John Spence contact info:
Office:
352.339.0142 ph
352.505.5831 fax
Mailing Address:
PO Box 357606
Gainesville, FL 32635
Shipping Address:
14704 NW 41st Ave
Newberry, FL 32669
Email Address:
Sheila@JohnSpence.com, John@JohnSpence.com
Web Address:
http://johnspence.com
John Spence Introduction / Short Bio – 2013
John Spence is currently the managing partner of John Spence LLC, and has
owned or been CEO of more than ten companies. John has been
recognized for the past three years as One of the Top 100 Business
Thought Leaders in America. Recipients hail from around the globe and
include leaders from the public and private sectors as well as authors,
consultants, researchers and academics. Other 2013 recipients include:
Richard Branson -Virgin Group, Tony Hsieh – Zappos, Ram Charan - top
global business consultant, Thomas Freidman – author, Rosabeth M.
Kanter - The Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business
School, Patrick Lencioni – author, Tom Peters – author, Howard Schultz CEO of Starbucks.
John was named CEO of an international Rockefeller foundation at the age of 26,
CEO of an international strategy/sales strategy firm at 32, and for the last
18 years has traveled upwards of 200 days a year worldwide to help
businesses and individuals achieve more success. He is the author of
"Excellence by Design: Leadership" and "Awesomely Simple: Essential
Business Strategies for Turning Ideas into Action" and has been a guest
lecturer at more than 90 colleges and universities including Stanford,
Harvard, and the Wharton school of business. John is also a lead
instructor at the Entrepreneurial Masters Program at MIT and the Director
of Best Practice Innovation at the Best Practice Institute.
Please help me welcome Mr. John Spence…
John Spence Full Bio - 2013
"Making the very complex...awesomely simple” is no mere catch phrase, it is
truly John Spence’s mission in life.
Driven by an insatiable curiosity to understand the fundamental aspects of what it takes
to achieve and sustain excellence in business and life, John Spence has earned a
reputation as a leading authority in the areas of Strategic Thinking, High-Performance
Teams, Advanced Leadership Development, and Delivering Consistently Superior
Customer Service, making him one of the most highly sought after executive educators
and professional speakers in America.
At the age of just 26, John was named CEO of an international Rockefeller foundation,
overseeing projects in 20 countries and reporting directly to the Chairman of the Board,
Winthrop P. Rockefeller III. Two years later John was nominated as one of the top CEOs
under the age of 40 in Florida and Inc. Magazine’s “Zinc Online” recognized him as one
of America’s up and coming young business leaders.
John Spence is currently the managing partner of John Spence LLC, and has owned or
been CEO of more than ten companies. John has been recognized for the past three
years as One of the Top 100 Business Thought Leaders in America. Recipients hail
from around the globe and include leaders from the public and private sectors as well as
authors, consultants, researchers and academics. Other 2013 recipients include:
Richard Branson -Virgin Group, Tony Hsieh – Zappos, Ram Charan - top global
business consultant, Thomas Freidman – author, Rosabeth M. Kanter - The Ernest L.
Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, Patrick Lencioni – author, Tom
Peters – author, Howard Schultz - CEO of Starbucks.
For the past 20 years, John has presented workshops, speeches and executive
coaching to more than 300 organizations worldwide including; Microsoft, IBM, GE,
Abbott, Merrill Lynch, AT&T, Verizon, Qualcomm, State Farm, and dozens of private
companies, government offices and not-for-profits. John is also the author of “Excellence
by Design – the six key characteristics of outstanding leaders” and “Awesomely Simple –
essential business strategies for turning ideas into action” and has been a guest lecturer
at over 90 colleges and universities across the United States including Harvard, MIT,
Rutgers, Brown, Stanford and the Wharton School of Business at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Affectionately referred to as the “Human Cliffs Notes” by many of his clients, John is
known for taking massive amounts of research combined with his personal hands-on
experience to deliver timely, focused, results-driven programs. For example, to create
carefully customized workshops and presentations that reflect the newest research and
most current thinking, John reads a minimum of 100 business-related books each year
and listens to an additional 30-50 audio books, giving him an incredible depth and
breadth of knowledge which to draw from.
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John has served as “Executive in Residence” for the University of Central Florida’s
Technology Incubator; as a Special Advisor to the Rawls College of Business at Texas
Tech University; as a lead instructor for the University of North Florida’s Executive
Education division; on the Board of Directors for the University of Florida’s Center for
Entrepreneurship & Innovation; as an advisor to the University of Florida’s Leadership
Development Institute and as a senior instructor at the Cornell University Leadership
Development School. He has been a guest speaker at the University of PA, Wharton
School of Business for 10 years and recently at the Entrepreneurial Masters Program at
MIT.
His work as a business advisor and executive educator has taken him on assignments to
Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Latin America, New Zealand, the
Bahamas and Canada.
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