John Lees - Gold Elite Speaker
John Lees has a strong commercial and retail background and a wealth of experience in sales and marketing.
John emigrated to Australia from the UK in 1969. After just three years with the Reckitts Group he was recruited as National Sales Manager for Schwarzkopf, an international German–based company, and later appointed Director of Sales and Marketing in Australia and New Zealand.
Under his leadership and as a direct result of John's emphasis on the value of client service, the subsidiary in Australia became the most successful and profitable operation in their worldwide network. The company appointed him as special consultant on marketing issues and client service concepts, and in 1986 the Chairman in Hamburg appointed him International Marketing Consultant.
John is the author of nine business books including The Move from Order-Taker to Sales-Maker, Successful Sales Management and Small Business is Never Good or Bad... It's What YOU Make It!. His most recent releases are The Incredible Power Of "Centre-Field Marketing" and The Focus, Thoughts & Actions Of High-Achievers In Business.
John is recognised in Australia as the leading exponent on Customer Centred Selling, with a strong focus on the value of client service. He is a compelling speaker with a unique style that combines a high quality message with entertainment. His presentations are full of original, refreshing strategies and his presentation style is inspirational, dynamic, visual and very entertaining.
Testimonials
The audience was spellbound! We would highly recommend John to any other company looking for a speaker/motivational guest.—REM Systems Limited
John's speech flowed well, was humorous, entertaining and informative.—Business First Travel (for United Video conference)
It has been almost three months since our national sales conference and still the positive comments keep coming in about your performance as Master of Ceremonies. Over 95% of our delegates rated your performance as ‘excellent’!—AMP Financial Planning
Excellent presentation. I was delighted to work with someone who is such a professional and to learn so much from you myself.—Computerland New Zealand
The content of your talk was right on the mark, and it was absolutely apparent that you were speaking from a wealth of practical management experience.—Amber Group Australia Ltd
Favourite quotes
The first and true measure of business success is not what we get out of the market, it is what the market gets out of us.
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