TheBidWinner.com

#1 Elite Sales Coach, Keynote Speaker, Author

Author - The 5 Minute Sales Coach

Founder

#1 Sales Leadership Coach

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EMC & Associates

Executive Coach - CRO Bids

Bid Consultant

Helping organisations with a range of consultancy services covering Coaching, Team Building, Mentoring

Executive Coach - Sales growth

Thirst Link Consulting

ThirstLink work entirely in the best interests of clients, providing them with expert procurement advice, together with hands-on assistance to complete specific tasks or resolve contractual disputes. 

TLC understands the supplier selection process and what is required with regards to service, customer satisfaction and cost effectiveness and have vast experience in working within client’s project teams that can include Facilities Managers, Procurement and Catering personnel.

Our involvement saves customers Time, Resource and Money. TLC are able to provide these services at minimal cost to the client.

TLC consists of a team of highly experienced consultants, each of whom have spent a substantial part of their career working at all levels within the FM, Catering and Vending sectors.

We have over 100 years combined sector experience available to your business.

Schedule  a no obligation call: 07463 646477

Consultant Director

Totally Delicious Ltd

Turnaround consultancy support and advice to a fast growing boutique and artisan workplace and leisure attraction caterer. 

Interim CEO and Management Team coaching and support, P&L review and analysis, strategic planning and forecasting.

Supporting contracts with clients such as:

Swinton Insurance - Autonet - Brightside - Trentham Gardens - Flip Out - Steelite

Interim CRO

ELIS

Transformation consultancy working alongside Senior Management team to review and restructure internal and external account management team. Review National Account structure, performance and reward systems. Review and implement CRM systems and team mentoring processes.

Executive Coach

Sell a Vend LLP

Providing Consultancy services to UK board covering:

Turnaround Strategy - Sales Strategy  - Brand - Key Market Sectors - Key Account Strategy 

Review of market position analysis of brand  re branding and ecommerce strategy.

Scobie McIntosh Ltd

Providing Consultancy services to UK board covering:

Strategy -  Sales Budget - Market Position - New Business  - Key Account Development 

Supporting and Mentioning UK Sales Director on strategy and budgeting,

Pelican Rouge Coffee Roasters

Working on Pan European Strategies to assist VC backed turnaround of €1.2 billion turnover acquisition.

Creating and delivering mutually beneficial supply solutions across our range of products with partnered Clients across key market sectors on a Pan European and Global scale.

Providing a consistent and mutually beneficial solutions across a multi sector environment covering:

Working on joint partnership projects with:

John Lewis Partnership - Baxter Storey - ISS - Pelican Rouge - Tesco - Nisa - Liquidline - Bidfoods - Vantage

International Sales Director

Pelican Rouge Group

Director - responsible for annual £120m+ revenues - at Autobar UK. Member of the original Board who grew, over 7 years, a business to market leading position through acquisition/integration, organic growth & new client recruitment.

Multi sector team operating across a number of key channels including:

Public Sector, NHS, Private Sector, Education, Leisure, Retail

Multi disciplined covering:

Capital Sales, Service and Ingredient contracts, Volume linked contracts

Own and exceed annual targets through Regional Teams working from six depot locations - consisting of Senior Sales Managers, Regional Sales Managers, Key Account Managers, New Business Executives.

Bid Team Director

Facilities Management Consultant | helping organisations troubleshoot their FM services by improving procurement, benchmarking, contract management and operational efficiency

Building sales teams and winning BIDs is easy (if you get this right)
Most CEOs don’t and it’s costing them millions.

Most sales teams are underperforming, and most bids are lost, because CEOs are stuck managing tactics instead of building long-term, scalable systems and teams.

That’s where I come in.

I help B2B leadership teams create “Sales Champions”, not just reps. We focus on sales process optimisation, coaching cadence, and bid strategy that actually wins.

✅ 143% average sales increase
✅ 256% ROI on programs
✅ 250+ bid wins and counting

Whether you're chasing growth targets, losing too many proposals, or tired of your team plateauing, I’ll help you fix the foundation.

I'm also the author of The 5 Minute Sales Coach, a practical, battle-tested playbook for sales leaders who want results without fluff.

Here’s the truth:

🔹 Over 66% of leaders don’t have the skills to coach
🔹 Your team is fuelling your growth or holding you back.

My background:

📈 250+ sales teams coached - 116%+ growth achieved.
📈 Led £50M+ teams in B2B service industries.
📈 Turned stagnant teams into high-performing ones

Key clients including:

📈 RICS, B&Q, Santander, Aviva, Deloitte, 
📈 Yahoo, Michelin, Swinton, Salford Leisure

If you’re ready to step up, elevate your team, and finally bridge the gap between where you are and where you should be… let’s talk.

If you’re even a little curious about what’s possible when you work with someone who’s been in the trenches for 25+ years at the highest level… let’s talk.

📩 DM me “COACH” and let’s start the conversation.

Ernie Melling IFMA ,TMA

Great paycheck, crap personal life? There's a life where professional success and fulfillment DO MIX. Let's craft it together💥 | Life & business coaching | Rich & Happy Club UAE | Founder The French Bijouterie 💎

The hardest part of high performance isn’t building it.
It’s keeping it.

Anyone can chase success.
Few can sustain it, scale it, and make it meaningful.

Because once you’ve built wealth, the next level isn’t about more of the same.
It’s about multiplying both impact and fulfillment — without losing what you’ve worked for.

I know that moment.
At 26, I became a CFO running international teams and scaling businesses across markets. I had the money, the title, the influence.
On paper, I was winning.
Inside, I knew something was missing. Success without alignment isn’t real success. That was my crossroads — and it became my mission.

Today, I partner with CEOs, founders, and investors at high-stakes crossroads:
→ Raising capital or exiting.
→ Reinventing their role or career.
→ Scaling without burning out.
→ Realigning wealth with purpose and legacy.

This is where Changing Minds™ is different.
I don’t just advise strategy.
I don’t just coach mindset.
I do both — blending business clarity with transformational alignment — so leaders can move faster, decide sharper, and build lives and legacies that actually feel worth it.

The result: leaders who grow their companies, expand their impact, and finally feel the fulfillment that matches their success.

👉 DM “Crossroads” to start a private conversation.

Lucie Lachaux

People don’t fail because there’s some magical list nobody has. 

They fail because it’s an obvious list nobody does.

Every CEO, founder, and investor I work with already knows what to do. 

They’ve built strategy after strategy, 
made millions in decisions, 
and executed under pressure.

But at high stakes — everything feels riskier.

Because bold moves in business aren’t the same as bold moves in life. 
You can calculate the first. 
You can’t predict the second.

That’s where most leaders get stuck,
not in logic, but in emotion. 
Not in data, but in doubt.

You have to choose. 

1- Stay where you are — and slowly disconnect from the version of yourself you once admired. 

2- Or go for it — and rebuild your fire, your focus, and your conviction.

Until you choose, you’ll keep wasting time overthinking, 
rationalizing, and giving yourself excuses.

And one day, you’ll realize you’ve become someone you don’t even respect.

👉 I work privately with senior leaders who already have results — but want the clarity and conviction to make their next bold move without fear running the show.
DM me 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 if that’s you.

“Great Paycheck, Crap Life?” | Partnering with CEOs, Investors & Business Owners at a crossroads to build clarity & strategy for their next level in Business and in Life |🎙️ Great Conversations Podcast coming soon

Unlike 99% of people, I didn’t wait for burnout to quit my high-paying job.

Everyone loves to tell the story after the crash :
“I burned out. I hit rock bottom. But it made me stronger.”

That’s not wisdom. 
That’s survival.
And a waste of your time.

Here’s the truth: 
If you need pain to change, 
you’ve waited too long.

There’s no perfect time to leave. 
No “next quarter” where it’ll be easier. 
No version of success that’ll magically start feeling right.

If you’ve been repeating the same year of your life,
same job, same people, same story,
you’re not stable. You’re stuck.

High performing people pivot before they break. 
Before fatigue turns into failure. 
Before they ruin the reputation they spent a decade building.

That’s why action is rule #1 in my work. 
Not reflection. 
Not journaling. 
Action.

Because clarity doesn’t come from thinking. 
It comes from moving.

If you want 2026 to be your comeback and to achieve more without losing yourself in the process - I'm the type of coach you need. DM me START

“Great Paycheck, Crap Life?” | Strategic Advisor for Leaders at a Crossroads | Helping you make high-stakes decisions that strengthen your success and recalibrate your life | Building Three Dimensional Wealth ☄️

Some days everything feels heavier than it should.
 
Not because your life is hard.  But because you feel off.
 
You open your inbox → drained.  
You look at your calendar → annoyed.  
Someone asks a simple question → you overthink it.
 
It’s not burnout.  
It’s not lack of discipline.  
It’s not a “busy week.”
 
It’s identity friction.
 
You’re trying to live today  with the mindset you needed years ago.
 
The achiever in you is pushing.  
The protector in you is freezing.  
And the real you?  Quiet. Tired. Waiting to be honest.
 
Here’s the truth:
 
When you operate from the wrong version of yourself, everything feels heavier.
 
That’s why small decisions take energy.  
That’s why clarity disappears.  
That’s why you feel stuck even when life is “good.”
 
So here’s your weekend reset.
 
Nothing complex.  
Nothing dramatic.
 
Just one question:  
Which version of you do you want leading next week?
 
The one who’s scared?  
The one who’s tired?  
Or the one who’s honest about what they want?
 
Sit with that.  
Write one line.  
Let it guide you.
 
Sometimes the biggest shift  is choosing who shows up on Monday.
 
P.S. What’s one tiny thing you want to feel more of this weekend?

You struggle to build a LinkedIn brand for the same reason you struggle to build real relationships:

You make it about you.

You share advice. 
You “add value.” 
You talk about what you like, what you think, what you’ve learned.

That’s your blind spot:
You think you’re giving value, 
but you’re still trying to prove something.

Real giving isn’t about what you know.
It’s about showing who you are.

And it’s the same in business and in life. 
Posting leadership infographics won’t build a brand. 
And talking to people while half-checking your inbox won’t build connection.

A brand — like a relationship — starts with intention. 
You have to mean it. You have to be there.

That’s how I built my business here. 
Not by proving expertise, but by writing the truth that people didn’t have words for.

P.S. In this week’s 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘉𝘙𝘐𝘌𝘍𝘐𝘕𝘎, I’m breaking down the power of intention — how it changes the way you work, connect, and lead, so you can build the brand and the life that actually mean something.

If you can’t sit still without guilt, 
you’re not ambitious, you’re addicted. 

And you can’t build your next level from there.

At the highest level, performance isn’t about speed. 
It’s about clarity. 
Direction. 
Vision. 
Legacy.

But you can’t create that from an exhausted, running mind.

Because when you’re constantly chasing, you’ll miss what’s right in front of you: 
• The people who actually matter. 
• The quiet moments that recharge you. 
• The life you’ve worked so hard to build.

You’re not leading — you’re reacting. 
Scrolling between meetings. 
Filling every gap with noise. 
Mistaking motion for progress.

And you wonder why clarity never shows up.

The truth? 
Your next level won’t come from another 16-hour day. 
It’ll come the moment you slow down enough to think. 
To feel. 
To decide with precision instead of panic.

That’s when you start building — not just running.

P.S. when was the last time you sat in silence and actually felt clear?

You keep saying you’re tired.  But deep down, you know it’s not just that.
 
And you’re right. 

It's called misalignment.
 
Here’s the difference:
Tired is fixed by sleep.  
Misalignment is fixed by honesty.
 
You can sleep 10 hours  and still wake up heavy.
You can clear your calendar  and still feel pressure.
You can take a weekend away  and still come back empty.
 
Because the problem isn’t your schedule.  
It’s the life you’re forcing yourself to carry.
 
High performers call it “stress.”  But it’s not.
It’s the quiet pain of living a life that no longer matches who you are.
 
That’s why:
 
Your wins don’t hit. 
Your days feel flat.  
And your mind feels louder than your actual problems.
 
You’re not broken.  
You’re not lazy.  
You’re not losing your edge.
 
You’re just building your next chapter while pretending you’re still in the old one.
 
And that gap? 
That’s where the exhaustion comes from.
 
Here’s your reminder for this week:
When your inner world shifts, your outer world can’t stay the same forever.
 
P.S. What’s one thing right now that feels “off” — even if you keep ignoring it?

Most people don’t struggle with decisions because the decision is hard.

They struggle because their mind isn’t in the right place when they decide. 

Here are 5 things that ruin good decisions:
 
1️⃣ Too many opinions. 
More input = more confusion.
 
2️⃣ Too many options.  
Your brain shuts down when everything feels possible.
 
3️⃣ No personal strategy.  
Your work has a plan. Your life doesn’t.  
That gap creates noise.
 
4️⃣ Mixed identities.  
One part of you wants safety.  
Another wants change. 
Another wants impact.  
They all vote differently.
 
5️⃣ Emotional overload.  
You’re not stressed.  You’re overstimulated.  
Big decisions need a calm mind.
 
The best leaders don’t make fast decisions.  
They make clean ones.
 
Clear mind → clear direction.  
No noise → no hesitation.
 
This is what I help leaders do:  
create a life strategy that makes every decision obvious.
 
𝗣.𝗦.  Which of the 5 hits you the most this week?

Your relationship with uncertainty will define your entire life.

If you’re the kind of person who needs every step confirmed before you move,

you’ll stay where it’s safe long after it stops serving you.

The most successful people have one thing in common: 
They’d rather risk the unknown
than guarantee a life they don’t want.

I’ve done it myself.
Leaving my first company.
Quitting my CFO career.
Walking away from a long-term relationship.

Every time, I didn’t have a plan B.
I had conviction.

History proves it too.
The greatest generals burned the boats behind them.
Not to be dramatic,
but to force total focus forward.

That’s the real art of growth:
not eliminating risk,
but learning to lead through it.

I  work privately with a few senior leaders each month to rebuild the mental frameworks that drive high performance 𝘢𝘯𝘥 fulfillment.
If you’re ready to reset your version of success and lead with conviction again,
DM me 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟.

Every result you’ve achieved started with one belief: 
that it was possible.

You showed up, 
stayed consistent, 
and made it happen — because you believed you could.

Well, it works both ways.

If you believe it’s too late, too hard, too risky,
your brain will prove you right.

You’re not stuck because you can’t. 
You’re stuck because you stopped believing you can.

P.S. What’s the one thing you’ve stopped believing you could do?

“How do I find my next challenge?”
“How do I stay hungry when I already have everything?” 
“How do I feel alive again?”

Those are the real questions you ask. 
Not because you’re lost 
but because you’ve outgrown the game you’re playing.

And here’s the trap: 
You keep looking for a new strategy 
when what you really need is a new state.

You’ve mastered control. Now it’s controlling you.

You only move when the plan is clear. 
You only act when success feels guaranteed.
That’s why you feel stuck. 

That’s why less intelligent people are ahead of you.
Because they try, even when they don’t know the outcome. 
They fail. 
They pivot. 
They learn.

While you’re still perfecting the plan, they’re already on version five.

You don’t need more frameworks. 
You need curiosity. You need motion. 
You need to stop thinking about the next step and 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 it.
The plan will show up after.

P.S. When was the last time you did something without knowing if it would work?

P.P.S. I'm having conversations with cool people about success for my next podcast. Stay tuned!

Your life can be “successful” and still not be the life you want to scale.
 
The money works.  
The career looks strong.  
The results are there.
 
But you’ve had the thought:  
“This can’t be my whole life.”

That feeling matters. 
Because it’s the signal every top leader gets right before their next level.
 
This is why building a three-dimensional wealth matters.
 
You don’t want growth in one area.  
You want growth everywhere:  money, meaning, and mastery — together.
 
That’s the work I do with leaders:  clean decision-making,  clear strategy,  and a path where your ambition and your life move in the same direction.
 
Because success that costs your identity  isn’t real success.
 
DM me “3D WEALTH” if you’re ready to build a life where money, meaning, and mastery grow together.

From all the people you meet at “networking” events, how many would actually help you if you asked tomorrow?

Exactly.

The last two weeks,
I’ve been to more events than I can count.

Every single one felt the same.
Everyone wants something.
Your network. 
Your attention. 
Your contacts.

And unfortunately — once you reach a certain level,
most people only approach you out of interest, not intention.

It’s all small talk and sales pitches.
I used to think that’s how business worked.
Show up. 
Smile. 
Collect cards.
But that’s not connection — it’s noise.

The truth?
The best people I’ve met weren’t trying to get anything from me.
They just wanted to talk, exchange ideas, build something real.
Maybe I’m the weird one.

But if you’re done with fake rooms and empty talk, 
you’ll get what I mean.

That’s why I built NEXIS.
A private circle for high performers who want real conversations — not more noise.

There’s no landing page.
No fancy website.
Just a strong, real network built on substance.

DM me “NEXIS” if you want to apply for the next one.
Only for CEOs, senior leaders and business owners.

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