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Challenger Skills Part 3: Which Skills Are Most Important in 2021?
This post concludes a series we began a few weeks ago: Our first post looked at the distribution of sellers by profile in 2020, using the same…
Challenger Skills Part 2: What has changed in 2020?
Last week, I shared a snapshot of our ongoing Challenger assessment data and how Challengers in 2020, moving into 2021, are disproportionately more…
The Science of Positive Language in Customer Service
Take a second and think about a time when you were trying to make plans with a friend. Let’s say you sent them a text asking if they wanted to get…
Challenger Skills Part 1: Are Challengers still high performers?
2020, it seems safe to say, will be remembered as a year when events conspired to accelerate the digitization of everything. Speaking personally,…
What is the most over-used customer service skill?
The Effortless Experience™ team here at Challenger often hears from senior leaders within customer service organizations that they want to develop…
When seeking support, your customers need a consultant
Customer service training has historically been focused on soft skills—teaching reps to be polite, warm, and empathetic to customers. But as our…
What’s Your Plan for “The Close”?
Challenger is currently conducting a wide-scale study on the current state of negotiations in B2B selling - "Commercial Negotiation" – as we’re…
Challenger Selling in a Virtual (Pandemic) Environment
For months now the most frequent request Challenger has received is for resources to help sell in a virtual environment. It’s been six months and…
Creating momentum and reducing friction to motivate organizational change
In my previous blog on organizational change, we proved that change is hard to do. Organizations can’t just will their employees to change; they…
Aligning Challenger® Skills to Your Sales Process
A certain man wanted to learn to play the piano. He watched skilled players for a while and, assuming that was all there was to it, sat down to…
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