When your sellers jump to solutions before defining the buyer’s problem, they’re not speeding up the deal. They’re setting it up to stall.
Research shows that buyers and sellers fail to align on the buyer’s core problem 54.5 percent of the time.
That’s why it’s essential that your team uses discovery as a time to:
- Evaluate the buyer’s situation before the first meeting
- Uncover hidden issues behind buyer challenges
- Co-create a problem statement that helps progress the deal
Using this checklist, your reps can follow a research-backed approach to discovery that turns fuzzy conversations into clear problem statements, before solutions ever hit the table.