John Pryor is an executive coach, business consultant, and facilitator with over 20 years of business leadership and management experience in the financial services industry. He brings a people-oriented business focus to his executive coaching, consulting, and development work with leaders and their organizations. He has held leadership positions in human resources, training and development, sales, operations, and turnaround management. John is dedicated to working with leaders and their organizations to strategically integrate business and learning to achieve their desired results. His clients include companies in the real estate, information technology, healthcare, and financial services industries.

Areas of Expertise:

• Leadership and Transition Coaching
• Executive Coaching Strategies
• Organization Development
• Leadership Development
• Business Improvement Strategies
• Team Development
• Succession Planning
• Emotional Intelligence

Professional/Corporate Experience:

• President, J. P. Pryor & Associates
• Principal, Polaris Associates
• Director, Executive Talent Capability Development, Fleet Boston Financial
• SVP, Senior Team Leader, Fleet Boston Financial

• Executive MBA, Management University of Rhode Island Member, Beta Gamma Sigma and Intl. Who's Who in Business
• BA, Psychology Providence College

• New York Coaching Coalition
• Conference Board
• Coaches Training Institute

• Coached the CEO of a real estate firm to increase his self-awareness and conscious-ness of the environment he created as a leader and the impact on the business, resulting in 25% increase in revenue;
• Coached an SVP, Senior Lender to become a stronger communicator and influencer during a major acquisition. This resulted in his being able to choose his new assignment post-acquisition;
• Coached and consulted with an EVP, Human Resources on strategic direction of her business, staffing, organization design, succession plan, and finance during multi-ple mergers and acquisitions. As a result, the division exceeded budget targets for five straight years;
• Developed and facilitated the first cross-functional succession planning initiative for a major Corporate Banking organization;
• Consulted with a Vice Chairman, Risk to develop and implement a comprehen-sive, multi-year human capital strategy for his business;
• Developed and implemented the executive coaching strategy for a major financial institution, resulting in more cost-effective, higher quality, strategically aligned coaching for senior leaders;
• Led the team that earned award as a top 100 training organization in U.S.

Clients appreciate John's diverse professional experience as a line and staff executive. His clients describe him as knowledgeable, business savvy, results-oriented, authentic, and a person of integ-rity who engenders deep levels of trust. John's coaching and consulting philosophy is built upon a foundation of commitment. He believes success is built on creating and sustaining commitments. John and his clients develop strong and clear contracting agreements in every coaching relationship and consulting project. He believes in clear, action- and behavior-oriented development plans and outcomes for his clients, leaving each client with strategies for continuing, self-sustaining growth.