Your best people already have what it takes to win more business.
They just don’t know it yet.
TalentBloom helps domain experts — people who'd never call themselves salespeople — unlock the commercial confidence already inside them.
“It all started when a Consultant accidentally joined a sales workshop...and later closed a £1m deal. Now I help leaders unlock that hidden value in their teams.”
TalentBloom is a sales performance business with a twist.
The twist? The people we work with rarely call themselves salespeople.
They’re accountants & architects, lawyers & lecturers, consultants & creatives, directors & developers…all domain experts. Trusted by clients for their insight and expertise.
What they fear is the sales process or being labeled as “sales.”
But they already have everything it takes to excel: trust, credibility, and strong client rapport.
What’s missing is a simple mindset shift - overcoming their ‘fear’ of sales and developing the confidence and skill to ask the questions that reveal genuine commercial opportunity.
Better questions lead to better outcomes and greater impact.
At TalentBloom, we nurture your people to do just that. Not by turning them into salespeople, but by showing them how to sell as a natural extension of who they already are.
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“Lucy's ability to engage the group was a joy to watch. The vast majority of attendees applied a new approach to account management from the off and saw results almost immediately”.
Jeremy Cuthbert, Brand & Marketing Director, Wilson Partners
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"I would recommend Lucy to anyone considering performance improvement, either individually, or across teams and who wants lasting success".
Chris Sigley, CEO, Arkivum
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"Lucy has a real gift for listening and turning what she has heard into reflections that I have always found incredibly useful. She manages to foster a will within teams to improve, without it feeling like an onerous challenge".
Adrian Leer. Managing Director, Triad Group plc
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“Lucy was fundamental in transforming the personal and professional success of both me and my team. I would recommend Lucy to help any business to escape from inertia and reset for lasting success in the years to come”.
David Fuller, Head of Sales Effectiveness, Cambridge University Press
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"I first worked with Lucy when I was in Sales and later as CEO of Kaztech. Her insight, coaching and guidance is first class".
Sam Cramer, CEO, Kaztech Solutions
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"I first worked with Lucy at the beginning of my sales career within the IT services industry. Lucy's knowledge and coaching was invaluable to provide me with the foundation and confidence I needed to launch a successful career."
Dan Hills, Co-Owner, HFI Consulting Services Ltd
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"I worked with Lucy when I was moving into a senior management role. Many years on, I still refer to the frameworks and coaching tips she gave me and have passed them along to others. Memorable and valuable!"
David Bowman, Product Director, Fresh Intranet
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“Lucy's wisdom and advice has been immensely valuable in me becoming successful. Thank you for your input, candid nature and coaching. It transformed my career."
Nicholas Giles, Partnerships Lead, Tipalti
From expertise to revenue: A proven path
When your most trusted experts become commercially confident, you multiply the revenue your business can deliver.
You build a powerful team of specialists who can spot opportunities, open up meaningful conversations, and convert client trust into business wins.
If your team is made up of trusted advisors with little commercial experience, yet responsible for client growth — we can help turn that expertise into consistent results.
What we deliver
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It All Begins with a Conversation.
Whether your business is made up entirely of domain experts who also happen to manage client relationships — or you have a dedicated sales team but can see the value of developing a ‘backline sales force’, we can help.
The goal?
To unlock more commercial value from the people you already have.
Here’s How It Works:
Step 1: Get to Know Your Business
We start by understanding your world.
What are you trying to achieve?
How much are you looking to grow — and why?
What would “better” look like for you and your clients?
Step 2: Get to Know Your People
We look at where the opportunities really are.
How often do your people get to spot, shape, and close new business?
And what’s the gap between what they’re doing today — and what they could be doing with the right mindset, tools, and support?
Step 3: Design a Bespoke Programme
This isn’t one-size-fits-all.
Whether it’s a high-impact one- or two-day workshop, a bespoke transformation programme, or a blend of both — everything is designed with you, for you.
Your language. Your clients. Your opportunity.
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Practical, high-impact sessionS designed to help your trusted experts — who would never call themselves ‘salespeople’ — unlock their commercial potential.
These are not traditional sales training days.
They’re designed specifically for people who don’t see themselves as salespeople — but who have deep client relationships, real credibility, and untapped influence in commercial conversations.
Participants leave with:
✅ A new mindset around what it means to “sell” — grounded in helping, not pushing
✅ The confidence to ask better, braver questions that lead to meaningful opportunities
✅ Tools and language that feel authentic to them — no scripts or jargon
✅ Clarity on how and when to spot commercial moments in real client work
✅ A deeper understanding of how their role contributes to business growth
Each workshop is tailored to your people, your clients, and your growth goals — using real scenarios, your client challenges, and deal examples to make it stick.
It’s not about turning experts into something they’re not.
It’s about helping them see they are the best people to help their clients achieve more — and how they can (simply) achieve it.
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Tailored support to help everyone involved with clients boost their commercial impact.
Every person on your team is different — different strengths, different challenges, different stages in their development. Just like no two fingerprints are the same, no two individuals will face the exact same roadblocks or hold the same self-limiting beliefs.
That’s why we take the time to really get to know each person — to understand where they’re at, what’s holding them back, and where they can grow. Through one-to-one coaching, we create a plan that’s completely tailored to their needs.
For some, it’s about building confidence. For others, it’s reframing old beliefs that no longer serve them or sharpening certain skills. Whatever it is, the goal is always the same: to unlock the best version of that person so they can deliver at their best, consistently.
This kind of personalised support doesn’t just lift individual performance — it lifts the whole team’s results.
Passionate about performance
I’ve spent the past 20 years helping businesses grow by bringing out the best in their people — from global brands like Adobe and Cisco to fast-growing founder-led companies gearing up for exit.
Now, through TalentBloom, I help leaders unlock the commercial potential of the people they already have — especially those who’d never call themselves salespeople.
Earlier in my career, I was lucky to work with global companies like Adobe, Infor, and Deltek — assessing their sales and professional services teams and helping them boost performance.
Later, as co-owner of EGOstream, I focused on helping tech founders strengthen their sales engines to maximise exit value. Clients like Content and Code, EACS, Carrenza and Silverbear all successfully sold.
TalentBloom is a return to my roots — bringing together my background in psychology with hands-on sales coaching experience to help leaders like you unlock more from the team you’ve already built.
If you’re curious whether there’s more commercial potential sitting inside your team — especially among people who hate the idea of “sales” — let’s have a conversation.
