaching, and global capabilities .

We’ve had such strong feedback from the executive selling program that there are requests to roll it out within the Marketing, Product Management, and our Leadership teams. Thank you LSA!

Stephanie Lucey
HR Manager

The sales strategy and goal setting session was right on target. It was a very valuable process that I highly recommend to any sales team looking to increase performance.

Thank you LSA Global!

Phil Rosenberg
Senior Vice President of Sales