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The frameworks

Sales and business development

Objection handling

Take an objection seriously enough to find out what it is.

A client raises a reason not to proceed.

Connection · Application framework · No. 159

The shape

  1. Listen
  2. Clarify
  3. Acknowledge
  4. Respond
  5. Verify

A worked example

Objection
We are happy with the current system.
Clarify
What works particularly well for you today?
Acknowledge
That makes sense.
Respond
Where we might add value is not replacing that system but automating the manual step around it.
Verify
Would that be worth exploring?

Mostly serves Connection, and reaches into Message and Presence.

A framework tells you what shape the answer takes. It cannot tell you whether shape is what you are short of, and for most people it is not. Which one is yours, and whether a framework is the right instrument at all, is what a Discovery Call is for.

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