Alex H.

Alex Henneberg

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Boost Your Sales Partnerships & BizDev with a former Microsoft Sales Lead

University College London, University of London Logo

Studied at University College London, University of London

Spear Sales Ltd Logo

Works at Spear Sales Ltd

Available Monday at 1:00 PM UTC

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Alex's Coaching Offerings

Custom hourly · $50/hr

Get help with AI Automation, AI Fundamentals, and .

Alex also coaches for Sales, Small Business, and AI for Sales & Marketing. View all.

Alex’s Business Development & Partnerships Qualifications

Coaches professionally

Experience level: Executive

40+ people coached for Business Development & Partnerships

With over 15 years of experience in sales and business development, I specialize in helping leaders and teams establish robust sales functions that drive measurable improvements. As Director and Sales Coach at Spear Sales, I have successfully coached sellers to enhance win rates, increase deal values, and accelerate revenue growth. My previous roles at Microsoft and Sopra Steria involved leading digital transformation initiatives and generating significant revenue through strategic partnerships. I am passionate about leveraging my expertise to help you achieve your business development goals.

Alex can help with:

AI Automation

AI Fundamentals

Business Development Strategy

Cover Letters

Interview Prep

LinkedIn Review

Market Analysis

Negotiation Skills

Networking Strategy

Partnership Development

Promotion Strategy

Resume Review

Salary Negotiation

Skill Building

Alex also coaches for Sales, Small Business, and AI for Sales & Marketing. View all.

About Alex

I teach and coach best-practice sales frameworks such as Challenger, Sandler, Miller Heiman, SPIN and MEDDPICC so they are easy to understand and immediately usable for business founders and those new to sales. I share how AI can enhance the sales function and how to use it most effectively in every stage of the sales process. My customers learn how the key stages of a sale - deal planning, lead generation, qualification, stakeholder management, business case development, negotiation, closing and customer on-boarding. People new to sales gain the confidence and core sales knowledge needed to succeed in interviews and then in a sales career. Founders learn practical skills and techniques to generate higher quality leads, close deals faster, win a higher percentage of sales and increase their average contract value. Having spent 20+ years working in senior sales roles in companies like Microsoft, BT and Siemens, I now help Founders and people new to sales or considering a sales career maximise their chance of success. I founded Spear Sales as a sales coaching and enablement business, sharing the same techniques, processes and skills that have helped more than 150 sales leaders, enterprises and SMEs generate over £1bn of sales and achieve 70% win rates.

Why do I coach?

I feel the frustration of founders and SME sales leaders when prospects don't "get" the value of what they offer. And I use my 20+ years experience of pitching and winning £50m+ deals, to advise owners, founders and SME sales leaders on how they can address their key sales challenges. Start-ups and SMEs create amazing products and services. But they can be held back by a lack of awareness or practice in applying modern sales techniques. I regularly see how using the enterprise sales skills that I have learned and put in place during my career have helped SMEs generate higher quality leads and win new business faster.

Work Experience

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Director, Sales coach

Spear Sales Ltd

August 2024 - Present

Sales coaching business helping sales leaders establish an enterprise-grade sales function that quantifiably improves performance. Coach sellers to improve win rates, increase average deal values, grow number of qualified opportunities and reduce sale cycle time - so they meet targets and earn revenue faster. spear-sales.com Sales Coaching, Deal coaching

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Consulting Sales lead, Health and Life Sciences

Microsoft

December 2019 - July 2024

Developing digital transformation opportunities that enable customer outcomes for some of Microsoft's most strategic customers. Consultative Selling, Coaching & Mentoring and +3 skills

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Digital Sales Director

Sopra Steria

January 2017 - December 2019

Member of Sopra Steria’s UK Digital Board. Led the Cyber Security and Emerging Technology Practices. Advised clients and internal teams on Cyber Security and the positive impact that emerging technologies can have in transforming processes, organisations and markets. Published a number of articles, regularly invited to speak at industry events and appointed a judge at the UK Digital Experience Awards. Established a network of over 100 partners with specialist skills and technologies. Enabled customers to create digital services that reduced their costs by 30%+ and improved engagement with users by over 40%. International Business Development, Consultative Selling and +3 skills

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Major Deals Lead

Sopra Steria

March 2013 - January 2017

Generated over £100m in revenue from sales to local and central government organisations. Led a key work stream in a multi-million Shared Services Joint Venture win. Helped customers implement digital technologies that reduced their IT and business process costs by over 30%. Created investment funds that provided customers and users with improved experiences and more convenient ways of working. International Business Development, Consultative Selling and +4 skills

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Head of Sales and Strategic Positioning

CenturyLink

March 2010 - March 2013

Generated a revenue pipeline of £110m within 12 months that resulted in over £60m of sales including a £20m ERP infrastructure outsource contract. Led the end to end sales cycle for complex/major bids and managed the Large Deal Pursuit Team. Set up a deal structuring programme and introduced new processes and tools to improve pipeline management, qualification and forecasting. Clients comprised Government departments and commercial organisations in the Finance, Retail, Legal and Airline industries. Member of leadership team in EMEA, working collaboratively with colleagues to provide strategic direction and overall development of the business. Consultative Selling, Coaching & Mentoring and +3 skills

Education

University College London, University of London Logo

University College London, University of London

Master in Communications, Communications

2004 - 2005

Warwick Business School Logo

Warwick Business School

Masters of Business Administration, Business Growth

1992 - 1993

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