JOHN SPENCE, LLC
NEWBERRY, FLORIDA

“Making the Very Complex… Awesomely Simple” John Spence is recognized as one of the top 100 business thought leaders and one of the top 500 leadership development experts in the world. He is an international keynote speaker and management consultant and has written five books on business and life success. John Spence is an author, business management consultant, executive trainer and speaker with a client list from the to small businesses and other organizations around the globe. John has made a career of “Making the Very Complex…Awesomely Simple”. For more than 23 years John Spence has traveled worldwide helping people and businesses be more successful. John is the author of five books and co-author of several more, a business consultant, workshop facilitator, keynote speaker and executive coach with a client list that includes numerous Fortune 500 firms to small businesses, professional associations and other organizations. John’s areas of expertise include: leadership, high-performance teams, managing change, organizational culture, consultative selling, strategic planning, strategy execution and the future of business. America’s Up and Coming Young Business Leaders . John is recognized as one of the Top 100 Business Thought Leaders in America, one of the Top 100 Small Business Influencers in America, one of the Top 50 Small Business Experts in America and one of the top 500 Leadership Development Experts in the World. The American Management Association named John one of America’s Top 50 Leaders to Watch along with Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google and Jeff Bezos of Amazon. John is a voracious learner and consumes a minimum of 100 business books, countless articles and blogs a year. He is a guest lecturer at more than 90 colleges and universities including MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Wharton School of Business, University of Auckland, Canterbury University, University of Krakow and Kozminski University. He was the owner or CEO of six companies and currently serves as a board member or adviser to several organizations and executives. John has made a career of “Making the Very Complex…Awesomely Simple”. I can’t tell you how many learning sessions I’ve attended at conferences over the past 20 years, but I’ve never been more inspired and driven coming out of one than yours at MCAA. Today, I purchased Awesomely Simple for all my “plane hours” on a business trip to Europe next week, signed up for your blog, and sent the 90 life-changing quotes to my teenagers and wife. I look forward to sharing this information with my team and family… and most importantly – applying it. I also found your session helpful to me professionally and so I was very happy I was able to participate. Much of the learnings from yesterday will be helpful to me as we go through some very large changes at Monsanto in the next several months. – Soybean Industry Affairs Lead – Monsanto Company I am a firm believer that there is always room to improve and your sessions were a reminder of that. Mr. Spence provided very helpful information. He was very energetic and kept my attention throughout his entire presentation. I will definitely utilize the information shared when I get back to work. Great job Mr. Spence! “Quick wit and valuable content helped motivate and inspire” I am sending this note to express my heartfelt thanks to you for your stellar performance as Keynote Speaker in Las Vegas at IMEX America 2014. I believe that your quick wit and valuable content of your session helped motivate and inspire our attendees. – Manager of Event Production & Design – Meeting Professionals International If you’re wondering if your presentation had any effect on me or my company … I’ll tell you this … You wouldn’t recognize the environment we work in today. It’s completely changed. We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but everyone in that room took something away from it … and due to the hard work of a lot of people … I am proud to say that this is not the same company it was when you were here last. . I read it just before becoming president of a small struggling non-profit made up of independent mediators. I gave a copy to each board member, we defined our mission, vision and values, and then prioritized our goals. We completely turned the organization around in 2 years. The board is happier and more productive. “John is an expert in effective business strategies with no fluff” John is one of the brightest, most energetic people I have ever come across. His enthusiasm when running classes for me has proven to be infectious. The feedback from the participants is always through the roof. John is an expert in effective business strategies with no fluff. He is brutally honest and gets the most out of anyone he interacts with. He also happens to be an outstanding human being of the highest integrity whom I have had the pleasure of knowing for nearly 20 years. I wanted to thank you for the significant and positive impact you’ve had on both sides of my career: I’ve managed Merrill’s rapid response business intelligence team since 1999 and have also taught Applied Micro Economics and Business Management at Rutgers University for 19 years. At Merrill you’ve helped me become a better negotiator and push myself to innovate and deliver excellence allowing me to maintain a extraordinarily stable position throughout a decade of turmoil. At Rutgers you’ve given me a huge amount to think about and apply in my Management class – I quote your materials often and encourage students to check you out online. In both cases you’ve helped me really define my value proposition and develop a franchise within a franchise business model to uniquely differentiate my Merrill department from our peers and my courses from other instructors. I designed an analytics team patterned after a special forces operating model and my large lecture Microeconomics course is designed to flow like a 14 week TED talk – both approaches continue to deliver specialized and unexpected value to my internal clients and students.