Planning Sales Activity to Help Meet & Exceed Targets

09:30 - 10:00 Coffee & Course Objectives

10:00 - 11:15 Current Time Management Practices (Patterns of behaviour at work which impact on time management. Time stealers and the common traps - Exercises)

11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:15 Analysing Own Work Pie Chart: Relationship to Business Objectives (Do you have clear business objectives? Where does my time go; where should it be directed;\"the clock and the compass\")

12:15 - 12:45 Taking Charge: Time Logs and Order Planning: (How to make an initial impact on my time management)

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch Break

13:45 - 14:30 Taking Charge: Urgency and Importance (Understanding the drivers. Who sets the agenda? The Customers\' needs. Analysing the optimum approach. The way we work. Prioritising and reprioritising)

14:30 - 15:15 Techniques for Improvement: Self Action (Handling paperwork, technology, interruptions, diary, journey planning)

15:15 - 15:30 Tea

15:30 - 16:30 Individual 12 month Sales Activity Plans (Number of cold calls, visits, new additions to the database, quotes etc. agreed)

16:30 - 16:45 Summary & Action Plans Agreed

• Understand the importance of time logs and planning
• How to design a 12 month sales activity plan
• How to prioritise tasks in order to achieve your objectives
• How to plan in the short, medium and long term