Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - 24

FEATURESTORY

Training Your Sales Team for
Today's Changing Customers
Highlights from a Panel Discussion

■ By Michelle O'Connor

Preparing medical devices & diagnostic (MDD) sales teams
to succeed in a dynamic environment requires flexible,
creative strategies that target a broad array of decision-makers,
according to panelists who spoke at the 6th Annual LTEN Medical
Device & Diagnostic Trainers Summit in Baltimore in October 2017.

T

he following are some of the key
strategies that MDD trainers can use to
help drive results in the field.

Encourage Better KnowledgeSharing
"We see a communication gap with the
national account reps who have negotiated the
contract ... and how they communicate back to
the field," said Tony Ybarra, CMRP, senior vice
president of CHC Supply Trust, the supply

chain services arm of Community Hospital
Corp. "ey don't take the time to look at the
organization or understand its complexity and
the hospitals we support."
Trainers can help account managers and
sales representatives better serve their
integrated delivery network (IDN) customers
by making sure they routinely ask these
questions and share what they know with other
team members:
* What is the customer's GPO affiliation?
* Is the organization's supply chain centralized
or decentralized?
* What rules does the hospital or health
system have in place for suppliers to engage
with clinicians and executives?

The panel of decision-makers at the 6th Annual LTEN Medical Device & Diagnostics Trainers Summit featured,
from left, moderator and executive industry consultant Brent Petty, Alister Barrow of Assured Lab Services,
Robert DeVol of Premier's Healthcare Innovators Collaborative and Tony Ybarra of CHC Supply Trust.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Focus Magazine - Winter 2017

LTEN Focus on Training Magazine
From the President: Preparing for Change
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Guest Editor: Facilitative Training & Mutual Learning Models
Directions: A Time to Reflect and Plan
Front of the Room: Help! I've Got a Big Audience!
Building Account Management Capabilities
6th Annual Medical Device & Diagnostics Trainers Summit
Training Your Sales Team for Today's Changing Customers
Training Reinforcement 101
Sales Simulation Programs that Drive Performance
5 Persuasive Communication Lessons
Do It Yourself In-House Talent Development
Leveraging Simulation-Based Technology in Training
3 Essential Pillars for Competitive Selling
Virtual How: Learning Innovation & Best Practices
Ad Index
Focus Contacts
Meet Your Incoming LTEN Board President
Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Intro
Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - LTEN Focus on Training Magazine
Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Cover2
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - 4
Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - From the President: Preparing for Change
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Table of Contents
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Table of Contents
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Guest Editor: Facilitative Training & Mutual Learning Models
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Directions: A Time to Reflect and Plan
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Front of the Room: Help! I've Got a Big Audience!
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Building Account Management Capabilities
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - 6th Annual Medical Device & Diagnostics Trainers Summit
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Training Your Sales Team for Today's Changing Customers
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Training Reinforcement 101
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Sales Simulation Programs that Drive Performance
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - 5 Persuasive Communication Lessons
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Do It Yourself In-House Talent Development
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Leveraging Simulation-Based Technology in Training
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - 3 Essential Pillars for Competitive Selling
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Virtual How: Learning Innovation & Best Practices
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Ad Index
Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Focus Contacts
Focus Magazine - Winter 2017 - Meet Your Incoming LTEN Board President
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