303Course · Practitioner

Sales

The trained discipline of moving a decision.

The Course

Sales is the trained discipline of moving a decision through uncertainty. This course teaches the discovery conversation, the pipeline as institution, and the honest close.

You will finish able to run a discovery meeting that surfaces a real problem in fifteen minutes.

Outcomes
  • 01

    Run a discovery conversation.

  • 02

    Diagnose a stalled pipeline.

  • 03

    Close without theater.

Prerequisites
  • None.
Pacing

1 week · ~3 hours.

  • IModule · ~1 hour.

    Discovery

    The most valuable half of the process.

    The discovery conversation is where the deal is won or lost. Most sellers under-invest here.

    What You Will Be Able To Do
    • Run a five-question discovery.
    • Distinguish stated from real needs.
    • Take notes worth revisiting.
    Why here

    Discovery quality determines every subsequent step.

    1. 01The questions that surface a real problemArticle12m
    2. 02Listening as an operational skillArticle12m
  • IIModule · ~1 hour.

    The pipeline

    A managed set of promises.

    A pipeline is a set of managed promises. Hygiene turns it from fiction into forecast.

    What You Will Be Able To Do
    • Define pipeline stages precisely.
    • Run pipeline hygiene weekly.
    • Produce a defensible forecast.
    Why here

    The pipeline is the CEO's operating dashboard when it is honest.

    1. 01Stages, definitions, and hygieneArticle12m
    2. 02ForecastingArticle12m
  • IIIModule · ~1 hour.

    Closing

    The last, and least, of the moves.

    Closing is small if the earlier work was done. This module treats it accordingly.

    What You Will Be Able To Do
    • Categorize objections.
    • Answer each category without theater.
    • Reflect on one lost deal.
    Why here

    Most closes fail on objections that discovery should have surfaced weeks earlier.

    1. 01Objections, in categoriesArticle12m
    2. 02Reflection: A sale you lostReflection15m
A Note from the Faculty

Selling is not persuasion. It is diagnosis followed by prescription.