John Chappelear - Changing The Focus

John Chappelear has walked into the conference rooms and auditoriums of companies and associations across the nation discussing process of creating dynamic positive changes for individuals and their organizations.  He is not directly addressing topics such as increasing sales numbers, better management of employees, or the bottom-line although all those issues and more are dramatically improved after working with John Chappelear.  Instead of those more traditional topics, his speaking, training and coaching energize and instruct avid listeners how to better manage their lives both personally and professionally.  Last year alone he spoke to over 12,000 people.  The keys to John’s program are building enhanced leadership and communication skills.  John builds on these to assure increased productivity and creativity and at the same time a reduction in absenteeism and turnover.    

John now reaches national and international audiences with his book, The Daily Six (G.P. Putnam’s Sons,). The Daily Six, won Best Book award from USA Book News.   Through his well known six-step program, The Daily Six, has impacted individual, organizations and associations for more than 14 years.  These six concepts will revolutionize the lives of individuals and revitalize their organizations.  The Daily Six is an instructional manual, utilizing six simple strategies to change the focus of individuals and help them develop a more solid sense of acknowledgement, appreciation and gratitude for their entire lives. The Daily Six has been selected for use in graduate school studies at Jacksonville University and undergraduate studies at University of North Florida and Johnson Wales University. John is currently working with a large regional electric and water utility company strengthening their Leadership Develop Program.  John also teaches classes on The Daily Six as well as Coaching, Mentoring and Leadership Skills at the University of North Florida.   

It is John’s more than 30 years of expertise building businesses from the ground up into top nationwide producers, as well as his experience as a father and a husband, which uniquely qualifies him to provide leadership and guidance to those wanting to achieve success and significance for themselves and their organizations.  His stories about sacrificing family and self to become a successful business owner and entrepreneur, only to lose everything in the end, offers his audiences a hard-hitting glimpse into a reality of a life out of balance guiding them to learn from his mistakes.  John delivers his inspirational message and humorous stories throughout the country with his talks, workshops and The Daily Six, encouraging audiences to examine their lives and change their focus from planning for a distant tomorrow to a living a joy filled life today.                                                                                   

John is founder of Changing the Focus, LLC, a leading professional services firm  that can energize people at all levels of an organization, producing a more productive, positive and profitable work environment. His objective is to change the focus and lives of individuals and their organizations and help them develop a more solid sense of confidence, appreciation of their skills and those of their co-workers, and gratitude for their whole lives — to achieve a balance of personal and professional. 

John is a member of the National Speakers Association.  John Chappelear is an executive coach, organizational trainer, and professional speaker, with 27 years of experience as an executive and entrepreneur, founding his first company in the Washington, DC area at the age of 30.  The experience of creating new businesses (5 so far) from the ground up, and eventually making them top nationwide producers, uniquely qualifies John to provide leadership and guidance to those who want to achieve growth and success for their organizations. He has appeared on and is a sought after guest for local and national radio and television shows. His articles have appeared in Business Journals across the country, and he has written for ASAE’s premier magazine Executive Update.   

An ever expanding list of testimonials is available at the Testimonials Page.

John is involved with numerous business and community organizations such as Leadership Washington, Leadership Jacksonville, Phi Delta Theta National Men’s Fraternity, and the Rotary Clubs of Alexandria, VA and Jacksonville FL.  John has served on the boards of over a fifty service and non-profit boards.  John’s commitment to the community was recognized in a Presidential Letter of Commendation in 1988 John attended the University of South Carolina in the undergraduate schools of both management and marketing.  When not traveling throughout the U.S. delivering his inspirational message, John enjoys time at home in Ponte Vedra, Fla. He is gratefully married to Susan, his wife of 21 years, and has three wonderful children.