Does your company use a sales methodology?

Curious to see if other businesses are very committed to a specific Sales Methodology or not.

I've worked in places where the sales methodology was implemented very strongly and almost "religiously", others where there would be a playbook only (very different thing). Where I work now we have one which gets mentioned during onboarding but never used or believed in.


Does your company have one? does it actually get used in training, deal qualification, deal reviews and as a standard? pros-cons? do you buy into it? do you do your own thing based on previous training?


I've been in companies using:

  • Value Selling: classic, maybe slightly out of date now, great for consultative selling
  • Challenger Sale: mixed results and application. It's not really a full blown methodology vs a communication framework IMHO. Where I am now it gets mentioned at the start and never discussed again.
  • Winning by Design's SaaS Method: semi-custom mix of many approaches put together by this sales training company. Not bad, nothing groundbreaking but pretty solid basics


I know many places love MEDDIC.


funnily enough sometimes you get taught completely opposite approaches which are hard to reconcile. Also I do think having one is important and wish more of my employers had adopted one to drive consistency in how we do discovery, qualify opps etc..

Does you company use a Sales Methodology?

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CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Yes they teach a methodology in training. Then you learn a different one from your manager. We also have a playbook.ย 

I wrote this to say I take highlights of the 3 and do my own thing. I'm closing deals so everyone is happy. And off my ass.ย 
NorthernSalesGuru
Politicker
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Manager, Outbound Sales
Yes. All strong companies will have a tried and tested method of doing things.ย 

#ConsciousSellingย 
LordBusiness
Politicker
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Chief Revenue Officer
Our sales processes are a combination of many different "methodologies" that we've cherry picked the good and bad from over the years of building it.ย ย 
CaptainColdCall
Big Shot
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Director of sales
Value selling is the basis for most modern sales methodologies. Some of the terminologies are outdated but the process still works. At the end of the day its just a gut check to help you understand whether or not you're doing your job effectively.ย 
DadFather
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Enterprise Account Executive
Force Management & MEDDPICC - annoying to fill out but it does make you realize gaps in your deal. I like itย 
Blackwargreymon
Politicker
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MDR
Force Management & MEDDPICC
SgtAE
WR Officer
0
AE
Using Command of the message at my company With MEDDPICC
sales7
Politicker
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Commercial Product Enablement
We just used Winning by Design, curious for other peoples feedback on this... I think it's very heavy, not sure how actionable it is? any past experiences would be appreciated!
PhlipOut
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Account Executive
It's very detailed. Maybe better for junior sales reps as they get into detail of every step of the process. Decent reminder though
JuicyKlay
Celebrated Contributor
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AM
We used to use Meddic and now it's a wild west style free-for-all with new leadership
ouroborus
Catalyst
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VP sales
Ours is built heavily off of Value Selling, really granular details around each sales stage and what it takes to progress so the CRM data is meaningful. We measure sales stage time and a plethora of other variables and have dashboards for all that. Back to Value selling, we really focus hard on the business issue, time-bound, and measurable impact on cost or revenue. Power access is a key determining factor for close rates as well, so understanding the business issue and having access to the power that cares and can say No is key.
nreskin
Big Shot
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Account Director
N.E.A.T. Methodology

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Economic Impact
Access to Authority
Timeline
CCP
Opinionated
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VP, Business Development
I love the Sandler approach. Currently working for a company where Challenger is the primary "methodology" but I'm looking at Cerebral Selling by David Priemer who wrote Sell the Way You Buy.ย 
MMMGood
Celebrated Contributor
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Senior Account Executive
Force Management: Command of the Message, Command of the Sale. And Value Negotiation
steakalldayerryday
Opinionated
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AE
Please. No. More. BANT.
Slangerofthangs
Valued Contributor
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Relationship Manager | Co-founder & Prez
We use the Sandler Sales Training methodologies.
Clashingsoulsspell
Politicker
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ISR
Yes they teach a methodology in training. Then you learn a different one from your manager. We also have a playbook.
Error32
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ISR
I feel like most conferences not catering to a specific topic/industry/vertical and rather on a delivery model are bound to be a bit of a circle jerk.
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