2.4. What are you going to do next?

Having taken the Octagon™ assessment you now have a better idea of the sorts of behaviour that you demonstrate in given situations and the potential impact it can have on buyers.

How do your scores compare to those above? What does this mean for the way you are perceived by buyers? These are the really important questions.

If you are comfortable with your results then there is no need to do anything further.

If however you are uncomfortable with the results and how they affect your ability to sell then you can start planning actions. You can either do this on your own or you might consider obtaining some help from an expert in the area of behaviour and communication.

If there are a few people in the organisation ...

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