John Lees Speaker
- 1. If you want to build a ship, then don’t drum up people to John Lees gather wood, give orders, and divide the work. Rather, teach them to yearn for the Motivational Speaker Career Transition Coach far and endless sea. and Expert on Working Lives Antoine de Saint-Exupery John Lees is not only the UK’s best-known career author, he is also an inspiring motivational speaker on life/work balance and career transition. He is one of the very few British speakers and careers experts who has presented at all of the world’s leading careers conferences and works widely in the UK and has also presented in the USA, South Africa, Australia John Lees has been an inspirational keynote speaker and New Zealand. at the forum3 recruitment event, providing lively sell out sessions. We always receive fantastic feedback He is a regular presenter for the Association of from visitors demonstrating how his advice has literally MBAs, Hawksmere/Croner, One Life Life Show changed their careers and lives! (Spring, Olympia) Forum 3 Volunteering & Debbie Hockham, Director, forum3 recruitment Recruitment (Autumn, Business Design Centre). He has presented at Times Creme, Next Steps and Total 2009 Presentations/key notes and seminar topics include: Jobs Live consumer shows and in-house for Career • From zero to hero - how to become the best Management Consultants Ltd, Marks & Spencer, NAPP version of you Pharmaceutical, British Council, London Borough of • Six steps to breakthrough – transform your Lambeth, and Cranfield School of Management. future • Acting your way into a new way of thinking – steps to a new confidence • Travelling without maps – steering your John is a great motivational future in a world of change speaker and delivered an • Perfecting & managing your message to the inspiring presentation to our marketplace (even in tough times) staff on taking control of • Employer branding – why is it important to their career, which offered be an employer of choice? a practical and realistic • MASTERCLASS – how to help coaching clients approach. The talk enabled our transform their career and raise their game staff to get a real perspective John is open to suggestions for a range of to help them take their career other talks relating to career and confidence thinking to another dimension breakthrough. which is a key factor in getting better employee retention. Clare Withycombe, Senior Career and Coaching Consultant, British Council www.johnleescareers.com/johnLees.asp
- 2. John Lees has been an integral part of the One Life Live Show since it began. His inspiring presentations do get people thinking about how they will spend their lives in the future from new Speaker Style perspectives! Year after year the feedback we get John is a charismatic and articulate speaker. His about John’s main stage presentations totally confirm he is the main guy to listen to when it pearls of wisdom create multiple ripple effects comes to life/work balance and how to find work wherever he speaks, to audiences both large and with passion, meaning and purpose. small to consumer or corporate audiences. His Helen Marriott, Show Director, One Life Live professional manner, approachable style, coupled with his outstanding experience and expertise, has enabled John to become one of the UK’s most What the press say about John: respected professional speakers on life/work and career topics. John Lees is brilliant at creating the kind of mind shift we all need to see ourselves and our work in a way that lets us transform both. Media Profile Maureen Rice, editor, Psychologies Magazine John writes for Guardian WORK and People Management and his career coaching and careers Highly recommended – always practical, never patronising. titles have been featured in the Sunday Times, The Ian Wylie, editor of Guardian WORK commenting on Times, Daily Mail Career Mail, Daily Express, People How to Get a Job You’ll Love Management, Management Today, Coaching at Work, John Lees inspires people to re-think the Prospects, Psychologies, EVE, Cosmopolitan, RED, way they work: to work with greater purpose, Company and Marie Claire. He was co-presenter on meaning and life/work balance. BBC’s Live & Learn ‘Back to Work’ programme and has Andrea Watson, former editor of Daily Express Careers appeared on ITN and guested on many radio stations. John Lees is an inspirational speaker and talks a great deal of sense, particularly for someone Careers Titles: looking for a new career path. Rosemary Conley CBE To book John Lees, contact Sue Blake +44 208 979 5220 sue@sueblakemedia.co.uk www.johnleescareers.com/johnLees.asp