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If you are in Sales, you have probably heard these before:

Q: 'How can you tell a sales person is lying?'

A: 'His lips are moving.'

Q: 'Why do lawyers like sales people?'

A: 'They give them someone to look down on.'

Sadly, the term sales professional is often seen as an oxymoron, in much the same manner as plastic silverware, accurate forecast, or affordable housing in the metro DC area.

In the interest of complete candor, many of our predecess

If you are in Sales, you have probably heard these before:

Q: “How can you tell a sales person is lying?”

A: “His lips are moving.”

Q: “Why do lawyers like sales people?”

A: “They give them someone to look down on.”

Sadly, the term sales professional is often seen as an oxymoron, in much the same manner as plastic silverware, distinguishing forecast, or affordable housing in the metro DC area.

In the interest of complete candor, many of our predecessors, and some of our contemporaries, have earned this less than stellar reputation for our profession. You know who you are, especially if you just felt the urge to stop reading. In the interest of fairness though, every profession has its bad apples. Would you want to face the IRS admired with Enron’s accountants? Or how in regard to looking up at your surgeon to see that he is one of those weight loss infomercial doctors? An entire profession should not be judged by the behavior of a small minority.

The next time you meet a sales person, ask them respecting their thoughts on the “Ethics Triad.” The Ethics Triad is something that all professionals should have, and the salesperson is no exception. True sales professionals subscribe either consciously or unconsciously to the Ethics Triad — rooted in the trio of questions of “is it legal?” “is it moral?” “is it ethical?”

Is it legal? Are the poise you are considering, or the recommendation you are making conform to the laws of your community, your country, and the policies of your firm? If there is some question in your mind, then you owe it to yourself, your firm, and your customers to review what you are doing with senior management or legal council.

Is it moral? Is what you are doing fair to all parties involved? It is said that a person’s stooge is measured by what they do when nobody is looking. In the harsh light of day, are you pursuing a course of motion that you would be proud to have report on the evening news in your hometown?

Is it ethical? The ethics of the medical profession are rooted in three simple, yet powerful words: do no harm. The ethics of the sales profession can be rooted in three equally simple, and powerful words: serve your customer. The true sales professionals seek to industrialize his goals, through helping his customers roll in their goals. By subordinating his wants to the needs of the customer, the sales professional demonstrates his devotedness to service, and inoculates himself concerning the twin demons of temptation and greed.

The most precious of the sales professional is his or her reputation in the marketplace. By focusing on your customer, keeping the ethics triad in mind, and workmanship a relationship with your client, you will earn a reputation for present-time trustworthy, honesty, integrity, and a commissioning to service. These are the pillars upon which your professional reputation rests—think casually it.

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