“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)

“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)  

“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)

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