Personal coaching with James Barker

    Bring me the deal you can't afford to lose.

    You work with me personally, one to one. We pull your deal apart together, find every problem in it, and you leave with next steps you can act on with confidence.

    How it works

    We take your deal apart together.

    Bring the deal that's gone quiet, the one your forecast depends on, or the one you've got a bad feeling about. We work on that deal and nothing else.

    1. Before

      You send me the deal

      A few lines the day before: who's involved, where it stands and what's worrying you. I read it before we speak, so we start on the problem, not the backstory.

    2. During

      We pull it apart

      One to one on Zoom. We go through the people, the process and the pain your deal solves, and I tell you straight where it's weak. The stakeholder you haven't met. The step nobody has agreed. The reason to buy that isn't strong enough yet.

    3. After

      You leave with next steps

      Within 24 hours you have the plan in writing: what to do next, in what order, and with whom. Steps you can take with confidence, so the deal moves towards a signature.

    Who you're booking

    Every session is with me.

    You're never handed to an associate or a junior. I built sales teams from nothing at Backbase and Mambu, was the top-performing salesperson at one and the top-performing sales leader at the other, and I've closed the kind of deal you're working on now. All of that goes straight at yours.

    26years in sales, 16 of them in FinTech and enterprise technology
    $20Mdeal I closed at Backbase, a benchmark for its size
    2unicorn journeys, at Backbase and Mambu

    Book a session with me.

    Pick a time that suits you. Not sure a session would help? Send me the deal in two lines first and I'll tell you straight whether it's worth your money.

    Send me the deal first

    One session, one to one

    £350+ VAT

    45 minutes with me on Zoom, and your next steps in writing within 24 hours.

    Book a session

    No-risk guarantee. If the first ten minutes aren't worth it, end the call and pay nothing.