WEBINAR: Leading sales conversations – uncovering client needs

Online
Thursday, 14 March 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (UK time)
    • Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas + Associates

This insightful webinar looks at the key factors required to be effective and impactful in our conversations with both prospects and clients, how we can uncover their needs, whilst balancing this with building the case for action, and establishing ourselves as a solution provider.

Finally, we examine the challenges of having these conversations in a virtual environment, and how we need to adapt to succeed.


Learning Outcomes

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

  • To understand some of the key factors required to lead successful sales conversations
  • Understand how questions can be used to establish more complete information and to build client commitment and action
  • To understand how to adapt our approach to be effective in the virtual world

Speaker

Nick Thomas

Nick offers a unique combination of skills in the UK insurance training sector – an industry sales specialist and a widely qualified professional coach and trainer. Nick is an Economics graduate with over 25 years corporate insurance broking experience. He was a highly successful sales producer in the UK broking market before progressing into regional and then national sales leadership roles. As National Development Director at HSBC, Nick was one of only 40 people from a global workforce of 265,000 selected as part of the STARS programme to recognise exceptional performance. He is a highly trained consultative sales specialist, and his experience includes a secondment with a major management consultant to design a best practice sales process.


In the mid-2000s, Nick developed a chronic health condition; his journey to recovery fostered a new range of interests, and a passion for health, and performance. He studied widely, qualifying as a Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), obtaining a Diploma in Life Coaching, before going on to study Corporate/Business Coaching with The Coaching Academy. He is also a qualified Holistic Lifestyle Coach and Advanced Exercise Coach. Nick has worked in a self-employed capacity in training, coaching, and consulting since 2017, including as a specialist adviser in Insurance sector M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) sector. He set up Nick Thomas & Associates in 2020 in response to demand from his industry network for training solutions designed and delivered by people with a background of working in the industry.

Venue
  • Online

CII Accredited

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1 hour's CPD can be claimed for this event if relevant to your learning and development needs.

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