is an experienced corporate executive with considerable senior management experience across a range of industries, disciplines and geographies.
John graduated with a BSc(Hons) in Management Sciences. He has worked in the FMCG sector and in financial services in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, with organisations including Unilever, Mars and AMP. He has over 25 years senior management experience as a functional head, in general management capacities and as a CEO and Managing Director of both listed and unlisted businesses. He has extensive experience dealing with Boards and as a member of Boards, including as Chairman. John has also been a trustee of various superannuation funds.
John joined the Stephenson Mansell Group in 2009 so that he could increasingly devote his energies to executive leadership and development through professional coaching and mentoring.
John works in both the private and public sectors with a range of local and international organisations. His clients cover a diverse range of industries. John:
· Is a highly effective, results oriented coach and mentor
· Is skilled at working with teams and individuals
· Is an accomplished group facilitator
· Is experienced in working with senior executives across a range of functions and tailoring programs to suit the specific needs of each client.
· Is accredited in various assessment tools and is able to draw upon a range of coaching methodologies to suit the client
Client Testimonial:
“My objective is to be the best leader I can possibly be and to have a chance of achieving that I need a great coach. John has great experience at a senior leadership level. This knowledge for me was important, because that is something I can relate to and it makes him someone whose opinion is valuable. The one common thing about all our sessions is the way they end; with me having a skip in my step, whilst feeling mentally drained from the intellectual and emotional exertion. For me the scariest trait John has is his ability to identify a weakness that you are trying to hide or gloss over. Like peeling an onion, his questioning has the effect of making me confront myself in ways that I have never confronted myself before, and he never lets me get away with a superficial reply. I think that’s the thing about striving to be the best you can be, the only way you can achieve it is to have someone force you to do what at times you think is impossible for yourself. There are times when I feel I am being pushed to the limit, but as I continue to learn it is only me who puts any limits on myself. Sometimes I just need John to help me see that is what I am doing to myself.
