John Parker Stewart is the founder and CEO of Stewart Leadership, which he started in 1980. He is globally recognized as a leadership coach, consultant, educator, speaker, and team performance specialist. Under his guidance, Stewart Leadership is recognized internationally for its feedback assessments, training tools, and solid, results-focused coaching services designed to guide teams and individuals to adapt, grow, and reach new levels of performance. John has coached and trained tens of thousands of leaders worldwide including CEOs, presidents, military, government, and business leaders resulting in significant, measured improvement in individual and team performance.John began his undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado, finished his bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University, and earned his master's degree in organizational communication where he wrote his thesis at Parliament in London. He began his doctoral work and teaching at Michigan State University, and continued doctoral studies under management guru Peter Drucker in executive performance and leadership at Claremont Graduate University. John started his career managing leadership and management development for 86,000 employees at Lockheed Corporation. He was selected "National Trainer of the Year" by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). In addition to training and coaching all levels of management at Kennedy Space Center over an eight-year period during the high-pressure space shuttle program, John has worked with Citibank, Chevron, Lockheed Martin, Toshiba, CSL-Hong Kong, Xerox, GM, Kaiser Permanente, Telstra, US Department of Energy, Shell, and other government agencies and commercial firms. John has published several articles, manuals, workbooks, and the three-book award-winning Stewart Leadership Series. The first edition of his title book, Lead Now! A Personal Leadership Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders, won the National Indie Excellence Award for the best leadership book published over the last five years. His 52 Leadership Lessons is also nationally recognized. John's latest book is titled Mastering the Art of Oral Presentations, published by John Wiley & Sons. This book is an essential tool for oral teams seeking to win government contracts, as well as a valuable guide for presenters in any field. John lives with his wife, Debra, near Portland, Oregon, and has four sons and sixteen grandchildren.
"With 52 Leadership Lessons, John Parker Stewart delivers powerful, impactful insights into the mysteries of leadership and all its complex dimensions. John has the uncanny skill of revealing what few are even able to articulate about leadership. His stories and analogies are simply unforgettable. This book contains a wealth of valuable truths. Anyone reading it will quickly understand the brilliance and practicality of John's teachings."Tom Leavitt, former senior executive, leadership and organizationdevelopment, Lockheed, Toshiba, Unocal, and NationsBank "Parents around the world use stories to teach their children how to be better people. As a world-class executive coach, John Parker Stewart uses the power of fifty-two great stories of nature, history, and business to portray to us a new model that forms the pillars of leadership-creating purpose, delivering excellence, developing self and others, and leading change. 52 Leadership Lessons is a stimulating and entertaining handbookfor those who are in search of excellence in their personal and business lives."Irene Leung, CEO, Senior Citizen Home Safety Association, Hong Kong "John Parker Stewart pulls from over three decades of experience leading leaders in some of the world's most effective companies. The wonderful feature of 52 Leadership Lessons is that it's a book you CAN put down. . . and then pick up again, and again, and again! It illuminates the subject by creating mental images that are each a little stand-alone epiphany on leadership. They are assimilated quickly, understood at a visceral level, and retained. Each story is preceded by a list of related leadership topics, and followed immediately by a brief set of considerations for its application. Busy execs will find this book to be a treasure."James C. Adamson, US Army colonel; former NASA space shuttleastronaut; former chief operations officer, United Space Alliance;former president, Lockheed Engineering and Sciences; formerpresident, Honeywell TSI
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