John Harris has worked in the IT and Telecommunications industry for over 25 years as a senior manager in both operational and sales roles he is a much sort after coach and mentor, his positive energy is contagious. His sales and operational experience allied to an almost instant audience rapport make John an ever popular guest speaker at any social or professional gathering. He has a collection of themed presentations and speeches and is happy to build bespoke presentations for any occasion. Starting in 1966 as an engineering apprentice John rose through the managerial engineering ranks to become district customer service manager for the Thames Valley region with BT looking after customers including the USAF, British Army, Hewlett Packard, Hogg Robinson etc. After managing the Northern Home Counties transmission network and 650 managers and engineers John left BT in 1992. During 1992-3 John worked as a self employed consultant on Business Planning, Industrial Relations and professional coaching. In 1993 he joined the sales team of GPT (pre-Marconi) and moved on to Ericsson Ltd in 1998 as the BT Sales Director. In that role he completed the sale to BT of the industry renowned NGS programme (£280M) and also led the team that won for Ericsson, the acclaimed BT Excellence award. On returning in January 2003 from cancer surgery and now in remission John became Business Partnership Director leading the company’s sales strategy campaigns. John Currently runs the "Development In Partnership" programme with Peter Ward and Steve Lawlor which is a development programme designed for people who have been identified as high potential people within their organisations. The programme consists of monthly learning days with renowned speakers from around the world, the programme is now in its seventh year. The programme runs for 8 months and consists of 35-40 delegates from different companies and sectors giving delegates the added opportunity to interact and network with other people. Click Here Now for Course Details Shakleton's ladder - Survival is not compulsory ASPECT - Strategic planning for dummies Influencing people - Not so basic rules Partnerships for Profit - Practical selling Your meeting - Account management planning