Decidi for sales leaders
Rehearse the objection before the deal is on the line.
Have the pitch, the pricing and the buyer’s real objection argued before the call — so you walk in having already answered the question that kills the deal.
- Rehearse the objection that actually loses deals, voiced by a skeptical economic buyer.
- Pressure-test the value proposition against the competitor the prospect is also talking to.
- Stress-test pricing and discount logic so you don’t leave margin — or the deal — on the table.
- Surface the unspoken risk in the deal: the champion who can’t sign, the budget that isn’t real.
- Have a skeptic poke holes in the forecast so the number you commit to is one you can hit.
- Run the negotiation in advance — the concession you can give vs. the one that costs you the deal.
- The pitch — the objection that ends the conversation
- Positioning against the competitor in the room
- Pricing and discount logic
- Deal risk — champion, budget, decision process
- The forecast — is the commit number real?
- The negotiation and the concessions you’ll make
Say your biggest open deal will close this quarter — at forty percent off list, on the buyer’s paper, with a champion who swears procurement demands it. Hitting the number with this deal changes the quarter; the precedent it sets changes the next four.
The Skeptical Buyer plays the other side: is the discount demand real procurement policy, or a negotiator harvesting what your urgency offers? The CFO turns the forty percent into its true cost — renewal baseline, margin, and what happens when the customer’s peers compare notes — while the Negotiation Expert maps what to trade instead of price: term length, case-study rights, payment timing, scope. The Strategy Consultant asks the portfolio question: does landing this logo at this price open a segment or just subsidise one buyer? The Devil’s Advocate argues for walking away, at full strength, so the deal must beat a real alternative rather than a quota-shaped fear. You get a negotiation plan with a floor, trades ranked, and the line to hold when they say “final offer”.
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