About us

inspir'em was founded in 2019 by Emma Maslen.

25+ years in the technology sector, working for household names such as Sun Microsystems, BMC Software, SAP Concur & Ping Identity, Emma has extensive technology go-to-market experience in multiple geographies.

As the business has grown Emma has partnered with amazing coaches and consultants to deliver the inspir'em sales strategy, coaching and consultancy portfolio.

inspir'em operates globally, delivering sales training and leadership coaching across the UK, Europe and the US. 

The majority of the inspir'em sales trainers are ex-practitioners and revenue leaders, providing a deep understanding of how to solve the challenges that our clients are facing. Included in our team are three senior female sales coaches who are well versed in MEDDIC and all things revenue.

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Best sales strategy, coaching & consultancy firm 2023

The team

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Emma Maslen

CEO, CRO, Consultant, Coach & Author

Genevieve Martin

Genevieve Martin

CRO, Consultant, Coach

Mark Garrett Hayes

Mark Garrett Hayes

Enterprise Sales Coach, Author, LinkedIn Learning Instructor

Jane Gilham

Jane Gilham

CHRO, Consultant, Coach

Jane Gilham

Maura Lightfoot

Leadership & Culture Coach

Natalie Gwilt

Natalie Gwilt

Customer Success Advisor, EQ Coach

Kim Hansen

Kim Hansen

Senior Sales Leader, MEDDIC Coach

Laura Turner, Account Director at inspir'em

Laura Turner

Account Director

Emily King, Marketing Manager inspir'em

Emily King

Marketing Manager

Lauren Paine, marketing consultant inspir'em

Lauren Paine

Marketing Consultant

Vicci Simpson, customer support inspir'em

Vicci Simpson

Customer Support Director

Lucy Rhodes, communities director inspir'em

Lucy Rhodes

Communities Director

Emma Maslen.

Emma has 20+ years in the technology sector, working for household names such as Sun Microsystems, BMC Software, SAP Concur & Ping Identity, Emma has extensive technology go-to-market experience in multiple geographies.

Now an angel investor, NED, start-up strategist, coach and consultant, Emma uses her industry experience and skills to help companies and individuals achieve their potential.

Emma is IOD certified, part of the Henley School for Coaching Alumni and also Hogan Certified.

Through inspir'em Emma and her associates have developed a number of offerings to impart their skills and experience to others.

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Learn more about Emma and her book -

The Personal Board of You Inc.

Go to emmamaslen.com

Partnering with Genevieve Martin

 

Genevieve is a successful sales leader with more than 25 years of experience in the technology, consulting and information security industries, working with enterprise customers and partners.

She has significant experience of the IT services market having worked for services companies and services sales within vendors, including: Logica (now CGI), Symantec (inc. Veritas), and Dell Technologies (inc. EMC, VMware, Virtustream & Pivotal).

She places considerable emphasis on coaching and empowering teams for peak performance and the adoption of effective sales processes. For more than 10 years she has been a diversity and inclusion ambassador, advocating for the business benefits of inclusion in the workplace.

She works as a consultant providing bespoke project services, coaching and mentoring in sales leadership, sales processes and services sales. She is also a board advisor for a startup business.

Genevieve holds a first class honours degree in Computing from the University of Ulster.

Key skills include:

  • enterprise account management
  • sales coaching
  • team building
  • staff performance management
  • services sales
  • strategic alliances
  • sales process development
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Partnering with Mark Garrett Hayes

 

Mark Garrett Hayes is a speaker, LinkedIn Learning Instructor and inspir'em Sales Coach. 

He's worked in sales and sales enablement for over 12 years and is the author of 'Sales Coaching Essentials’ shortlisted for Business Book of the Year (UK 2023) 

Mark helps sales professionals around the world to increase revenue and generate new business.

"Worked with my Austin TX and London teams. Exciting and inspirational. Absolutely no hesitation about working with Mark again."
Rob Berry Director Inside Sales - Canonical

"Credible and impactful. Hugely applicable. Definitely resulted in positive changes in terms of both results and behaviour."
Dan Skipp EMEA SDR Manager - Sophos.

With Mark's deal coaching, I've closed multiple engagements including $200k, $300k, $700k and more. 
Devin Conn - Account Director - Redgate

Partnering with Jane Gilham

 

Jane is an experienced HR leader and coach, who is passionate about people, understands how they drive business performance and most importantly what support they need to thrive. Working at board level for 20+ years in Human Resourcing, her support of C-suite and leadership teams to achieve rapid business growth through MBO and PE investment has been a significant feature of her career to date, underpinned by leading, establishing, and growing HR teams to develop and implement the People Strategy.

She combines her skills as a consultant, interim and coach to nurture growth with individuals or team. At the heart of her coaching practice is the ability to work with others. Jane is able to have meaningful and hard conversations that drive growth and have a lasting impact in both personal and professional lives. She is also a volunteer youth coach.

Jane is CIPD certified, a member of the Association of Coaching, Dare to Lead™ Trained and part of the Henley School for Coaching Alumni.

Over the last 12 months I have often reflected on the coaching sessions I held with Jane. She made me realise that whilst I had the technical skills to keep progressing, I need to utilise my people management skill set to benefit both the business and leadership team, and to drive my own personal growth. Jane took the time to listen, challenge and help me create a development plan which has driven both my own personal growth and that of the team around me”.

James Setter Commercial Director - Xtrac

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Partnering with Maura Lightfoot

 

Maura Lightfoot knows about people. With over 15 years of experience developing and working with global teams in 7+ countries, she has learned how to overcome cultural differences to gain influence and drive results. From human resources in the Middle East to financial services management consulting in London to nonprofit organizational culture in Washington D.C., Maura's experience equips her with a unique perspective that is both grounded and global. 

Consistent throughout her career is Maura’s drive to empower others in their work. Maura views coaching as an opportunity to empower leaders by exploring their stories and the meaning within, developing new lenses to raise awareness so you can stand in choice and maximize your potential and performance.

Maura is an ICF ACC coach certified in EverythingDiSC and Human Systems Dynamics. She has an MBA from the University of Cambridge and a MA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Maura provides a global strategic mindset, she is able to use her past professional experience…to advise and support teams, projects and individuals. Maura brings a great deal of emotional intelligence to the table and adds a positive collegial vibe to workgroups which enables innovation and fosters productivity.”

— G.Z.

Maura is one of the most talented people I have worked with in my whole career. Whether it relates to soft or hard skills, personal drive and growth, business acumen, strategy, the unique value Maura adds is truly amazing.”

— A.L.


Partnering with Natalie Gwilt

 

Natalie joins the team at inspir’em specialising in customer success advisory, leadership coaching and people development. 

She firmly believes that people are a company’s best asset. With self-belief, confidence, and the right competencies and skills, anybody can succeed. They can grow lasting customer relationships, drive customer loyalty, and ultimately help deliver healthy business growth.

Natalie has 30+ years of experience in the technology sector working with several household names, most recently at SAP Concur, where she has spent 12 years heading up and growing customer success in EMEA.

Trained as an ECR (Emotional Capital Report) coach, she uses her experience to ensure that not only is an organisation set up for success operationally, but that the people are equipped to be successful within.

“Her ability to think critically pushed our business to explore improvements that we never thought possible.”  Christina Wold Global VP Customer Success SAP Concur

“Natalie possesses high levels of emotional intelligence along with excellent people skills that have yielded a strong network and reputation internally and externally” Stuart McMahon Director Customer Success EMEA

Natalie Gwilt, Customer Success Advisor, EQ Coach

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Partnering with Kim Hansen

 

Kim enables sales leaders and the sales team with coaching, sales training (MEDDIC, 3 Whys, value based messaging) and business case enablement.  

Kim has worked with MEDDIC for the past 20+ years in such companies as Ascential Software (acquired by IBM), BMC Software, Fuze, Cybereason, and Sprinklr. He has been first-man on the ground several times when running the Nordics, DACH and Benelux, setting up roles from individual contributor, sales leader and global strategic account manager. 

Using his practical background as a motivator, Kim coaches and enables scaleup businesses on all aspects of the organisational structure. He has the ability to enter an organisation and quickly get an overview of where the gaps are, providing insights and actions that enable all teams in the organisation, from BDR to management, to deliver improvements that will elevate revenue progression, in both the short and long term.

“Kim is a Senior Sales Leader that has been critical in building an entire new region in the Nordics with his capability of closing large transactions, building multiple champions in the region and providing thought leadership to the entire company. His enthusiasm and always positive attitude is contagious both internally and externally”

Luca Lazzaron, 2 X CRO

Kim has from day one established “what good” looks like with a very high drive, positive attitude & a high focus for how to enable and coach our sales team to drive strategic sales motions with more urgency and understanding of the essentials like business cases, strategic positioning, forecasting & qualification (MEDDIC) accuracy.

Nothing beats experience and a strong toolbox. Kim generously shares both. Love his dedication and his ability to passionately work and act as he has always been part of the company's foundation/DNA.

Jens Ole Lebeck, Co-Founder & COO, Relesys


Emma Maslen - Sunday Times Interview

Emma Maslen is an executive coach and adviser to start-ups. She has worked in sales for tech and software giants such as SAP and BMC.

She started investing three years ago, often through the Angel Academe network. Her portfolio of eight companies includes the software developer EnterpriseAlumni....

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Emma Maslen Sunday Times Interview

"Emma is a talented leader, able to recruit a players, set a strategy and a vision for the team and develop a rigorous operating rhythm around no negotiable activities.

Would love to work with Emma again!"

Silvio Rugolo

SVP Presales @ Aveva
Previously Global Vice President Presales - BMC Software