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Sales Management:. Personality Styles. Personality Styles. Yours, theirs, and how to use it to get the best from your staff. Yours, theirs, and how to use style to get the most from your staff… AND your customers. www.RAB.com. People We Like…. = 25%. People We…Don’t. = 25%.
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Sales Management: Personality Styles Personality Styles Yours, theirs, and how to use it to get the best from your staff Yours, theirs, and how to use style to get the most from your staff… AND your customers www.RAB.com
People We Like… = 25%
People We…Don’t. = 25%
Getting the Buy-In Trust Respect Confidence These elements help create comfort in the mind of the employee/client. They must feel comfortable with the person and with the information being presented in order to feel comfortable enough to say “Yes.”
Relationship Elements • Substance • Style Everything you bring to a relationship is a combination of these two elements.
The Two Dimensions of Style • Assertiveness Ask Tell Perceived willingness to influence the thoughts and actions of others.
The Two Dimensions of Style • Assertiveness Ask Tell Non-aggressive Indirect Quieter Softer Slower paced Faster paced More aggressive Louder Direct More talkative
The Two Dimensions of Style Control 2. Responsiveness Emote Perceived willingness to share feelings and emotions when relating to others.
The Two Dimensions of Style Control Protective Subdued Focused on tasks Less animated Comfortable with data 2. Responsiveness More animated Open Focused on people Outgoing Comfortable with stories and opinions Emote
The Personality Matrix Control Grey Green Ask Tell Blue Red Emote
The Personality Matrix Control Persistent Grey Serious Ask Orderly Picky Exacting Critical Industrious
The Personality Matrix Control • Wants to be right • Slow & cautious decisions • Facts, principles, & logic • Low risk tolerance • Show me • Quiet disposition • Disciplined use of time • Avoids too much involvement Grey Ask Thinking oriented
The Personality Matrix Control Grey Green Ask Tell Blue Red Emote
The Personality Matrix Control Strong-willed Independent Green Tell Decisive Efficient Tough Pushy Practical
The Personality Matrix Control • Wants to win • Takes charge • Gets right to the point • Focused on the present • Facts are OK in small doses • Will take limited risks • Wants options • Hates inaction Green Tell Action oriented
The Personality Matrix Control Grey Green Ask Tell Blue Red Emote
Indecisive Supportive Submissive Dependable Ask Respectful Agreeable Blue Willing Emote
The Personality Matrix • Wants acceptance • Slow to take action • Quick to share feelings • Thrives on 1-to-1 • Believes in win/win • Prefers what is known • “People” people • Avoids conflict or confrontation Relationship oriented Ask Blue Emote
The Personality Matrix Control Grey Green Ask Tell Blue Red Emote
The Personality Matrix Ambitious Egotistical Enthusiastic Loose Cannon Tell Friendly Dramatic Red Stimulating Emote
The Personality Matrix Intuition oriented • Wants recognition • Acts quickly & instinctively • Focused on the future • Creative • Outgoing • Opinionated • Impulsive • Hates to be isolated Tell Red Emote
The Personality Matrix Control Grey Green Ask Tell Blue Red Emote
Which Are You? Control Grey Green Ask Tell Blue Red Emote
Grey Incorporated Green Enterprises Your task... Create an image for your company by choosing • A Company Vehicle • A Company Mascot • A Company Song Blue Associates Red International
The Personality Matrix Control Grey Green Ask Tell Blue Red Emote
The Personality Matrix Control Avoidance Autocratic Ask Tell Acquiesce Attack Emote
The Personality Matrix Control Grey Green Ask Tell Blue Red Emote
The greatest potential for conflict are the diagonals Control Grey Green Ask Tell Blue Red Emote
The scientific terms for each style: Control Analytical Driver Tell Ask Expressive Amiable Emote
For more information by Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton
Necessary Ingredients Awareness Flexibility
Sales Management: Personality Styles Personality Styles Yours, theirs, and how to use it to get the best from your staff Yours, theirs, and how to use style to get the most from your staff… AND your customers www.RAB.com