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  Duration: 2 Days

  Maximum Group Size: 9-12

 

 

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DISCOVERY

The Art of Questioning

 

Description:

 

This highly experiential (‘learn by doing’) session provides participants with the opportunity to focus on the investigative skills and behaviour used by successful business people around the world by working in groups and as individuals on specifically developed cases studies.

 

 Outcomes:

  • Use a non-rigid, tried and tested questioning model used by highly persuasive business people around the world to uncover, recognise and develop the needs of clients and prospects

  • Plan meetings better

  • Understand what are effective (versus ineffective) questions

  • Better recognise and uncover prospect priorities and needs

  • Understand the customer buying cycle, what to do and common mistakes at each stage

  • Have more confidence especially with senior and ‘challenging’ clients 

  • Understand others better through active and empathic listening

  • Build credibility and rapport with senior people

  • Create more urgency through questioning

Key areas covered:

  • Stages to client-centred interviewing

  • Pre-interview analysis

  • Planning the meeting

  • 5 levels of listening

  • ‘Chunking' information

  • The SOCIT questioning model

  • Objective setting

  • Ethical persuasion and compliance principles

Method:

Instructor led, course discussion, video, case study team planning and individual feedback