About John Bowe
Executive communication and presentation coach for CEOs and management teams.
Say what you mean. Say it well
John Bowe is an executive communication and presentation coach in New York City, and the award-winning author of I Have Something to Say (Random House, 2020). He helps CEOs and management teams prepare for high-stakes financial presentations, including M&A management presentations and investor meetings. He also coaches executives through the interviews and meetings that shape their careers. He coached the management team in preparation for the management presentation leading to the merger of BlueTriton Brands and Primo Water (combined net revenue of $6.5 billion).
Before coaching
John spent decades as a journalist. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, the opinion section of The New York Times, GQ and Public Radio Exchange’s This American Life, and is the author of numerous books.
The method
His method is based on speech training and rhetorical techniques taught by Aristotle and Cicero, which he spent years adapting for modern professional life. He lives in New York City.
In the media.
John contributes regularly to CNBC on public speaking. His work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, and he has appeared on NBC, CNN, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the BBC. He has given talks at the New York Public Library, the 92nd Street Y and many companies and organizations.
What makes him different
He spends little or no time on diagnosis
Why point out your faults in a skill you were never taught how to do? Skipping that step saves 10 to 15 percent of your time and money, and he goes straight to work on your upcoming project or presentation.
He works on the content first
Decades as a journalist taught him how to take complicated material and make it clear, so he gets into the actual words with you. The story, the structure, the word choice, the slides and how it all flows. Then comes voice and delivery. Working on delivery while the content is weak is putting the cart before the horse. When the content is clear and streamlined, delivery gets much easier.
He works fast
His clients are in a hurry, so he keeps engagements short and respects their time.
He doesn’t teach confidence.
He teaches a method that will work for you and makes public speaking easier. Once you know how to shape your ideas so they’re easy to deliver, and you begin to see how that reliably allows you to connect with the people in the room, you’ll feel confident, and away you go.
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