Friday, June 15, 2012

Business Case Sales People

What customers want

The recent economic conditions may have changed the way that business is conducted either permanently or for a very long time. What worked before may very well work against you today.

Yes, the customer wants a solution; that is a competitive necessity. What they really want is clarity.

How does this solution impact my financial performance?

And

The more substantive evidence you can provide the better.

Here lies the challenge. Financial performance is an integrated discipline, about how a solution will impact the whole.  By the whole we mean the income statement, balance sheet and the cash flow statement.

 Financial statements are the only universally recognized way to measure how and if value has been created or destroyed. Real advantage is created when we connect the solution we are selling with how it impacts the customers financial statements.

This is the Global Financial Bridge Mission … to connect people to their financial statements. The ability to start and end the communication process through the lens of the customer’s financial statements creates a whole new dimension in sales leadership.

Our answer is the ONE PAGE FINACIAL SCORECARD. Why? The total process can be explained with some 30 numbers in an interactive real time way.  AND it is….

$   Informative

$   Fun

$   And Engaging

 Using Global Financial Bridge motivates non financial people to want to connect to financial statements. This is the secret to ensuring interest and ongoing desire in an area which is difficult to impart into the frontline culture.

Our real value is more apparent in the experience of a real time WEBEX presentation for 30 minutes.  The high impact value offer is delivered visually in an informative, fun and engaging way.  We use technology to deliver a story that negates fear and inspires adoption; real time.
Figure 1 the One Page interactive scorecard numbers in $’000


The power of the one page score card allows people to do what if based on any strategic scenario. Then to measure the impact on the various decisions simply by isolating the financial consequence of the decision through the net change feature. This net change feature shows how the income statements, the balance sheet and cash flow statement are impacted all in a one page environment.

Non financial people are drawn to the scorecard as it is fixed formatted and tells the financial story based on the 5 Chapters.  (See right hand side of scorecard)

Chapter 1 – Growth quality

Chapter 2 – Synchronizing operational profit with changes in growth

Chapter 3 – Working capital 

Chapter 4 – Cash impact and the road to sustainable cash flow

Chapter 5 - Creating value through the return on the invested $ (Return on Net Assets)

The fixed format dramatically enhances the learning curve creating confidence with repetition.

Figure 2 Expanded view numbers in $’000


  We encourage people to grow with their learning progress the expanded view portrays a far more detailed explanation of each of the 5 chapters. These detailed views are introduced as the person expands their learning capability.

What we offer

Our solution is education. We know that people can make a more compelling proposition when they relate to the ultimate scorecard being the customer’s financial statements. Where we provide unique and sustainable advantage is by combining theory with technology to create a real time experience that is engaging and fun.

The pathway to financial statement connection establishes the 4 phases of experiential learning. Each phase creates a more intimate alignment with what is being sold to how this offer could impact the customer’s financial statements.

The freely availability of listed company financial statements takes this learning to a whole new level as the One Page Scorecard can provide a instant diagnostic source where a potential solution may be the most appropriate. 

We take dedicated participants to the phase of the development program that is right for them. We can provide online testing if required in order to assess an individual’s progression path.

In addition the One page scorecard can be placed on each qualified person’s laptop to use and practice on if required. The software can be branded if required to enhance the customer experience.

We train on WEBEX or in traditional classroom environments. Each phase takes between 2 half day sessions to 3 days sessions.

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