John Parker Stewart -- executive & orals coach, speaker, seminar leader, trainer, and author. John Parker Stewart is an internationally recognized and entertaining speaker, executive coach, leadership consultant, and published writer whose clients include Boeing, Bank of Hawaii, BP Oil, Castrol of Malaysia, Cargill, Citibank, Chevron, General Motors, General Electric, IBM, Kennedy Space Center, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Nestle/Carnation, Pacific Bell, Raytheon, Thiokol, Toshiba, U.S. Department of Energy, Waste Management, ViaSat, and Xerox. After working on his doctorate in organizational behavior at Michigan State University and receiving additional doctoral work on executive performance under Peter Drucker at the Claremont Graduate School of Business, John was corporate manager over human resource development for 86,000 employees at Lockheed. He worked with Lockheed divisions worldwide and initiated, designed and taught the Lockheed Executive Institutes. In 1980, he created Stewart Systems, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in helping organizations build leadership, teaming, and communication capability. John's Major Achievements include: Designed and implemented a leadership and team development program at Kennedy Space Center that reduced the cost of launching the shuttle by half-saving hundreds of millions of dollars a year Using his leadership principles and communication expertise, John has successfully coached corporate proposal teams enabling them to win multi-year contracts worth billions of dollars Coached hundreds of senior executives in Fortune 500 companies in team leadership, communication, and relationship capability Led several multi-million dollar change efforts for international corporations in successfully realigning their operations and manufacturing processes leading to on-time performance United diverse corporate cultures during multi-billion dollar mergers and consolidations leading to significant gains in organizational results John's Recognitions include: Received the American Society for Training and Development National Trainer of the Year (Trainer's Choice Award) for two consecutive years Was selected as the keynote speaker for NASA's Return to Flight celebration banquet following the two-year reconstruction period after the Challenger disaster Consistently averages a 9.6 out of 10 on client satisfaction evaluations for his keynote presentations With over 26 years of speaking and consulting experience, John's remarkable blend of insight, energy, and skill has challenged and inspired leaders everywhere to a greater understanding of people and their impact on workplace performance. His entertaining and informative style, couched in practical, easily-applied principles, captivates his listeners. His audiences particularly value the leadership gems designed for immediate application that John sprinkles throughout his presentations.