SALES TRAINING FOR SME OWNERS, LEADERS AND TEAMS

Give your team a practical sales process they can use in real conversations

Interactive sales training built around Oliver’s SPACE Sales Framework. Your team will learn how to uncover customer needs, present value clearly, surface concerns, handle objections and agree a clear next step.

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Practical workshops · Relevant roleplay · Clear actions to apply immediately

Oliver Johnson delivering practical sales training to a UK SME team

WHERE SALES CONVERSATIONS LOSE MOMENTUM

Good people still need a clear sales process

Many SME sales teams are made up of capable people who know their products and care about customers, but sales conversations are often handled differently by each person.

Without a shared approach, opportunities are missed during discovery, value is not explained clearly, objections create hesitation and promising conversations finish without a firm next step.

Discovery Stays Too Shallow

The conversation moves towards a solution before the customer’s priorities, pressures and decision criteria are properly understood.

The Pitch Comes Too Early

People explain products or services before earning the right to present a relevant recommendation.

Value Is Difficult to Explain

Features and price dominate the discussion instead of the commercial outcome the customer needs.

Objections Knock Confidence

Questions about price, timing or competitors create defensiveness rather than useful discussion.

The Next Step Is Not Secured

Positive conversations end with vague promises to follow up instead of a clear, agreed action.

Follow-Up Is Inconsistent

Opportunities lose momentum because actions, responsibilities and timescales are not recorded and followed through.

WHAT THE TRAINING DEVELOPS

A more consistent approach from first conversation to agreed next step

The training gives your team a shared, practical way to handle each stage of a sales conversation. The focus is on behaviours and techniques they can practise during the session and apply in real customer conversations.

Better Discovery

Use mirroring, labelling, summarising and purposeful questions to uncover what matters to the customer.

More Relevant Recommendations

Connect what you present to the needs and outcomes the customer has already explained.

Clearer Value Conversations

Explain commercial value without relying only on features, discounts or technical detail.

Constructive Objection Handling

Invite concerns, listen carefully and respond without becoming defensive or pushy.

Confident Next Steps

Ask clearly for an agreed action while keeping the conversation collaborative.

Consistent Follow-Up

Record commitments, maintain momentum and make it clear who will do what by when.

A Shared Sales Language

Give owners, managers and team members a common process for coaching and reviewing sales conversations.

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Free 20-minute conversation · Direct with Oliver · No obligation

Oliver Johnson leading a sales training discussion with an SME team

THE SPACE SALES FRAMEWORK

A practical structure for better sales conversations

SPACE gives your team five clear stages to follow during a sales conversation. It helps people listen properly, communicate relevant value, surface concerns, handle objections constructively and agree the next step.

01

Search

Use mirroring, labelling, summarising and purposeful questions to uncover the customer’s needs, priorities and decision criteria.

STAGE 1: UNDERSTAND

02

Present

Use the customer’s own words to explain a relevant solution, focusing on outcomes rather than presenting a list of features.

STAGE 2: CONNECT VALUE

03

Ask

Invite questions and objections instead of avoiding them, so hesitation and decision barriers can be discussed openly.

STAGE 3: SURFACE CONCERNS

04

Conquer

Listen without becoming defensive, acknowledge the concern and respond with empathy, evidence and relevance.

STAGE 4: HANDLE OBJECTIONS

05

Execute

Recap what has been agreed and ask clearly for the appropriate next step, responsibility and timescale.

STAGE 5: AGREE ACTION

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Search · Present · Ask · Conquer · Execute

HOW THE TRAINING IS DELIVERED

Practical preparation, interactive delivery and clear follow-through

Effective sales training needs to connect with the conversations your team is actually having. Oliver focuses the session on relevant situations, gives people time to practise and leaves the team with clear actions to use afterwards.

BEFORE THE SESSION

Understand the Team and Context

A focused conversation with the business owner or sales leader to understand the team, customers, sales process and situations the training needs to address.

DURING THE SESSION

Practical, Interactive Training

Clear teaching, discussion, relevant examples and structured roleplay that allow the team to practise the SPACE techniques in realistic conversations.

AFTER THE SESSION

Actions to Apply at Work

A clear set of behaviours and next steps for the team to use in customer conversations, with managers able to reinforce the shared approach afterwards.

Oliver Johnson speaking during an interactive sales training workshop

WHY TRAIN WITH OLIVER

Practical sales experience translated into skills your team can use

Oliver has more than 20 years of experience across sales, leadership and business growth. He has worked in sales and senior leadership roles, built and sold his own SME, and understands the commercial importance of developing a consistent sales approach.

His training is direct, interactive and grounded in realistic sales situations. The focus is not on rigid scripts or pressure tactics. It is on helping people listen properly, communicate relevant value, handle concerns constructively and agree clear next steps.

Built and sold a successful SME
Creator of the five-stage SPACE Sales Framework

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DISCUSS SALES TRAINING

Where are your team’s sales conversations losing momentum?

The free 20-minute conversation is a straightforward discussion with Oliver about your team, your current sales challenges and the conversations you want them to handle more effectively. We can then decide whether sales training would be appropriate and what it should focus on.