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Manager Capability Training · Card 3

What Are We Missing?

Customer Opportunity Review — The Daily Save-A-Deal Operating Discipline

This example shows the difference between reading the report and diagnosing the customer opportunity. The report can show vehicle age, market supply, pricing, and the requested discount. It cannot tell us whether the customer trusts us, feels understood, or sees a reason to choose our store.

Key PrincipleReports show what happened. Managers must determine what is still missing.

Watch

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Notice

Separate the facts from the diagnosis

FactThe vehicle has been in stock approximately 190 days.
FactThe store believes the vehicle is priced competitively.
FactThe customer wants an additional discount.
MissingWhy the customer still does not see enough value or trust to move forward.

Discuss

Are we solving the stated objection or the real obstacle?

Start here
  1. What does the available data actually prove?
  2. What remains unknown about the customer’s decision?
Inspect the process
  1. Is price the real issue, or simply the easiest request to make?
  2. What evidence do we have of value, trust, or urgency?
Manager decision
  1. What conversation must happen before we decide to discount?

Practice

Build the next conversation

The weak conclusion is:

The customer will not move off the number, so we either discount the vehicle or lose the deal.

Build a better manager conversation that establishes:

  • Why the customer is shopping now
  • What they value about the vehicle
  • What still creates uncertainty
  • Whether the requested discount is the real obstacle
  • What would make the customer comfortable moving forward

Apply

What good looks like

Manager standard
  1. Separate what the data proves from what it cannot prove
  2. Identify the unanswered customer question
  3. Diagnose whether the obstacle is price, vehicle, timing, trust, or relationship
  4. Define what the next conversation must accomplish
  5. Assign the conversation and inspection time
Evidence of execution
  • The reason for shopping is documented
  • The customer’s value priorities are visible
  • The unresolved concern is factual
  • The manager’s diagnosis is clear
  • The next conversation has an owner and time
Manager commitment

I will not solve the first stated objection until we identify what the customer actually needs to move forward.

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