John Knights

Current

Chairman at Oxfordshire Learning & Skills Partnership
Director at Oxfordshire Economic Partnership
Co-founder / Chairman at LeaderShape

Non-Exec Chairman at WPL Ltd

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Past

Non-Exec Director at Poolia
Main Board Director at Mitchell Cotts
Corporate VP at Combustion Engineering Inc

International Sales Manager at Alfa Laval

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Education

Loughborough University of Technology

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Professional Training & Coaching

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John Knights’s Summary

"My purpose in business is to help leaders develop leadership excellence".

John is a Co-founder and Chairman of LeaderShape Ltd, an organisation of Business Leaders who shape the best leaders for the future.

LeaderShape exists for leaders and organisations who are dissatisfied with the conversion of training programmes into effective behaviours and performance. It provides bespoke programmes that embed accelerated leadership learning into the daily life of the organisation through the development of personal insights. To do this LeaderShape has assembled a team of experienced, former CEOs who have the specialist professional training and ability to coach/mentor and to create self-supporting, enhanced learning in Senior Executives

An MBA etc. will only provide threshold competence in leadership. Excellence requires much more including a high level of Emotional Intelligence and Authenticity. It requires leaders to develop beyond the ego of power, prestige and financial reward and move to transpersonal development which is about doing the best for all the stakeholders with which you are involved.

A recognized expertise in leadership development, people management, culture change, corporate strategy, organizational development, acquisitions and joint ventures, business finance, and marketing and sales.

Business experience encompasses a broad range of senior management responsibilities in international corporate environments in the U.S.A., Europe, U.K. and Asia. Lived in Sweden, The Netherlands, Singapore and the USA over a period of 14 years and have been involved in business in over 50 countries. Also served as CEO / MD of several entrepreneurial SMEs.

In addition to my current role at LeaderShape, I am a shareholder / chairman / director of several businesses, particularly in the field of environmental technology (eg: WPL Limited).

I completed the Advanced Management Programme at Columbia University (NY) whilst a VP of Combustion Engineering.

John Knights’s Specialties:

Developed 8ICOL (8 Integral Competencies of Leadership) defining a matrix of parameters for leadership excellence. Expert in Emotional Intelligence, a leader in Spiritual / Transpersonal Leadership, and relationship between neuroscience and leadership. Developed LEIPA (the most comprehensive 360o EI and Leadership Assessment Programme). An experienced executive coach of individuals and facilitator of teams providing a variety of inteventions to convert learning into embedded habits.

John Knights’s Experience

Chairman

Oxfordshire Learning & Skills Partnership

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Becoming the best place to live, work and learn.
“the OLSP aims to provide the learning infrastructure necessary to deliver highly skilled and motivated people who can make a contribution to their communities in whatever field of endeavour they choose. The partnership is about joining up the thinking in education, business, local government and health by focusing on an inclusive shared vision of a successful balanced economy. This aspiration can best be realised through bringing together the individuals and organisations that have the drive to tear down the silos and work together to create a strategy for developing people who can achieve more than their obvious potential. It should provide a net to make sure no-one is excluded from the potential of learning and development.”
Director

Oxfordshire Economic Partnership

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

The Oxfordshire Economic Partnership is responsible for strategic economic development across Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire’s economy is strong and diverse but we must not be complacent. The OEP, along with its Partners, will continue to promote economic development across the County in order to remain a competitive sub-region, both nationally and internationally.
Co-founder / Chairman

LeaderShape

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

2000 — Present (9 years )

Develops and delivers Leadership Development programmes for CEOs, boards of directors, vice presidents, senior executives www.leadershape.biz
Non-Exec Chairman

WPL Ltd

(Environmental Services industry)

1991 — Present (18 years )
Non-Exec Director

Poolia

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year )
Main Board Director

Mitchell Cotts

(Executive Office industry)

1984 — 1987 (3 years )

FTSE 100 company during this time
Corporate VP

Combustion Engineering Inc

(Oil & Energy industry)

1975 — 1983 (8 years )

Fortune 100 company during this time - eventually acquired by ABB
International Sales Manager

Alfa Laval

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

1970 — 1975 (5 years )

Was one of the largest 12 companies in Sweden. Then merged with Tetrapak into Tetra Laval

John Knights’s Education

Loughborough University of Technology

BSc (Hons) , Chemical Engineering , September 1965 — June 1969

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John Knights’s Interests:

Leadership Emotional Intelligence Spiritual Intelligence Transpersonal Development Environmental Protection Tennis Physical Fitness Travelling

John Knights’s Groups:

Fellow Institute of Directors
Fellow Chartered Management Institute
Fellow RSA
Freeman City of London
Liveryman Worshipful Company of Water Conservators