Spear Sales helps HealthTech and I.T. Services firms win contracts with the NHS and UK Public Sector, through practical sales coaching and a proven, repeatable sales process aligned to how the Public Sector buys.

“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.”

Zig Ziglar

Spear Sales helps SME businesses address those five obstacles and achieve big improvement in results when selling to the Public Sector and NHS.

Small gains, big results

Improve each of four sales levers by just 5% and your sales velocity – the revenue your pipeline produces each month – rises by 22%.

Sales velocity = leads × win rate × average contract value ÷ time to close.
1.05 × 1.05 × 1.05 ÷ 0.95 = 1.22, a 22% increase.

Companies I’ve worked with and some of the sales won:

Microsoft
Sopra Steria
BT
CenturyLink

A highly competitive consulting and SaaS contract that provided BUPA with cloud and business application services.

A multi-million pound IT infrastructure contract with the NHS that helped securely integrated multiple departments into one identity.

Multiple Responsible AI use cases with NHS Hospital Trusts.

A joint partnership contract that established a Trusted Research Environment for 5m users.

Multiple highly competitive £30m+ digital transformation contracts with local authorities.

A £5m+ multi-year transformational support and IT services contract with the Health and Safety Commission.

A £250m+ joint venture programme with the Cabinet Office.

A major IT contract with the Ministry of Justice, competing against established incumbent government contractors.

A multi-year IT contract supporting a number of Public Sector clients. in partnership with a major European IT provider.

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S.P.E.A.R. TM  A modern, holistic sales system that helps SME sales leaders win more, win bigger and win faster.
  • Most ambitious SME leaders will hit a point where their passion, their knowledge of their proposition, and/or their personal network, aren’t enough to fuel the next stage of growth. They need to win new customers - and that's where sales gets even harder.

  • To break through, you need a sales function that is modern, professional and an effective driver of growth.  

  • The SPEAR Framework gives you exactly that - it's a complete sales operating system that helps you confidently attract and win new customers and grow your revenues.

    It’s built for SMEs who want to compete - not just with their peers, but with the big players too.

    The SPEAR framework is made up of the five key pillars of a modern sales function.

    It comprises the sales tools, processes and capabilities that you need to:

    1. Improve win rates
    2. Increase deal values
    3. Shorten sales cycles and
    4. Generate more qualified opportunities.

Alex Henneberg

Over a 30 year sales career I’ve worked as a strategic sales lead and in coaching and management roles for large enterprises such as Microsoft, BT, Siemens and CenturyLink.

I've helped founders, sellers and managers in SMEs and large enterprises, win over £1bn of business and achieve 60%+ win rates.

Helping sharpen your
Sales performance

I guide SME sellers and businesses through Public Sector and NHS procurements using my  S.P.E.A.R. Sales Operating System.

S.P.E.A.R. has been developed and field-tested across hundreds of sales pursuits, helping sellers win over £1bn of revenue and achieve win rates of 60%+.

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Sets the sales function:

  • Goals

  • Resources

  • Ideal Client Profile

  • Propositions

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  • Structure

  • Process

  • Recruitment

  • Incentives

  • Nurture

  • Governance

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Enablement:

  • Technology

  • Assets

  • Coaching

  • Techniques

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Continuous improvement:

  • Learning

  • Orchestration

  • Optimising

  • Progress

“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.”

Zig Ziglar

 For advice on winning Public Sector contracts please email me at alex@spear-sales.com or below