Ryan Dohrn advises a salesperson nervous about visiting Las Vegas business owners during COVID. Call ahead for permission, wear a stylish mask, skip handshakes, and keep distance. If an employer pushes unsafe practices, talk to HR or find allies among colleagues who feel the same way.
Hey friends, Ryan Dohrn here, your global sales coach, answering your questions that you sent to me, ryan@ryandohrn.com. All right, next question. Sarah from Henderson, Nevada. Ah, I know right where Henderson is. I have a cousin that lives there. All right, Sarah's question. We're reopening in Vegas. Most think it's too soon. I feel really creepy about dropping in on business owners right now. What should I do to get over it? Sarah, I don't know that there's anything you're going to be able to do to just kind of get over it. I think it depends upon what you're selling in that circumstance. So maybe you can email me back with some more data, but I would be remiss if I didn't say to you, it's probably a little early to be dropping in on businesses. So I think what I would maybe do is reach out to them on the phone and ask for permission before it is that you go and drop by. I think if you are going to reach out to people, maybe you want to get one of those Face mask that's a little more fashionable. Maybe it's got a color or something so you don't seem quite as doctor-looking when you walk in. I think you potentially want to be real safe. You maybe want to fist bump or not shake people's hands, stay a certain distance away. You know, we're in sales. I mean, we do have a job to do. So I think you want to be super safe in how you do it. And then also recognize that a lot of the questions that I get, you're trying to buck the system. And I'm not saying you are, But a lot of times, if your boss is telling you to do something, a lot of times you just need to, you know, you just need to do it. Now, in this particular circumstance, Sarah, and I don't know your circumstance, if your boss is asking you to do something that you feel is flat-out unsafe, I think that would be something you'd want to talk to your HR folks about and just say, I really feel like this isn't safe. And I think it would be unlikely they would force you to do something that wasn't safe. So maybe you just need to speak out. As it relates, maybe some of your other colleagues are also feeling unsafe as well. So good luck to you, Sarah, out there in the outskirts of Las Vegas. Friends, if I can be of help to you, reach out to me, ryan@ryandohrn.com. And never forget, if sales was easy, everybody'd be doing it, and they're not. So we're either crazy or we found a career that will feed our families for a lifetime. Take care, friends.
