Institute of Commercial Management · RQF Level 7
IOCM Level 7 Diploma in Professional Sales
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 7
- Total credits75
- Guided learning299 hours
- Units in this qualification9
Awarded by Institute of Commercial Management · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
The IOCM Level 7 Diploma in Professional Sales is a higher-level qualification for individuals in the marketing and sales sector. It explores topics such as sales coaching, buyer behaviour psychology, and the transition from sales to sales management. Learners will develop skills in goal setting and assessing their sales communication style.
These are the units Institute of Commercial Management registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Assessing your sales communication styleReal unit · Institute of Commercial Management
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different sales communication styles and their impact on buyer interactions
- Assess your own communication style and identify areas for development
- Adapt your communication to different buyers and situations to build rapport and trust
- Evaluate the impact of communication on sales outcomes and customer satisfaction
- Understand the importance of effective communication in building long-term customer relationships
Communicating by way of a formal sales presentationReal unit · Institute of Commercial Management
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles of delivering effective formal sales presentations.
- Structure a sales presentation in a logical and persuasive manner.
- Deliver a formal sales presentation with confidence and clarity.
- Analyse the needs and expectations of the target audience to tailor the presentation accordingly.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of different presentation techniques and delivery styles.
From sales to sales managementReal unit · Institute of Commercial Management
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the transition from sales to sales management and the associated challenges
- Know the responsibilities of a sales manager in leading and developing a sales team
- Lead and motivate a sales team to achieve sales targets and objectives
- Evaluate sales performance and identify areas for improvement through coaching and training
- Understand sales management strategies and their application in different market conditions
Negotiation skills in salesReal unit · Institute of Commercial Management
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate different negotiation strategies and their effectiveness in various sales contexts.
- Analyse the stages and key elements of the sales negotiation process.
- Apply effective negotiation skills in practical sales scenarios.
- Understand the ethical considerations and responsibilities involved in sales negotiation.
- Thoroughly prepare for sales negotiations, including research, planning, and strategy development.
Sales coaching as a mechanism for improving performanceReal unit · Institute of Commercial Management
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of sales coaching and its role in performance improvement
- Know how coaching improves performance within a sales environment
- Implement sales coaching techniques to enhance individual and team performance
- Evaluate the effectiveness of coaching methods in achieving desired sales outcomes
- Analyse performance data to identify coaching needs and opportunities for development
Self-awareness as a mechanism for sales improvementReal unit · Institute of Commercial Management
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the crucial role of self-awareness in enhancing sales performance and effectiveness.
- Analyse personal strengths and weaknesses in relation to sales skills and techniques.
- Understand the impact of personal behaviour and communication style on sales performance and customer interactions.
- Develop and implement strategies to improve self-awareness in a sales context.
- Effectively use self-awareness to drive sales improvement and achieve sales targets.
Setting goals and achieving themReal unit · Institute of Commercial Management
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles underpinning effective goal setting.
- Define and set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) goals.
- Develop detailed and actionable plans to facilitate the achievement of set goals.
- Evaluate progress towards achieving set goals, using appropriate metrics and monitoring techniques.
- Understand various strategies for effectively overcoming obstacles and challenges encountered during the goal achievement process.
The life-time value of customer serviceReal unit · Institute of Commercial Management
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the concept of lifetime customer value and its significance for business success.
- Analyse the various factors that influence and contribute to customer lifetime value.
- Understand the importance of customer retention strategies in maximising customer lifetime value.
- Accurately measure customer lifetime value using appropriate methodologies and metrics.
- Implement strategies and initiatives to improve and enhance customer lifetime value.
The psychology of buyer behaviourReal unit · Institute of Commercial Management
What you'll be able to do
- Understand psychological theories of buyer behaviour and their relevance to sales
- Know the factors influencing buyer decisions, including psychological and social factors
- Analyse buyer motivations and needs to tailor sales approaches
- Evaluate the impact of psychology on sales strategies and techniques
- Understand different buyer behaviour models and their application in sales contexts
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 7 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where these credits take you
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Where this can lead
Sales Coaching Manager
Your journey here is about building a legacy of high-performing sales talent. Whether you choose to climb the leadership ladder within Sales Enablement, move back into direct sales leadership, or even transition into a broader executive role, the foundations you build here will set you up for significant long-term success. We're excited to see where you take it.
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How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will understand different sales communication styles and assess their own style using appropriate tools. The unit covers adapting communication to various buyers and evaluating the impact on sales outcomes.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for IOCM Level 7 Diploma in Professional Sales
9 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Institute of Commercial Management.
- Assessing your sales communication style
- Communicating by way of a formal sales presentation
- From sales to sales management
- Negotiation skills in sales
- Sales coaching as a mechanism for improving performance
- Self-awareness as a mechanism for sales improvement
and 3 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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