John Peters, Former Chair of Association of MBAs, Top Word Leadership Speaker and Survivor Par Excellence, has been Visiting Professor in many UK Universities (E.g. Aston and Henley Business School)
John Peters came to the world’s attention in January 1991, when his bruised and battered face flashed onto television screens around the world as a prisoner of war. It was his disfigured image that became a potent symbol of Saddam Hussein’s ruthless aggression. He has written two best-selling books and the documentary, ‘Tornado Down’ was Independent Documentary of the Year and a BAFTA Award Nominee. He has extensive international TV, radio, PR and media experience.
John Is an experienced International consultant working with senior leaders. He has followed Mr Nelson Mandela on stage in South Africa, followed Heads of State and spoken for Royalty. At home with corporate, government or third sector audiences, he speaks on resilience, leadership, dealing with uncertainty, agility and high-performance mindset.
On leaving the RAF, he founded Monkey Business, providing business-critical development, consulting and coaching – through a leadership lens for senior business teams. Working internationally with corporates, governmental and the Third Sector, Monkey Business provides business-critical development, consulting and coaching through a leadership lens. Using his Gulf War, POW experience, international media exposure, award-winning Human Factors development programme and instruction in high-performance aviation and 20 years’ consultancy business, John challenges leaders’ approach and provides practical tools that can be applied immediately in the workplace.
- High-Performance Leadership with Mayors of Moscow (simultaneous translation)
- Change Management. Top 50 Civil Servants in Cabinet Office, HM Government UK
- Senior Leadership Programme, NATO
- Board of the travel business of E4bn turnover, 10000 employees.
- Developed a dysfunctional Board into the leadership team and introduced values organisation-wide programme.
- Board of leading terrestrial TV Company was not expected to achieve estimated sales of £180 million. Our solution re-energised the team. £205 million in sales achieved.
- Provision of cultural change programme to regional directors of a major Bank following an acquisition/merger. Within three months, the Bank achieved record sales.
Following a significant safety incident, conducted a culture/leadership programme for a utility company, achieving every stretch target and ½ bn(half a billion-dollar) Investment.
He is the author of LEAP!©, the online Leadership Effectiveness and Agility Profile. He is Associate Professor at the Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in Moscow and Kingston Business School. He ran the Blue Executive MBA in Copenhagen and a Mini-MBA in Kuwait. Working internationally, clients include Capital One, the Mayors of Moscow, Singapore Institute of Management, Lloyds Bank, NATO, Survitec and Costain. He has been Chair of the Association of MBAs, (the international MBA gold-standard accreditation), is a Trustee of the Royal Air Force Club, a RAFA Ambassador and is Governor of Worcester Royal Grammar School 20Patron to Kids Out, a charity supporting the disadvantaged.
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