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Making the Consensus Sale
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Sales reps have long been taught to seek out a senior executive who can single-handedly approve a deal, but unilateral decision makers are now rare. Today most purchases are made by groups of individuals, all with different roles and priorities, and all with veto power. As a result, getting deals done has become an increasingly painful and protracted process. But innovative suppliers are finding ways to drive consensus in diverse buying groups, say three authors from CEB, which has been researching the impact of this buying shift. Those suppliers prime group members to find common ground by creating shared language and perspectives around problems and solutions. They identify internal champions for their offerings at the customers' companies; motivate those individuals to become active advocates; and arm them with the skills and materials needed to win over fellow decision makers. Accomplishing all this requires some novel approaches, such as social-media mining, customer "learning tours," and inventive diagnostic tools. It also calls for a new level of collaboration between sales and marketing. But given today's pressure to drive consensus, suppliers that don't align the two functions as a single team will be trounced by those who do.