Most salespeople do not know the difference between their prospects’ decision-making process compared with their decision-making criteria.

What’s worse is that even more salespeople don’t even bother asking about it.  According to data from Objective Management Group (OMG) who has evaluated/assessed 1,843,105 salespeople, only 27% of all salespeople are strong qualifiers so it’s likely that the majority are not asking.

If you do ask a prospect about their decision-making process, you might hear about the steps they will take. If you ask about criteria, you might hear about the topics they’ll consider when they make their decision.

I’ll take you through an example.