{"id":686,"date":"2007-02-22T07:20:27","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T13:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-problem-solving-2\/"},"modified":"2007-02-22T14:59:17","modified_gmt":"2007-02-22T20:59:17","slug":"sales-traits-series-problem-solving-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-problem-solving-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Traits Series &#8211; Problem Solving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u20ac\u2122re looking at a \u20ac\u0153bolt-on\u20ac\u009d aptitude that is quite complementary to last week\u20ac\u2122s trait &#8211; Practical Thinking. Problem Solving has become a much needed sales trait in that salespeople today need to be subject matter experts. Prospects expect salespeople to be able to diagnose the prospect\u20ac\u2122s pain points. This trait also assists a salesperson in bringing back the needed information to formulate the best solution for his or her presentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff8000\">Problem Solving<\/font><\/strong><br \/>\nThis is a salesperson\u20ac\u2122s ability to identify alternative solutions to a problem and to <em>select the best option<\/em>. This basically means to be able to identify the system component that is causing the error as well as the options available for resolving it and completing the task.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with <em>strength<\/em> in this trait is able to pool together multiple capacities and talents to assess all aspects of a problem from beginning to end, from identification to resolution.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>weakness<\/em> in this area indicates an inability to isolate the process in which the error occurs. Further, they are unable to identify the components of the process which need changing in order to correct the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u20ac\u2122re looking at a \u20ac\u0153bolt-on\u20ac\u009d aptitude that is quite complementary to last week\u20ac\u2122s trait &#8211; Practical Thinking. Problem Solving has become a much needed sales trait in that salespeople today need to be subject matter experts. Prospects expect salespeople to be able to diagnose the prospect\u20ac\u2122s pain points. This trait also assists a salesperson in bringing back the needed information to formulate the best solution for his or her presentation. Problem Solving This is a salesperson\u20ac\u2122s ability to identify alternative solutions to a problem and to select the best option. This basically means to be able to identify the system component that is causing the error as well as the&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-problem-solving-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,6,16],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-b4","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->