Consulting, Coaching, Training
John Spence Leadership: Embrace Your Journey
We are here to guide you and your teams in reaching your fullest potential.
Welcome to John Spence Consulting
My Purpose
I assist individuals, leaders, and teams in reaching their full potential through proven assessments, client-centered coaching, impactful training, and customized consulting that create clear pathways to excellence.
My Approach
I inspire people to embrace their unique talents and strengths, enabling them to share their gifts with the world. My services are designed to help you discover a profound sense of purpose and joy that arises from an awareness of your calling—leading to a deeper understanding of our authentic selves as individuals and teams.
My Experience
With over 15 years of professional leadership experience as a consultant, coach, and trainer, I specialize in helping leaders develop systems of support that align people's unique strengths to achieve powerful outcomes. My coaching and training leverage globally recognized assessments from Gallup—CliftonStrengths and the Builder Profile 10 (BP10)—to empower leaders, managers, teams of all sizes, and individuals in their pursuit of excellence.
About Me
Friends and colleagues describe me as 'people centered and principle focused.' In addition to supporting individuals in becoming their best selves and living their best lives, my other passions include running and exercising, practicing Russian, singing classical music, spending quality time with my family, walking our dog through our neighborhood in Central Texas, and connecting with friends and colleagues from around the globe.
Consulting
Staff and Talent Management
When staff are supported and empowered to achieve their potential, organizations thrive. I collaborate with you to develop and refine effective systems of support for staff, drawing from extensive research, practical experience, and tested models of talent management. My services include assessing the effectiveness of current practices, developing and piloting innovative approaches, and calibrating implementation in alignment with your strategic goals and organizational culture.
Strategic Hiring and Talent Selection
I assist clients in developing effective processes for identifying and hiring the ideal candidate for the position through a structured four-step approach. This method provides valuable insights into candidates’ behaviors and attributes, which includes (1) crafting and refining precise job descriptions, (2) designing tailored behavioral interview protocols, (3) facilitating and/or training for candidate interviews, and (4) delivering summary behavioral profiles to guide the candidate selection process.
Systems Change and Strategic Improvement
By utilizing tools from implementation science and logic modeling, I assist you and your teams in going beyond merely tackling surface-level challenges. This approach helps to uncover underlying issues and root causes. The clarity gained in assumptions, along with the mapping of connections from inputs to outcomes, ensures that strategic planning, project planning, and initiative development are driven by comprehensive and thoughtful insights from multiple partners.
Partner Engagement and Facilitation
If you want to enhance your engagement with clients, partners, or supporters, I'm here to assist you. My extensive experience in facilitating groups, both in person and virtually through meetings, events, and communities of practice, allows you to relax while using proven processes that foster actionable input and diverse perspectives to shape your priorities.
Inclusion and Belonging
I utilize a customized approach to assist you and your team in identifying ways to ensure that your organization and business are well-positioned to recognize potential biases in policy and practice. These biases may inadvertently hinder your ability to fully realize your mission and vision. By employing reframing and various techniques, I empower individuals and teams to engage in challenging conversations with care and respect, fostering insights that pave the way for meaningful change and healthier communities and organizations.
INDIVIDUAL COACHING
Navigate Change with Confidence and Clarity
Life doesn’t always follow a straight path. Layoffs, relocations, career shifts, and divorce—these transitions can feel overwhelming, disorienting, and isolating. However, they can also serve as powerful turning points.
As a certified coach, I assist individuals in navigating life’s pivotal moments with clarity, courage, and purpose. Drawing from my own journey through significant personal and professional changes, I provide a safe space to reflect, recalibrate, and rebuild.
Whether you're facing an unexpected shift or intentionally stepping into something new, I’ll help you:
- Clarify your direction and values
- Reframe challenges into opportunities
- Build momentum with practical strategies
- Stay accountable to your vision
You don’t have to go through change alone. Let’s transform your transition into a meaningful transformation.
Coaching Modalities
I utilize the CliftonStrengths assessment (previously known as StrengthsFinder) to assist leaders, managers, and team members in identifying and enhancing their unique talents to reach and attain excellence. Supported by over sixty years of research and nearly 34 million assessments conducted worldwide, CliftonStrengths centers the coaching process on what you naturally excel at and empowers you to maximize those strengths—whether as a leader, manager, or individual contributor.
I support entrepreneurs and business leaders by providing coaching through Gallup’s Builder Profile 10 (BP10) assessment. This assessment measures 10 scientifically proven talents of successful business builders and identifies three essential roles for developing new ventures. Developed from a comprehensive study of successful entrepreneurs and validated through additional research and testing, the BP10 offers valuable insights specific to the role of a business builder, helping to accelerate growth through effective coaching.
I offer tailored coaching services, which the International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines as “a thought-provoking and creative process” aimed at maximizing both personal and professional potential. Whether you seek guidance through personal or career transitions, or are striving to achieve specific goals, my coaching can assist you in attaining deeper fulfillment in your work and personal life.
TEAM COACHING
Team Coaching
My tested, strengths-based approach empowers teams to break through barriers, build on successes, and achieve new levels of excellence. To assess team needs effectively, I conduct interviews with key leaders and survey team members, ensuring diverse perspectives on team functioning. For C-Suite teams, I facilitate an assessment of high-performing leadership teams, drawing on research by Gallup, Inc. This allows me to tailor coaching engagements that address the key issues identified by leadership and team members, which are essential for improving team performance, effectiveness, and overall well-being.
Training
Customized Training for Organizations and Teams
I offer both introductory and advanced CliftonStrengths training for teams, available in virtual and in-person formats. My sessions range from 2-hour introductions to full-day workshops. With a focus on thoughtful and engaging experiences, I leverage my extensive background to help teams deepen their understanding, appreciation, and application of their strengths, enabling them to excel at what they do best.
