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Entry 035 of 93Common practice

Handling "I Need to Talk to My Partner"

Confirm whether a decision-maker is missing, then equip your contact to sell it internally instead of hoping.

How it sounds

  1. Buyer I need to talk to my partner about this.
  2. You Uncover the full decision-making group during discovery, before this surfaces at the close.
  3. You Arm your champion with what to hand them and what to say when you're not in the room.
  4. Result The internal conversation doesn't happen without you in it.

The rest of this entry is in the full archive

  • How to spot this before the close, in discovery, so it is never a surprise
  • The questions that reveal the other decision-maker's real concerns
  • A framework for arming your champion to pitch for you when you are not in the room
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