Help your sales teams Make Sales, Not Excuses-Help your sales teams Make Sales Not-Excuses

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The webinar, hosted by Tom Liversedge for the Institute of Sales Professionals, featured Susie Cooper of Sales Skills Accelerator discussing “Make Sales, Not Excuses” and the role of emotional intelligence in sales performance. She argued that many sales problems stem not from a lack of training, but from the “no do gap” — salespeople knowing what to do but failing to execute under pressure.<br /><br />Susie explained how stress, fear, and difficult buyer interactions can trigger the brain’s survival response, causing fight, flight, or freeze reactions that harm selling, quoting, qualifying, and closing. She emphasized that today’s buyers are highly informed and expect more, making emotional control and adaptability essential.<br /><br />Her main recommendations were to train sales teams in emotional intelligence, mindset, and accountability. She also highlighted the importance of self-awareness, assertiveness, delayed gratification, and taking responsibility rather than blaming external factors. Emotional intelligence, she said, can improve revenue, retention, reputation, and referrals.<br /><br />The session ended with a Q&A and an offer of follow-up resources, including a blueprint, case studies, and an optional consultation.

Keywords

emotional intelligence

sales performance

sales training

buyer interactions

accountability

self-awareness

stress management

sales webinar