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Training13 July 20262 min readLees in het Nederlands

Tailored B2B sales training: why one script never fits

Why standard sales training rarely sticks, and how a tailored approach built on the Customer Experience Model does lead to lasting results. Honest and relaxed.

  • Most sales trainings fade within a month because they were not about your customers and your conversations.
  • A script assumes an average customer, and that customer does not exist; yours can hear you running through a routine.
  • With the Customer Experience Model you score yourself or your team on six elements, so you work on what makes the difference for you instead of what matters on average.
Tailored B2B sales training: why one script never fits | Klaas Kroezen, honest and relaxed

Most sales training fades within a month. Not because the trainer was bad or the theory was wrong. But because it was not about your customers, your conversations, your day-to-day reality. A day of inspiration, a folder full of models, and then straight back to the daily grind.

I have seen it happen many times. It really is not your fault.

A script assumes an average customer. But that customer does not exist. Your market, your offering, your type of conversation: it is all just that little bit different. An approach you learn by heart and apply to everyone will always feel slightly borrowed. And your customer can hear you reciting a routine.

That is why I do not give standard training. Almost everything I do is tailored, with your own customers and your own cases on the table. Twenty-five years in sales and countless customer studies have taught me one thing: the theory is the easy half. The art lies in translating it to your practice.

For that, we use the Customer Experience Model. Six elements that together determine whether someone stays a customer or becomes a fan. Two core attitudes, honest and relaxed. And four skills: your beliefs, your content, your process and your form. You score yourself or your team on all six, and you see immediately where the biggest gains are. For one person that is the process, for another it is how they convey their value. So you do not have to guess. You measure it.

That is the difference between a training that fades and one that sticks. We work on what makes the difference for you, even if it matters less for someone else.

And because changing behaviour simply does not happen in a day, that same model keeps you on track after the training too. You measure, you adjust, you measure again. If you want that guidance for a whole year, there is the Year Programme.

The approach works for the solo entrepreneur and for the team of thirty. You can do it at your own pace online, together with your team on location, or one on one with me at my office. Same method, different form.

One script never fits. Want to know where you or your team stand right now? Take the free scan and see which of the six elements scores lowest. That is where I would start.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a tailored sales training?

A training built around your own customers, conversations and cases instead of a standard programme. The theory is the easy half; the craft is in translating it to your practice.

Why do most sales trainings fade away?

Because they were not about your customers and your conversations. A day of inspiration and a folder of models does not change behaviour; that needs measuring, adjusting and follow-through after the training day.

Who is a tailored B2B sales training for?

For the solo entrepreneur just as much as for a team of thirty. The method stays the same, only the form differs: online at your own pace, with your team on location, or one to one.

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Klaas Kroezen
About the author

Klaas Kroezen is an entrepreneur who trains, coaches and speaks. He wrote the #1 Dutch bestseller Sales, Honest & Relaxed and the new book Van klant naar fan (From customer to fan, November 2026). After 25+ years in sales with his own international market research firm, he helps organisations adopt the From customer to fan mindset: selling honestly and relaxed, and turning customers into fans with the whole team.

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