C3 (Credibility,
Confidence & Courage) =
Success in Business
Development
Credibility, Confidence and Courage are three interwoven factors that are
essential to an individual's success in Business Development. These key
elements make us powerful, efficient and effective in the role. Any one
of these attributes is powerful by itself. Acquired together, they
provide a formidable advantage for the professional in Business
Development.
Credibility is the value we see in ourselves as being an integral part
of helping others with their challenges. Instead of relying on our
product's features and benefits, or company's name brand, history or
expertise, you know what the prospect's pain looks and fells like from
their point of view. The knowledge that you are able to help others
solve their problems from their perspective, is a profoundly powerful
position.
After hours of study, practice and learning from our mistakes, we're
prepared and have Confidence in executing our Business Development
Process: we know what to do, how to do it and why it works.
And, as a professional, we are anchored in the principles and values
that give us Courage to do what's right for the client. Courage comes
from having total confidence in our Business Development process. We put
our Purpose (helping prospects discover what their problems are and
finding solutions - whether or not they purchase from us), before our
Goal of making a sale. We know it's the right thing to do in building a
long term relationship.