FIDO OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF SEMINARS FOR SALES, SERVICE, MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE TRAINING AT MANY LEVELS. EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS HAS BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE IN REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS.

 

SALES AND SERVICE

Decision Process Selling – Winning and keeping customers by constructively influencing the buyer’s decision making process. Sales ‘best practices’ from initial contact through closing. more

Selling Against Competition – Analyzing targeted competitors and their products and devising conversation management strategies for selling against specific competitors to specific prospects. more

Strategic High-Level Selling – Selling to multiple decision-influencers, including CEO- and VP-level contacts.

Conversation Management – Guiding consultative discussions to ensure a productive exchange of information and ideas.

Managing a Sales Territory – Effective use of time and resources to achieve targets and develop account relationships.

Sales Coaching – Coaching salespeople through personal observation of sales calls, analysis of sales behaviors and creation of realistic accountabilities.

Customer Service – Protecting and enhancing business relationships with customers through rapid recovery from service failures, professionalism in communications and proactive attention to concerns.

Building Customer Loyalty – Ensuring repeat business through memorable service and relationship continuity.

Dealing with Delinquent Customers – Collecting delinquent receivables in a way that preserves the customer relationship and minimizes costs.


WRITTEN BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Writing Business Proposals – All stages of proposal writing from initial data-gathering regarding customer expectations and requirements, formulation of recommendations and construction of a responsive and creative proposal document.

Designing Sales Literature – Developing direct mail and catalog product descriptions.

Rapid Reading for Professionals – Improving personal productivity through faster reading with greater comprehension.

 

 

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

Collaboration – Skills to communicate in a way that ensures understanding, promotes cooperation and avoids resentment.

Directing the work of others – Giving direction and feedback for maximum clarity and motivation.

Negotiating – Give-and-take communication to achieve a mutually beneficial agreement.

Selection Interviewing for Hiring – Conducting a selection interview in a way that yields appropriate information on which to base a hiring decision.

Presentation Skills – Designing and delivering presentations for maximum persuasive effect and audience attention.

 


BUSINESS PLANNING AND ORGANIZING

Problem Analysis and Decision Making – Techniques for systematically diagnosing gaps between actual and preferred situations and for making optimal business decisions.

Sales and Marketing Planning – Organizing and directing sales operations to achieve revenue and market penetration goals.

Understanding Business Finance – Understanding basic dynamics of cash-flow, capitalization, investment of resources and business planning.

Culture Blending – Skills for accommodating differences resulting form a merger or acquisition.


TRAINING

Designing Effective Training – Applying principles of on-the-job behavior change to creating efficient and lasting learning experiences.

Training Facilitation – Conducting seminars and classes for maximum involvement, motivation and effectiveness.