Sales Process That Matches Buyer Behavior

Most sales processes are built around internal stages and seller intuition. But when you anchor your process to how buying decisions actually happen, your team can move with confidence, forecast with clarity, and close more deals.

Why Most Sales Processes Fall Apart

Most sales processes are designed from the inside out—built to please leadership and “standardize” selling behavior. But your buyers don’t follow your sales stages. They loop in late stakeholders, shift priorities mid-deal, and make pivotal decisions outside your playbook. 

Without a consistent, buyer-aligned approach, deals drift, handoffs falter, forecasts lose meaning, and the buyer experience suffers.

When Your Process Reflects How People Buy

Rigid sales stages create friction. Adaptive processes create momentum. 

When your process flexes to match real-world buying behavior, your team can: 

  • Accelerate qualified opportunities
  • Deliver a consistent buyer experience
  • Improve win rates and margins
  • Forecast with greater accuracy

A Sales Process Built on Decision Science

Your buyers don’t move in straight lines, and your process shouldn’t either. Based on decades of Decision Science research, our sales process framework aligns your teams to the actual psychology of buying.

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Opportunity Management

Turn deal chaos into predictable progress.

Guide complex buying groups toward consensus

Create urgency and reduce indecision

Influence key decisions, even when you’re not in the room

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Account Development

Grow accounts without starting from scratch.

Stay relevant between purchases

Lead strategic conversations that uncover new needs

Position upsells and renewals as smart business moves

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Sales Leadership System

Turn managers into force multipliers.

Coach to real buyer behavior—not generic sales tips

Connect sales activity to revenue outcomes

Drive consistent execution across teams and territories

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Equip Your Team for How Deals Unfold

This isn’t about moving from stage two to stage three. 

Build a process that guides your team to lead high-impact conversations, influence decisions, and win more deals.

How It Works

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Start with a Shared Process, Not a Script
Interview your reps and leaders to uncover what’s really happening in deals. Run a working session with cross-functional leaders to define your process and success measures.
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Build a Playbook That Lives Where Reps Work
Build an interactive playbook with expert videos, tools, and coaching templates. Integrate directly into your CRM or sales tech stack for in-the-moment access.
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Launch with Hands-On, Real-Deal Application
Run 60-day sprints with mastery challenges and manager-led coaching to reinforce behaviors. Track adoption and performance with usage analytics tied to pipeline, win rates, and deal velocity.
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“We have sort of a mantra. Anybody has a question, somebody always turns up to say, ‘It’s in the playbook.’ We have t-shirts that say, ‘It’s in the playbook.’ It’s become part of the fabric of the team.

Melanee Cira
Managing Director, Growth Operations
HSA Bank

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Common Questions About the Sales Process

A: Sellers help build this one. It’s based on real deals and buying behaviors, not hypothetical stages. And it lives where they work—inside your CRM, with tools they already use in active opportunities.

A: We involve them from day onethrough discovery interviews, working sessions, and a live launch designed for leadership buy-in. Plus, managers get coaching tools, meeting guides, and adoption metrics to keep things on track.

A: Yes. You’ll get usage data, coaching reports, and performance metrics tied to key business outcomes like win rate, deal velocity, and pipeline coverage, so you can connect the dots between process adoption and revenue impact.

A: Launch is just the beginning. We run reinforcement sprints with practical challenges, manager toolkits, and embedded coaching—all designed to build habits and change behaviors.

A: Not at all. You can build shared structure where you need it while giving teams room to flex based on their segment, region, or selling motion.

Round Out Your Enablement Program

Sales process is just one part of your team’s performance puzzle. Explore additional areas designed to enable every commercial conversation.

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