“John is an excellent change manager and strategic thinker. He is not afraid to challenge the status quo and drive positive change within the organisation. His leadership brought stability and direction within the entire Southern African entity which not only had a cultural change effect but brought a level of talent retention and ownership and commitment from his direct reports and further down the organisation”
(Neil Cameron – General Manager & Managing Director South Africa – Multinational Subsidiary)
“John Reed’s ‘Reposition Your Ethics Programme’ will help strengthen the ethical component of your organisation’s management systems, and will have a potentially dramatic positive impact on corporate reform and corporate performance in years to come.”
(John Blacklaws - Head of Consulting Practice, People Dynamics, Doha)
“Seeing John in action in building a common sense of purpose and focus is an inspiration to any leader. Uniting the leadership and staff around a common set of values - not merely displayed on notice boards and company newsletters but lived out in day to day action and commitment takes special wisdom and personal devotion”.
(Theo van Rooyen – Founder of People Support – South Africa)
“John has an incredible ability to make people want to take ownership of what they do (and accountability), to guide people through the process of actually dealing with an issue, and to help people to see the bigger picture of what they are doing and the importance of looking at their role as part of the greater business as a whole”.
(Sarah Cuthbert – HR Manager – Global Outsourcing Company - Australia)
“For John central functions exist to contribute to a better business, not just to support operations. John has an unusual ability to align central functions such as Procurement and Human Resources with business strategy and business performance. He creates an environment where people in central functions understand the specific impact they have on business performance, and where people take accountability for positively impacting performance.”
(Derek Jack – Procurement Manager, Global IT Company – South Africa)
“I saw John come into a business in disorder and turn it around, give the Business and its people purpose, structure and leadership. John was the pivot that took a commercially non-sustainable business in an emerging and socio-economical challenged market and turned it into a highly successful, profitable, respected and sustainable player.”
(Ronald Nothnagel – Director, Global Engineering Consultancy – South Africa)
“His (John’s) ethics are of the highest integrity and his grasp and understanding and business acumen has a depth not commonly seen today. He also possesses a gift for analysis of complex situations coupled with a very preventative mindset.” (Rick Gonsalves – Asia Pacific Account Director, Multinational - Australia)
“Turning a struggling, dispirited organisation into a high performance focussed and motivated team is a challenge beyond the scope of many especially in difficult times. John has demonstrated this unique set of leadership skills and drive in a number of organisations, instilling a sense of purpose, creating a passion for excellence, implementing systems and process that support continuous improvement and build a united commitment to achieving great results.”
(Theo van Rooyen – Founder of People Support – South Africa)
John’s grasp of complex issues and strong work ethic were evident when he chaired the Property Portfolio Conference in October 2008, and were reflected in the positive feedback from delegates, included ‘Good – relevant comments’, ‘good in relating topics together’ and ‘ran it well – on time’.
(Christine Ahern – Research Analyst - Tonkin Corporation – Australia)
“As the owner of an electrical contracting business experiencing cash-flow difficulties, I asked John to assist. John helped us achieve positive operating cash-flow. More particularly, he helped establish an ‘operating agent model’ which enabled team leaders to become owners with greater accountability for pricing and purchases and service delivery. This had a significant impact on the financial position of my business and on the motivation and productivity of the team leaders.”
(Ian Marais – Business Owner – South Africa)
“He (John) has great ability to drive a business. He is exceptional”
(Greg Till - CEO – Listed Company – South Africa)
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