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// Sales Leader · Strategist · Golfer

Selling smarter.
Leading better.

I build frameworks, teams, and ideas that help organisations win more — in the boardroom, the tender portal, and on the fairway.

// Identity

Chris Berry

Sales Leader · Bid Strategist · IEG Group

B2B Sales Public Sector Bids CHRIS Framework Multi-Thread Sales AI Sales Playbook 5 Handicap ⛳

// Portfolio

The Work

Three distinct properties. One point of view — that better thinking wins more business.

// About

The person behind the frameworks.

15+
Years in B2B sales & leadership
3
Original frameworks published
7–10
Avg. stakeholders in a deal
5
Golf handicap index

I'm Chris Berry — a sales leader and bid strategist based in the UK. I work at IEG Group leading bid and sales operations, helping organisations navigate complex procurement and win in competitive environments.

My work sits at the intersection of strategy, process, and people. I believe most sales failures aren't about product — they're about insight, qualification, and organisational alignment. That belief is what drove me to build the CHRIS Framework and the Multi-Thread Sales methodology.

I'm equally fascinated by how AI is reshaping sales — not replacing the human relationship at the heart of complex deals, but dramatically changing how we research, qualify, and engage. The AI Sales Playbook is my attempt to give practitioners a clear, practical map.

Away from work, I'm a passionate — if imperfect — golfer. The parallels between golf and sales are endless: preparation, course management, composure under pressure, and the humbling knowledge that there's always more to learn.

This site is the hub for everything I write, build, and think about. Welcome to it.

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// Career

Where I've been.
What I've built.

A career built on complex sales, bid leadership, and building teams and processes that consistently deliver. From frontline sales to framework creation.

Current

Bid & Sales Leadership

IEG Group

Leading bid strategy, sales process development, and team-facing training and enablement. Creator of internal bid frameworks and sales qualification methodology for complex public sector and enterprise opportunities.

Ongoing

Framework Creator & Publisher

chrisframework.com · multithreadsales.com · aisalesplaybook.co.uk

Developed and published three original sales and qualification frameworks used by B2B sales professionals and leaders across the UK. Writing on sales, leadership, technology, and golf.

Background

B2B Sales & Business Development

Complex Sales Environments

15+ years across B2B sales, account management, and business development in complex, multi-stakeholder environments including NHS, public sector, and enterprise. Full career history on LinkedIn.

Full profile on LinkedIn →

// Blog

Writing on what matters.

Sales May 2025

Why Most Qualification Frameworks Miss the Point

BANT and MEDDICC both start with budget. The CHRIS Framework starts with pain — and it changes everything about how a deal progresses.

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Sales Apr 2025

Multi-Threading Isn't a Tactic — It's a Mindset

Why single-threaded selling fails in complex organisations — and how top performers think about relationship coverage differently.

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Sales Mar 2025

Selling to the NHS: What Nobody Tells You

Public sector procurement is different. Here's what I've learned about navigating buying cycles, stakeholder politics, and winning tenders.

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Leadership May 2025

The Bid Leader's Role in a Sales Culture

Bid teams and sales teams often operate in silos. Here's why that's a strategic mistake — and how to build a culture that closes the gap.

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Leadership Apr 2025

How I Run Deal Reviews That Actually Work

Most pipeline reviews are a waste of time. A structured approach using CHRIS gives you something you can actually act on.

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Leadership Mar 2025

Building a Process-Driven Sales Team

Talent alone doesn't win deals consistently — process does. How I built the 10-stage bid process that IEG Group now runs on.

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Technology May 2025

AI Won't Replace Sales. It Will Separate the Best from the Rest.

The AI Sales Playbook exists because AI is the biggest shift in sales productivity in a generation — and most teams are barely using it.

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Technology Apr 2025

Five AI Prompts Every Sales Leader Should Have

From deal research to pipeline review to stakeholder mapping — the prompts I use every week that save hours and sharpen thinking.

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Technology Mar 2025

CRM Is Broken. Here's What Actually Works.

Most CRM implementations fail salespeople rather than help them. What the next generation of sales tech needs to do differently.

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// On the Course

Golf teaches you
what sales confirms.

Preparation beats talent on a bad day. Course management beats aggression over 18 holes. And the ability to recover from a bad shot — without losing your composure — is the same skill that wins a deal you thought you'd lost.

I write about golf honestly: the good rounds, the frustrating ones, and what the sport keeps teaching me about patience, process, and perspective.

Read the Golf Blog →
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What a three-putt teaches you about pipeline management

Course management vs going for it — a sales parallel

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Getting my handicap down: a public accountability post

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The mental game: books that changed how I play

// Contact

Let's talk.

Whether it's about sales methodology, bid strategy, AI adoption, golf, or a potential collaboration — I'd love to hear from you.

hello@chrisberry.uk