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About John
John Peck has the capacity to take people and teams
to levels they never thought they could achieve in their
life. This is what gives him his energy and raison d'etre.
John knows only too well the pressure people will be under
if they are to play key roles in cracking the current
challenges that face them. His job is to make sure that they
retain their confidence, steadiness, courage, vision and
energy throughout the challenge.
A founder of First Ascent Consultancy, John has spent his
life studying and developing leaders. He is also a notable
leader himself. In a former life as a senior police officer
in London, he honed his skills on the anvil of life whilst
leading his officers into action in dealing with riots and
unrest in a volatile London. His leadership was tested fully
when failure was not an option and lives were at stake.
His
sensitivity and political awareness, when holding
the role of Divisional Commander of one of the
busiest police stations in one of the most dangerous
areas in London, enabled him to negotiate peace,
calm and order in a community which was tearing
itself apart. These skills have taught him how to
find ways through seemingly intractable human
resistance.
He went on to develop and implement a fresh
management development strategy for the Metropolitan
Police and from there was headhunted to run Advanced
Leadership Development Programmes at the Bramshill
National Police Staff College.
In his personal
life, he has relentlessly taken on challenges in
leading teams to remote parts of the world on a wide
variety of expeditions – including first British
ascents of peaks in the Himalayas.
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Over the
past two years he has rowed
across the Atlantic and run across the Sahara desert. He recently
set up and ran an assessment centre to select a
number of teams to race to the North Pole.
John has designed, promoted and delivered Leadership
and Team Development programmes to a wide range of
managers from private and public sector
organisations in the UK, the USA and world-wide.
John has an M.Phil. in Leadership & Organisational
Behaviour and is a Fellow of the Institute of
Personal Development. He was trained in Consultancy
by the Tavistock Institute and is a qualified
Oxford, Cambridge and RSA accredited Executive
Coach. He is an experienced consultant and currently
plays a major role in the Strategic Development
Consultancy team for the First Ascent Group.
He is an energetic person who knows how to motivate
others to give of their best. He is comfortable
working in the Boardroom as well as coaching top
class performers in the field. He is a renowned
inspirational speaker
and much in demand as a keynote speaker at large
corporate event.
John is licensed to deliver M.B.T.I., T.D.I, FIRO.B,
FIRO Element B, Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire
(A.S.E.) and E.I. (JCA), Occupational Stress
Indicator (A.S.E.), Team Climate Inventory (A.S.E.),
Strategic Alignment Instrument (O.P.P.), Strength
Deployment Inventory (Personal Strengths
Publishing), F.A.C. 360 degree Leadership
Questionnaire, PIN-POINT Work (A.S.E.), and the
Insights Evaluator.
His Vision
I believe that all of us have a huge pool of untapped
potential at our disposal, to draw on throughout our life. If
we don’t have a go at exploring this, much of this potential
can wither or just lie untapped until the day we die. Our task
in life is to develop the energy, wisdom and the courage to
step out into that pool and taste and experience those
waters.
I believe that it is in so doing, that we will discover our
life’s purpose and a true unique sense of fulfilment.
On the day my life ends, I want to be able to say simply
“I
gave it a good go.”
His Goal
My personal goal, at this stage of my life,
is to strive to develop the skills, knowledge, experience and wisdom
that will help me to understand the true essence of life.
My goal then will be to do all that I can to share this and
support others on their life’s adventure – whatever that might be -
and work with them to bring their dreams to reality.
