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Shared expectations from the start

David Sandler

The Sandler approach emphasizes mutual expectations and understanding pain, budget, and the decision process. Its up-front contract provides a useful way to establish clarity together.

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The SalesCoach takeaway

Agree on what a useful meeting looks like.

An independent SalesCoach interpretation with an original exercise.

Set a shared agenda

Confirm the time available, what the buyer wants to cover, and what you hope to learn. Offer an agenda that they can change.

Discuss a useful outcome

A useful meeting may end in a next conversation, a specific decision, or an agreement that the fit is wrong. Make those possibilities explicit without cornering the buyer.

Qualify together

Explore the problem, resources, and decision process with the buyer. Qualification is a joint assessment of whether further work is worthwhile.

Make it yours

One thing to try.

Rehearse a 30-second opening: time available, buyer priorities, your questions, and an invitation to agree on a next step at the end.

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Sources & further reading.

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