CREDIT UNION SALES TRAINING

Consultative Conversations™

Credit union sales training teaches member-facing staff to have needs-based conversations that grow loans, deposits and product-per-member without sounding like a bank.

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Member conversations, not member transactions, drive loan and deposit growth

Credit union staff are trained to process requests efficiently, not to ask the questions that surface a member's next borrowing or saving need. Growing loan volume and deposits increasingly depends on turning routine service interactions into needs-based conversations, without the interaction feeling like a sales pitch. Multi-branch credit unions face a second problem on top of this: consistent behavior across branches depends on what a branch manager reinforces week to week, not on a single training session. Compliance constraints also shape what these conversations can sound like, which is why generic sales training rarely transfers cleanly into a credit union.

We work with Credit Unions to help them:

  • Optimize every member interaction
  • Create a member-centric sales culture, even if the team views selling negatively
  • Improve cross-selling
  • Implement consistent coaching by managers

Here at the Sales Readiness Group, we work with credit unions to offer the best sales training and coaching for your team.  

Our programs have been optimized for the unique challenges of credit unions and will provide your team with improved confidence, relationship-building skills, and consultative selling skills.  

Hear Our Clients Talk About
Their Experience Working with SRG.

People First Credit Union

We were about 30% to goals in loans. In the past two months, we hit 80% of goals for loan growth.

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Three of our Credit Union clients shared unsolicited praise for SBI during an expert panel event. Watch now to learn why.

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Built Around Your Branch Network, Not a Generic Template

Every credit union runs training differently depending on branch count, member demographics and how centralized decision-making is. SBI builds the program around your existing coaching cadence and branch structure rather than asking you to adopt a new one, and role-plays are built from real member scenarios your team already recognizes. Every program is customized to your market.

Develop Sustainable Selling Skills

The foundation of our training programs is designed to create sustainable changes in sales behaviors. Our training programs are not single events, but rather part of an overall sales training system that includes assessment, customization, engaging training, and ongoing reinforcement. At SBI, we deliver training programs that produce real behavior change and improve sales results.

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Licensing for In-House Training

If you have a large sales organization, an internal training department, or are rapidly growing, our Credit Union Sales Training programs can be licensed and delivered using your own facilitators. Under our flexible, cost-effective license terms, you can customize, repurpose, and deliver the curriculum whenever and as often as you like. SBI also supports your internal trainers with a Train-the-Trainer certification program on how to deliver this program, including how to facilitate our programs virtually.

SRG Selling Power - Top Sales Training Companies 2024

Leading credit unions trust us to train their teams because they know...

SBI is an industry-leading sales training company. We help improve the performance of sales teams by providing customized, skills-based sales training courses that produce sustainable behavior change. That’s why Selling Power Magazine has ranked us in their Top Sales Training Companies list from 2010 to 2026, our 17th consecutive year.

Isn't it time your whole team was consistently making quota?

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We'll show you how to turn them into top performers.

Isn’t it time your whole team was consistently making quota?

We’ll show you how to turn
them into top performers.

Schedule a consultation. We'll contact you within 24 hours (or on the following business day)

Frequently Asked Questions

Travis Credit Union

Travis Credit Union

Travis Credit Union partnered with SRG for sales training that delivered more value than the team expected.

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People First Credit Union

People First Credit Union told SBI they were about 30% toward their loan growth goals; two months into training, they had hit 80%.

80% of loan growth goals achieved within two months of training.

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