
Alex Henneberg
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Boost Your Sales Partnerships & BizDev with a former Microsoft Sales Lead
Studied at University College London, University of London
Works at Spear Sales Ltd
Available Monday at 1:00 PM UTC
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Alex's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $50/hr
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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

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

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

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

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

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
Master in Communications, Communications
2004 - 2005

Warwick Business School
Masters of Business Administration, Business Growth
1992 - 1993
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