Sales And Neurological Levels
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Sales and Neurological Levels
Understanding Sales Through Neurological Levels
What are logical levels, you may wonder? This concept was developed by Robert Dilts, a leader in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), inspired by the work of Gregory Bateson (1904-1980). Bateson, a renowned anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist, is often regarded as one of the most influential social scientists of the 20th century, with some predicting his eventual recognition as a figure comparable to Einstein.
With this inspiration, Dilts created a model known as Neurological Levels. This article explores how these levels can enhance consultative sales processes.
Identifying Needs
In consultative sales, the first step is uncovering a need. This corresponds to the initial neurological level: the environment. If your product or service doesn’t fit the customer’s environment, the process can’t proceed. Recognizing this need is crucial.
Building Rapport and Evaluating Behavior
Once a need is identified, customers assess your behavior. Establishing rapport becomes essential here. Consistency in your delivery is key, whether real or synthetic, as taught in NLP. While matching body language, tone, and even breathing can help with smaller sales, genuine connections are crucial in consultative selling. Skilled salespersons shine at this stage, as authenticity surpasses pretense. Transparency about your experience, even admitting you’re a rookie, can build trust and facilitate the sale.
Aligning Beliefs and Values
With the environment and behavior considered, the next layer involves interacting with beliefs and values. Aligning your product with a customer’s values enhances compatibility. A natural salesperson listens for "impact words" like challenge, freedom, or flexibility, which reveal the customer’s core values and beliefs.
Building Relationships Through Questions
As you engage on these initial levels, you're determining if there's potential for a business relationship. Asking insightful questions educates and guides the prospect. Incorporating the ABCs of sales ?" Always Be Closing ?" helps you discern their decision-making capacity. If they aren’t the decision-maker, empower them to involve the necessary individuals.
Ensuring Identification and Alignment
Once decision influencers are involved, employ need-payoff questions, prompting prospects to identify with your product or service. Identification is the next step in the logical level process. Absence of a need, relevant behaviors, or alignment with beliefs and values means they won’t identify.
Aligning Four Key Areas
Your role in sales is to align these four critical areas: environment, behavior, beliefs, and identification. When these align, prospects not only identify with your offering but also transform into advocates. They may refer family, colleagues, and staff, initiated by the process of educating, enlightening, and motivating them to choose your product or service.
By understanding and applying these neurological levels, you can enhance your sales strategy, creating lasting connections and driving success.
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