John W. Hanes, Change Focused Leadership: Ten Proven Strategies for Success in Uncertain Times
John W. Hanes, Ed.D has always had a missionary zeal to help leaders and organizations improve their effectiveness. He is one of thenations most dynamic facilitators, known for his fast paced, hard hitting delivery. John is a sought after consultant to executive groups and is noted for his “real world” application of concepts. Since 1986 he has been president of Effectiveness Dimensions International, a southern California based leadership development and consulting firm.
John has personally trained over 24,000 managers from over 800 organizations in his nationally acclaimed 3 day seminar, Team Top Gun. He has conducted over 1,500 executive candidate assessments and is the author of 11 psychological instruments and 7 training simulations.
Prior to starting Effectiveness Dimensions, John held leadership positions at Caterpillar and Key Bank and was a Visiting Senior Scientist with the world renown Battelle Memorial Institute and The Center For Creative Leadership.
John lives and works in both Lake Arrowhead and Irvine, California. He holds a doctorate in leadership from The University of San Diego along with bachelors and masters degrees in management. His diverse client list includes Fortune 100 corporations, federal, state and local governments, prestigious “think tanks”, internet companies, sports teams and the military. John is married to Mariann Long, assistant general manager for Anaheim Public Utilities and has one son and two step sons. He is passionate about most major sports and enjoys an active year round sport oriented lifestyle.
John’s book is Change Focused Leadership: Ten Proven Strategies for Success in Uncertain Times.
Why do some organizations thrive in recessionary times and emerge even stronger while others wither and die? The answer, says John Hanes is that winning organizations have legions of “change-focused leaders” at every level, not just one lone visionary at the top. They follow a proven formula for exercising dynamic leadership to both survive uncertain times and flourish for years to come.
Change-Focused Leadership is a time tested process designed to equip and inspire such leaders regardless of their position in the 
institution. The book is available at Amazon.