Empowering organisations to create Sustainable Performance In Sales
Workplace well-being has plummeted
Employees are more stressed today than at any time in the last 100 years. Burnout in the workplace has reached unprecedented levels, leading to the World Health Organisation classifying it as a disease in May 2019.
At the same time, employees need an increasing number of new skills to stay competitive, and expect continuous personal development. Managers have neither the skills nor time to coach their teams to levels of higher performance that can be sustained in the long term.
The last two years have catalysed extraordinary change and exacerbated social inequalities. Adapting to new working models has been incredibly challenging, and the concept of a modern workplace is completely different now. What worked in 2019 simply won’t cut it today.
We can do something about it
In the first half of our careers we honed our skills in sales, marketing, innovation and technology - advancing to manage large teams, lead business functions and handle global clients.
During those years, we witnessed firsthand the negative effects stress has on employee well-being and operational impact. And we saw the adverse results that short-term performance demands has team culture, project delivery and financial results.
We've also witnessed the success of organisations with a more balanced and longer-term approach to growth. Without exception, these companies shared a common commitment to their people - they empowered employees to thrive by providing regular coaching and adopting best-in-class technology platforms.
So we asked our ourselves one question: What can we do in the second half of our careers to improve employee well-being and help organisations maximise their positive impact on the world?
The answer was to found The Uplift Partnership and begin our new mission: Empowering organisations to create Sustainable Performance In Sales.
Revenue Coach is our flagship product - a sales coaching platform for start-ups. It demystifies the sales process for founders and accelerates startup growth.
Our team
The Revenue Coach team brings together a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise in sales, technology and product development.
Alastair Cole, Chief Executive Officer
Alastair started his career in digital marketing, using technology to create award-winning campaigns and innovative products for world-leading brands including Google, Apple and Tesco. As a practice lead responsible for business development, he was responsible for the performance of sales staff and watched employees improve when they were coached more regularly. His vision is that technology can be used to support sales managers as they work to maximise the effectiveness of their teams.
Kiran Gill, Chief Revenue Officer
Kiran has been in frontline complex B2B sales for over 15 years working in both finance and technology across EMEA. He has worked as a sales facilitator and performance coach for SAP SE, SAP Global Partner Ecosystem, and GE Digital. During his career Kiran has seen first-hand that traditional methods of knowledge transfer don’t work - there are no quick fixes to closing deals quicker and growing revenue faster. He believes that Revenue Coach - working in collaboration with sales managers - will build sustainable performance within sales teams.
Douglas Cole, Chief Technology Officer
Douglas has led the design, development and deployment of enterprise-scale technology solutions for over 20 years. During that time he’s delivered major global projects for companies including Ricoh, Reckitt Benckiser, Brother and Booking Holdings Inc.. Having run his own technology company for 3 years, Douglas is aware of the challenges faced by sales teams trying to progress complex B2B deals. He believes the best way to develop high-performing teams is through the powerful combination of people and technology.