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This course is designed for B2B sales professionals who manage long, complex sales cycles and high-value opportunities involving multiple decision-makers. It is particularly suited to account executives, enterprise sales roles and experienced sales professionals who already understand sales fundamentals and want to strengthen their strategic and execution capabilities.
You’ll deepen your ability to manage complex enterprise opportunities by applying insight-led selling and challenger-style reframing to shape buyer perspectives and influence decision-making. The course develops advanced qualification skills, multi-threaded engagement strategies and value engineering techniques that help you create momentum across buying groups.
You’ll learn how to manage stakeholders across legal, compliance and procurement functions, navigate formal RFP processes with confidence and build structured deal plans that support clarity and control. The course also strengthens your ability to create financially credible value propositions, use inspection methods to improve forecasting accuracy and analyse sales data to identify patterns that support continuous improvement.
By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped to lead enterprise-level opportunities from first engagement to final signature with greater clarity, control and commercial impact.
In this module, you will build a strong strategic foundation for selling during periods of economic uncertainty and change. You’ll explore how sales thinking has evolved, why traditional approaches often fall short and the behaviours required to succeed in modern B2B environments. Through frameworks such as the Inspiring Challenger, PEST analysis and market-force analysis, you’ll learn how to create insight, position expertise and tailor your message to customer priorities. By the end of this module, you’ll understand how strategic insight and informed challenge enable sales professionals to inspire customers, shape thinking and prepare the ground for more complex buying decisions.
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15 vidéos12 lectures2 devoirs
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15 vidéos•Total 68 minutes
Introduction•4 minutes
Insight vs Information•3 minutes
The History Of Sales Methodologies•6 minutes
Understanding The 5 Different Selling Profiles•8 minutes
Why Old Truths About Relationships & Consultative Sales Are No Longer Relevant•5 minutes
What Are The Qualities Of The Inspiring Challenger?•3 minutes
The 3 Rules Of The Inspiring Challenger Sale•4 minutes
Inspiring Customers To Learn & The PEST Analysis•4 minutes
Porters 5 Market Forces•4 minutes
Building Your Expertise•5 minutes
Optimal Tailoring•3 minutes
The Inspiring Challenger Pitch Overview•4 minutes
The Warmer: Introducing The Insight•3 minutes
The Reframe & Rational Drowning•3 minutes
Emotional Impact & A New Way•9 minutes
12 lectures•Total 120 minutes
Lesson Descriptions: Apply Modern Insight To Succeed In Changing Markets•10 minutes
Exercise: My Personal Objectives•10 minutes
Exercise: My Previous Sales Learning•10 minutes
Exercise: My Sales Profile•10 minutes
Exercise: Adapting For Success•10 minutes
Exercise: PEST Analysis•10 minutes
Exercise: What Does a Better Pitch Deck Look Like?•10 minutes
Exercise: Porter’s Five Forces•10 minutes
Exercise: Sources of Expertise•10 minutes
Exercise: Tailoring Your Sales Collateral•10 minutes
Exercise: Creating Your Warmer•10 minutes
Exercise: Unique Selling Points•10 minutes
2 devoirs•Total 40 minutes
Modern Sales Strategy Knowledge Check•30 minutes
Applying Modern Sales Strategy Techniques•10 minutes
Sales Control: Navigate Buying Decisions And Drive Deal Progression
Module 2•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
In this module, you will focus on navigating customer decision-making and taking greater control of complex sales opportunities. You’ll learn how buying decisions are made across multiple stakeholders, how to map and influence decision-making networks and how to align your approach across the wider account team. The module also develops your ability to manage sales momentum, assertiveness and commitment using structured control techniques. By the end, you’ll be equipped to guide opportunities forward with confidence, strengthen deal progression and apply practical control strategies that support success in later modules on enterprise engagement and pipeline management.
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9 vidéos10 lectures2 devoirs
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9 vidéos•Total 39 minutes
Maximise Your Customer Decision Making Network•6 minutes
Understanding The Decision Making Process & Who Is Influencing The Process•5 minutes
Methods Of Customer Mapping•5 minutes
Creating A Joined Up Approach•3 minutes
Taking Control Of Your Sales Pipeline•7 minutes
The Assertiveness Continuum•4 minutes
Using The Agreement Staircase•5 minutes
How To Get Anything You Want In Life•3 minutes
Final Summary•2 minutes
10 lectures•Total 100 minutes
Lesson Descriptions: Navigate Buying Decisions And Drive Deal Progression•10 minutes
Decision-Making Units•10 minutes
Exercise: Influencing The Process•10 minutes
Exercise: Creating Your Decision Makers Map•10 minutes
Exercise: Enrolling Your Team•10 minutes
Uncovering The Way Beneath The Way•10 minutes
Exercise: The Assertiveness Continuum•10 minutes
Exercise: The Agreement Staircase•10 minutes
Exercise: Final Action Planning•10 minutes
Project: Decision-Maker Mapping For Complex Sales•10 minutes
2 devoirs•Total 60 minutes
Buyer Decision And Deal Progression Knowledge Check•30 minutes
Applying Buyer Decision And Deal Progression Techniques•30 minutes
Sales Skills: Inspire Team Performance With Leadership Skills That Drive Business Growth
Module 3•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This module explores the leadership-based behaviours that drive strong sales performance, including communication clarity, value-driven engagement and the ability to influence stakeholders across functions. You will learn how high-performing sales professionals inspire confidence, tailor messaging and strengthen prospect relationships throughout early-stage conversations. These foundations provide a bridge into C218, where stakeholder complexity increases and deal cycles become more strategic. By completing this module, you will be equipped to progress from initial engagement into multi-threaded enterprise-level selling.
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12 vidéos4 lectures2 devoirs
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12 vidéos•Total 38 minutes
Introduction: What Is Leadership?•3 minutes
Practical Exercise: What Is Leadership?•3 minutes
Leading From The Front•3 minutes
Leading With Values•6 minutes
Practical Exercise: Leading With Values•1 minute
Leading with Kindness•8 minutes
Leading With Numbers•5 minutes
Practical Exercise: Leading With Numbers•1 minute
Leading Forwards: The Bigger Picture•3 minutes
Leading Now•4 minutes
Practical Exercise: Leading Now•1 minute
Conclusion•2 minutes
4 lectures•Total 40 minutes
Lesson Descriptions: Inspire Team Performance And Leadership In Sales•10 minutes
Worksheet: Sales Leadership And Team Performance•10 minutes
Practical Exercise: What Is Leadership?•10 minutes
Project Title: Becoming An Inspirational Sales Leader•10 minutes
2 devoirs•Total 40 minutes
Sales Leadership Knowledge Check•30 minutes
Applying Sales Leadership Techniques•10 minutes
Sales Skills: Master Complex B2B Sales To Win High-Value Deals and Multi-Stakeholder Buy-In
Module 4•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This module develops your ability to navigate complex, long-cycle B2B opportunities using advanced frameworks that drive clarity and momentum. You’ll learn how buying committees make decisions, how to qualify effectively with MEDDICC or SPICED, and how to orchestrate multi-threaded engagement across executives, technical teams and procurement. You will also learn value engineering, risk mitigation and Mutual Action Plan techniques that strengthen deal progression and stakeholder alignment. This module acts as the central engine of Course 2, preparing you for the advanced negotiation and closing skills explored next.
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7 vidéos2 lectures2 devoirs
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7 vidéos•Total 50 minutes
Decode Today’s Enterprise Buying Reality (Committees, Journeys And Friction)•5 minutes
Advanced Qualification And Deal Strategy: MEDDICC/MEDDPICC And SPICED•11 minutes
Multi-Threaded Engagement And Orchestrating The Committee•7 minutes
Value Engineering: Proof Plans And Economic Buyer Alignment•6 minutes
De-Risking The Deal: Security, Legal, Compliance And Procurement Governance•9 minutes
Driving Consensus To Close: MAPs, Steering Committees And 3-D Negotiation•6 minutes
Conclusion•5 minutes
2 lectures•Total 20 minutes
Lesson Descriptions: Master Complex B2B Sales And Multi-Stakeholder Buy-In•10 minutes
Project: Building Your High-Value B2B Deal Acceleration Plan•10 minutes
2 devoirs•Total 60 minutes
Complex B2B Sales Knowledge Check•30 minutes
Applying Complex B2B Sales Techniques•30 minutes
Sales Skills: Leverage The Power Of Social Media To Engage Prospects And Generate More Leads
Module 5•4 heures à terminer
Détails du module
Building on the strategic and enterprise-selling skills developed in earlier modules, this module teaches you how to activate social channels to generate higher-quality leads and accelerate complex deal cycles. You’ll learn how to position your expertise online, initiate meaningful prospect conversations and create content that attracts the right buying groups. These techniques support the multi-stakeholder engagement frameworks introduced in C218, ensuring your pipeline aligns with the strategic opportunities you’re now able to manage. This sets the foundation for the structured proposal and procurement work covered next.
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15 vidéos10 lectures2 devoirs
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15 vidéos•Total 86 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
What Has Changed?
•8 minutes
Why Social Selling Is An Essential Tool To Scale Your Relationships
•4 minutes
The Modern Sales Tools•5 minutes
What Social Selling Is And Is Not•7 minutes
Who Are Your Most Valued Customers? •5 minutes
Understand Your Audience Better Through Social•3 minutes
Optimise Your Personal Profile for Sales•4 minutes
Build Your Personal Sales Ready Profile
•4 minutes
Engage And Connect With Personality•10 minutes
Create Visibility Through Content That Educate
•6 minutes
Turn Social Conversations Into Sales Conversations
•6 minutes
Construct Your Scale Your Sales Social Sales Cadence•5 minutes
Create Your Social Selling Customer Growth Plan•8 minutes
Summary And Conclusion•2 minutes
10 lectures•Total 95 minutes
Lesson Descriptions: Social Media Strategies To Engage Prospects And Generate Leads•10 minutes
Worksheet: Social Selling And Prospect Engagement•10 minutes
Article: Harvard Business Review•5 minutes
Article: Sales Tools•10 minutes
Social Media Audience•10 minutes
What Is Social Listening?•10 minutes
Exercises: Target Audience And Social Listening•10 minutes
Article: Leverage LinkedIn For Sales Development•10 minutes
Article: Master The Art Of Social Selling•10 minutes
Project: Build Your Social Selling Success Plan•10 minutes
2 devoirs•Total 60 minutes
Social Media Lead Generation Knowledge Check•30 minutes
Applying Social Media Lead Generation Techniques•30 minutes
Master The RFP Procurement Process And Win More Proposals
Module 6•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
The final module applies your advanced selling skills to formal procurement environments, where structure, clarity and alignment are essential. You will learn how to interpret RFP requirements, differentiate your solution, construct compelling proposals and collaborate effectively with decision groups. This module builds naturally on the deal-orchestration and value-engineering techniques from C218, enabling you to convert complex opportunities into winning submissions. By the end, you will know how to navigate competitive procurement cycles confidently and position your organisation as a trusted, high-value partner.
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10 vidéos3 lectures2 devoirs
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10 vidéos•Total 44 minutes
Introduction•5 minutes
The Procurement Process - Part 1•5 minutes
The Procurement Process - Part 2•4 minutes
The RFP Document•4 minutes
What Makes A Winning Proposal - Part 1•6 minutes
What Makes A Winning Proposal - Part 2•5 minutes
How To Differentiate Yourself•5 minutes
Deal-Breakers•4 minutes
APMP Certification•3 minutes
Conclusion•3 minutes
3 lectures•Total 30 minutes
Lesson Descriptions: Master The RFP Process And Win More Proposals•10 minutes
Worksheet: RFP Strategy And Proposal Development•10 minutes
Project: Crafting Your Winning Proposal•10 minutes
2 devoirs•Total 40 minutes
RFP And Proposal Strategy Knowledge Check•30 minutes
Applying RFP And Proposal Techniques•10 minutes
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