ABOUT JOHN BRADY
 C-Level executives and their teams have relied on John Brady for nearly thirty years to regain initiative, recapture momentum, and drive success. His forté is developing effective, high-performance leaders and teams based on the principles of good faith and fair dealing.
TRUST IS THE KEY
John has earned the trust and confidence of senior executives. Consider the case of Bill Ferguson, former Chairman of NYNEX.
 I hired John Brady when NYNEX was in crisis. He was recommended by a fellow CEO because he was very successful with large companies, and I was impressed because: 1) he listened, 2) he was a straight-shooter and 3) he respected our culture and worked well with all levels of executives and employees.
He was a veteran executive who had earned his stripes in the trenches, and it was obvious that he knew the ins-and-outs of corporate politics. He spoke with authority, and it was clear that he could navigate our New York and New England business cultures.
My senior staff was skeptical about consultants, but John earned their trust. He was diplomatic, but he didn't sugar coat our challenges. He told us that changing our company would be like 'turning a whale in a bathtub'. Brady's team customized a leadership process that we christened NYNEX Winning Ways.
Winning Ways focused on personal leadership and accountability, and breaking down 'silos' to improve collaboration and cooperation. NYNEX shared its vision with shareholders and the world in our Annual Report:
'For employees, NYNEX is becoming a new kind of company with completely new ways of getting the job done. Our corporate culture, embodied in a set of principles we call "NYNEX Winning Ways," gives all of our people a stake in building and acting on our foundation of core values: Quality, Ethics and Caring for the Individual.'
Personally speaking, NYNEX Winning Ways was the crowning achievement of my career, and I'm proud to say that it significantly changed and improved the lives of our 90,000 employees worldwide.
RECOGNITION OF THE BRADY APPROACH
Brady's clients are recognized by leading business publications like the Harvard Business Review and other respected management journals for their success in transforming their companies.
John believes that the best example of leadership is leadership by example, and he practices what he preaches. His expertise and guidance helps leaders in FOUR key areas:
- STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP SOLUTIONS
- EXECUTIVE COACHING
- CORPORATE CULTURE CHANGE
- ORGANIZATIONAL TEAM BUILDING
Brady designs custom tailored solutions that work, and avoids management fads or trendy academic theories. He has a reputation for quickly 'reading' organizations, and dealing effectively with internal politics and complex corporate dynamics at every level from the executive suite to the rank and file.
BACKGROUND
Brady's personal motto is, "I will find a way, or I will make one."* It captures the commitment, strength and determination that John and his team bring to every engagement. In 1980-1984, John worked closely with AT&T on the massive Bell System divestiture. His first-hand experience in assisting to reorganize twenty-three companies and 1,000,000-plus employees helped Brady understand the critical role senior executive leadership plays in successful corporate transformations. The key to John Brady's success is his ability to customize Strategic Leadership Solutions to fit each client. He focuses on programs that create real-world results, and avoids the latest management fads or trendy academic theories.
He consults primarily at the C-Level and Board level, but he and his team of former executives are equally effective at all levels of the organization, including management, associates, labor unions and their leadership.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Street-Smarts — In addition to John's successful career as a Fortune 50 executive, a senior partner in an international management consulting firm, an advisor to leading business schools, and as a U.S. Marine, he's garnered street-smarts in over twenty-five years of front-line consulting. He is also listed in several national and international "Who's Who" publications.
Education — John has earned graduate degrees in organizational development, social/organizational psychology, and management. Brady has spoken widely and has published several informative leadership and performance improvement articles and books, some of which are available FREE on the "free publications page" of this website.
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