Updated Bio 09/1/17
John Spence By-line:
John Spence is recognized as one of the top 100 business thought leaders and one of the top 500 leadership development experts in the world. He is aninternational keynote speaker and management consultant and has written five books on business and life success.
John Spence short intro or sound bite:
John Spence is an author, business management consultant, executive trainer and speaker with a client list from theFortune 100to small businesses and other organizations around the globe. John has made a career of “Making the Very Complex…Awesomely Simple”.
John Spence Long Intro or Bio:
For more than 23 years John Spence has traveled worldwide helping people and businesses be more successful. John is the author of five books and co-author of several more, a business consultant, workshop facilitator, keynote speaker and executive coach with a client list that includes numerous Fortune 500 firms to small businesses, professional associations and other organizations. John’s areas of expertise include: leadership, high-performance teams, managing change, organizational culture, consultative selling, strategic planning, strategy execution and the future of business.
At 26 John was the CEO of an international Rockefeller foundation, overseeing projects in 20 countries. Just two years later Inc. Magazine named him one of America’s Up and Coming Young Business Leaders. John is recognized as one of the Top 100 Business Thought Leaders in America, one of the Top 100 Small Business Influencers in America, one of the Top 50 Small Business Experts in America and one of the top 500 Leadership Development Experts in the World. The American Management Association named John one of America’s Top 50 Leaders to Watch along with Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google and Jeff Bezos of Amazon.
John was named one of eight finalistsfor the Breakthrough Idea Awardforthe Thinkers50 2017 Distinguished Achievement Awards. TheThinkers50celebrates the thinkers who have contributed the most to management thinking and practice over the last twoyears and whose ideas drive the conversations of the day.
John is a voracious learner and consumes a minimum of 100 business books, countless articles and blogs a year. He is a guest lecturer at more than 90 colleges and universities including MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Wharton School of Business, University of Auckland, Canterbury University, University of Krakow and Kozminski University. He was the owner or CEO of six companies and currently serves as a board member or adviser to several organizations and executives.
John has made a career of “Making the Very Complex…Awesomely Simple”.