I'm a leadership consultant with over 20 years experience of working for and with a wide range of organisations across the world. I'm part of a strong network of consultants offering clients insight, partnership and practical outcomes.
My work with John has been invaluable in building and sustaining my approach to leadership
Client Services
"Leadership is the key ingredient which brings everything else in your organisation to life"
Steve Radcliffe
Typical outcomes:
Clear leadership capability frameworks that meet current and future organisational needs.
Leaders with the capability to lead whole systems through change.
Leaders who can grow leadership in others.
"Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they’re doing it because they care about the team."
Patrick Lencioni
Typical outcomes:
Teams that are aligned around and energised around the future they want.
Teams that have built working relationships which enable huge outcomes.
Teams that have tackled huge challenges together and learnt about their collective leadership whilst doing it.
"Culture eats strategy for breakfast"
Peter Drucker
Typical outcomes:
Organisations that are clear on the culture that they need to deliver their organisational strategy.
The integration of different cultures post internal reorganisations and mergers/acquisitions.
Leaders with the capability to drive cultural change as their organisations change.
Future Engage Deliver
“Future – Engage – Deliver has to be the simplest, fastest way for anyone to grow as a leader.”
Hugh Burkitt, Chief Executive, The Marketing Society
Steve Radcliffe is one of Europe’s most successful leadership coaches and the head of Steve Radcliffe Associates. Best known for his Future – Engage – Deliver Leadership model.
I have worked with Steve Radcliffe for over twenty years as a client and consultant growing leaders across many different landscapes. Through Steve Radcliffe Associates clients can access a powerful network of consultants ready to grow leadership across the world.
Clients
Outstanding Business Acumen with an incredible insight and depth of knowledge of the leadership agenda makes John a very rare and talented consultant. As the Head of the Learning & Development function for a FTSE250 company he is always my first port of call when I embark on a new initiative.
Matt TurnbullGlobal Learning & Development DirectorReckitt Benckiser
John is my most reliable coach. He regularly scores 5 out of 5 on his coaching. Long on common sense he leaves space for the person he is coaching to really get involved and take part in finding their own solutions. Excellent coaching of very intelligent and demanding clients. He gets results that are lasting. I have worked with and hired many coaches in my time – this guy is absolutely top ranked.
David CannonProgramme DirectorLondon Business School
John is a very smart and seasoned coach and I trust him implicitly. I commissioned him to do some leadership development work for a multi-national senior management team and was very impressed with his approach, delivery and follow through. John embodies a blend of thoughtfulness, insight and warmth that is very compelling.
Mike KanHead of Global Health Care PracticeCohn and Wolfe (WPP)
My work with John has been invaluable in building and sustaining my approach to leadership. Every conversation challenges and supports me to keep on track. John is a brilliant listener, skilled at asking the right questions and focussed on building effective leadership teams.
Paul JohnstonDirector General, learning and justiceScottish government
Resources
Here you'll find some resources that I think are valuable in the key areas of leadership development, team development and culture change.
Recommended articles
Proper Selfishness
by Charles Handy
The Power of Vulnerability
by Brene Brown
The dawn of systems leadership
by Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton and John Kania
Recommended books
Leadership plain and simple
by Steve Radcliffe Find it here
Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst "Best" Practices of Business Today
by Susan Scott Find it here
On Becoming a Leader
by Warren Bennis Find it here
Recommended books
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni Find it here
On Teams That Succeed
Havard Business Review Find it here
Tribes
Seth Godin Find it here
Recommended articles
Getting Virtual Teams Right
Keith Ferrazzi, HBR
How to start a movement
Derek Sivers, Ted talk
Wisdom of Teams
Jon R. Katzenbach & Douglas K. Smith, Harvard Business School Press
Recommended books
The Silo Effect
By Gillian Tett Find it here
Changing Conversations in Organisations: A Complexity Approach to Change
By Patricia Shaw Find it here
Organisational Culture
By Andrew D Brown Find it here
Recommended articles
Founder’s Mentality: The Path to Scale Insurgency
by James Allen, Dunigan O’Keeffe and Chris Zook Read it here
Jumping the S-Curve, How to beat the growth cycle, get on top, and stay there
By Paul Nunes and Tim Breene Read it here
Twelve Errors of Change
By The Mclane Group Read it here
Articles
Read some of my thoughts on leadership and professional development
Beware where you let off steam!
Sometimes lessons from your first job, some 21 years ago, now stick with you. As a leader you’re ‘on camera’ and so is your energy – all the time!
What is the whole you are leading for?
One of the most powerful questions in FED that gets me thinking bigger is: “What is the whole that you are leading for?”
How do you make the shift from managing a part to leading for the whole?
Most leaders report that they spend more time managing than they do leading. They get caught up in the doing rather than noticing who they are being as leaders and what really matters to them and how they can bring this to leading for the whole.
Professional Background
I run my own business in leadership development consultancy, and have 20 years experience working for and with organisations from many sectors across the world.
Previous to starting my own business I spent 14 years within Unilever in roles that included direct responsibility for the leadership development of Unilever’s most senior management and their successors on a global basis. I have also spent 8 years working in line management roles in factory environments.
I am an experienced keynote speaker at events ranging from 100-500 people, and am an associate with Steve Radcliffe Associates (Future Engage Deliver). I have a Masters in Organisational Consulting from Ashridge Business School and have spent 7 years as an associate with the London Business School.
