About Hoolock Consulting
Hoolock Consulting
Hoolock Consulting was founded by Tim Gibbons in 2015 to provide sales training and consulting services to sales teams. We recognised the need to provide training that was tailored to the specific needs of the team and the specific products that they were selling. We provide a range of services from one-off training courses to year-long training programmes covering all aspects of selling. We have supported a variety of companies but our particular focus is with technology and technical services where many of the people involved in sales have a technical background and very little sales experience.
Tim Gibbons
Tim has a BA in Physics from University of Oxford and a MSc in Exploration Geophysics from Imperial College, London. He has over 30 years of experience in industry, particularly the oil and gas industry. He has worked for both oil companies and service companies so has experience of both being a customer and seller.
Tim has over 25 years of sales and commercial experience gained with three major technology companies. He held a variety of managerial, sales and business development roles in each organisation demonstrating an ability to grow the business he was responsible for in all cases.
“Tim is a sales rock star especially when it comes to building trust and coaching clients.
His technical expertise combined with business experience is second to none.”
Merv Swan, a former Halliburton Executive
In 2022, Tim sat down with Connections Radio host Glen Thompsett to discuss his business and what motivated him to start it. You can listen to the interview here:
There’s also a variety of videos on YouTube showing Tim presenting and being interviewed. You can find those here.
Our Customers
We work for a wide variety of customers including and we have trained hundreds of people over the last six years and regularly receive very positive comments about our training. For example:
“I would highly recommend Tim’s course to anybody who’s career pivot has led them to Sales.” Programme Manager
“Thanks Tim, great value and great learning.” Managing Director
“Tim combines both theory and practical exercises to create an entertaining, engaging and relevant course.” Managing Director.
You can read more feedback here.
Charity
An important principle that underlies our business is to be involved with and support charitable work. Hoolock Consulting gives a fixed percentage of its revenue each year to a nominated charity. In 2020, we donated to Surrey Drive, Oakleaf Enterprise and Tressell Trust. In previous years, we have supported CJD Support Network, Prospect Hospice, Build Africa, Shelter and Alzheimer’s Research. We also offset the impact of all of our flights by donating to The Woodland Trust.
As part of our commitment to support charities, we have developed a Presentation Skills for Charities training course. This training course is designed specifically for Fundraising Managers and Corporate Partnership Managers who are responsible for promoting charities to organisations to secure long-term relationships for their charity. It is provided for free.
Hoolock Gibbon
The company is named after a specific species of gibbon, the Hoolock Gibbon. They are native to eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India and Southwest China. The existing population is small and because of poaching and habitat problems, the species is under threat of extinction.
Hoolocks are the second-largest of the gibbons, after the siamang. They reach a size of 60 to 90 cm and weigh 6 to 9 kg. The sexes are about the same size, but they differ considerably in coloration: males are black-coloured with remarkable white brows, while females have a grey-brown fur, which is darker at the chest and neck. White rings around their eyes and mouths give their faces a mask-like appearance.
Like the other gibbons, they are diurnal and arboreal, brachiating through the trees with their long arms. They live together in monogamous pairs, which stake out a territory. Their calls serve to locate family members and ward off other gibbons from their territory. Their diet consists mainly of fruits, insects and leaves.
Gibbons are known most for their shrill calls and families constantly chatter throughout the day as they progress through the tree tops. It is believed that the name Hoolock is derived from the Assamese or Hindi word ‘ulluck’ meaning the loud call or howl of the gibbon. It seemed appropriate to call the company after a chattering group of apes!
