Handling Objections Without Arguing

A short sales course that teaches staff to treat "That's too much," "Not right now" and "I'm not sure about you" as information, find the real concern behind the words, answer it once with facts, and leave the decision with the customer.

Who it is for

• Salespeople and account staff in small businesses who hear price, timing and trust concerns every week

• Service advisors, estimators and technicians who quote work and then hear "I need to think about it"

• Front desk and counter staff who recommend services or products and want to respond without pressure

• Business owners and sales managers who want one consistent, honest way for the whole team to handle concerns

• Trainers and HR staff building a sales or customer-facing curriculum

The problem it solves

When a customer raises a concern, many salespeople argue. They answer every objection with reasons the customer is wrong, drop the price before they know whether price is the real issue, answer the concern they expect instead of the one the customer has, or push again after a clear no. Each of these damages trust and often loses the sale. This course replaces the argument with four steps: stop the pitch, ask what is behind the concern, answer that concern once with facts or a real option, and let the customer choose. The steps work inside honest selling: no invented deadlines, no discounts that do not exist and no pressure after a clear no.

What is inside

SAFE™ is a proprietary method of KA Company: Stop selling, Ask what's behind it, Fit your answer to the real concern, End with their choice.

E-learning (SCORM 1.2), 11 screens, about 15 minutes

• A narrated course with captions and realistic scenarios in person, by text, by email and on a video call

• Practice on finding the real concern behind price, timing and trust objections

• A branching scenario in which the customer responds to each choice

• A five-question knowledge check with a pass mark of 80

• Two downloads: a job aid card and a real concern question bank

In-person kit

• Facilitator guide for a 90-minute workshop (27 pages) with timing, what to say and what to ask

• 18-slide deck with speaker notes

Virtual kit

• Facilitator guide for one 60-minute live session (22 pages)

• Producer run sheet (4 pages) and a 20-slide virtual deck with speaker notes

Workbook and handouts (included with both kits)

• Participant workbook, 16 pages, in Word and PDF

• One-page job aid, job aid card, real concern question bank, objection planner, six role-play scenario cards, observer checklist, action plan with a four-week objection log, a before-you-reply checklist and a facilitator answer key

How to use it

1. Choose the format that fits your team: self-paced e-learning, an in-person workshop, a live virtual session, or the bundle for a blended program.

2. Upload the SCORM file to your LMS, or print the workbook and handouts and follow the facilitator guide.

3. Have each person complete the objection planner for the three concerns they hear most in their own work.

4. Use the action plan and objection log for four weeks after training, and review them in team meetings.

Formats and file types

• SCORM 1.2 zip (3.5 MB): reports completion and the knowledge check score, resumes where the learner stopped, runs offline, works on desktop and phone

• Word (.docx): facilitator guides, producer run sheet and participant workbook, editable

• PowerPoint (.pptx): in-person and virtual decks with speaker notes, editable

• PDF: workbook and handouts, US Letter

• Licensed for internal use by the purchasing organization, unlimited learners

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