John Klymshyn has been labeled: "The Business Generator" by
Sales and Marketing professionals across the US and Canada. His
expertise in training and coaching Top Performing Professionals
in Sales and Sales Management earns him invitations to speak at
over 45 events annually. He has been hailed as one of the
funniest, most informative speakers to appear at conferences
and sales meetings for the past 10 years.
Klymshyn is a life-long student of the
art of communication, and spends his time traveling the world speaking
specifically about Moving Conversations ForwardT his trademarked
process for sales, parenting, leadership, management, and communication
skills.
John Klymshyn's' professional selling career
(which spans more than 21 years) includes stints as a recruiter,
Corporate Sales Trainer, Sales Manager, Regional Manager, and
production sales person. He has sold (and taught others to sell)
Services (Commercial Real Estate, Recruiting, Telecommunications,
Advertising) Products (Computer Products, Office Furniture)
and intangibles (Consulting, Outplacement, Staffing).
Working with companies that range in scope and sales challenges
from Reynolds Aluminum to Four Seasons Hotels, from The New
York Times to Grubb & Ellis, from Silver Sea Cruises to
Snelling Personnel, Sales Leaders hail his "Moving Conversations
ForwardT" approach, as "A New Revolution in Selling!"
His powerful and practical ideas
(among them, "The 20 Call BurstT") lead to the publication of
Klymshyn's first book: "Move The Sale Forward", in April
2003. "Move The Sale Forward" outlined a specific, repeatable
approach to selling which has been deemed Required Reading adopted
by several Fortune 500 Companies.
His second book: "The Ultimate Sales Managers'
Guide" was released in September 2006, by John Wiley &
Sons, and it is one of the fastest-selling business books currently
on the market. A Second Printing was ordered within a month
of publication. Klymshyn is also the author of over 120 magazine,
internet, and trade paper articles on the topics of sales, business
development, communication skills and management. A "Yahoo"
search of his last name currently nets over 600 individual hits.
John Klymshyn's practical, common-sense
course content has won him acclaim in the Travel, Incentive and Hospitality
industries, leading him to multiple assignments with Four Seasons Hotels,
Silver Sea Cruises, The Society of Incentive Travel Executives, KSL
Resorts, Pinehurst Golf Resort, Destination Hotels & Resorts, The
American Association of Travel Agents, Benchmark Hospitality, and more.
He is a recognized authority among corporations
and associations in the Commercial Real Estate Industries, having
spoken at national conventions for CORENET, NAIOP, SIOR, OnCor,
Sperry Van Ness, Newmark/ Knight Frank, Grubb & Ellis, and
many more.
In addition, his impact has been felt in Media,
Staffing, and the Legal Field. Boasting a client list that includes
Reed Smith (the Pittsburgh Law Powerhouse) Goulston & Storrs
(Boston) and Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, Klymshyn and his attorney
Mark Gillete authored a short series, which appeared on the
American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Website.
His notoriety has lead to referrals to Media and
Technology companies that include The New York Times, Yahoo!
Hotjobs, FileNet, and Rent.com.
Recently, Mr. Klymshyn was interviewed
for Sales and Marketing Management magazine, and an article based on
his approach to Trade Show Lead Gathering appears in this magazine's
March 2006 issue.
Klymshyn boasts over 100 published
articles, which have appeared in trade magazines serving the
industries he targets.
Participants in his seminars become life-long students,
many become friends, and all who apply his well-thought out
techniques increase their incomes, reduce their stress, and
improve their lives overall.
Prior to becoming a professional speaker,
John served in various capacities in sales and management in Corporate
America. Prior to MCI corporations' financial woes, John led the Southern
California Wireless team, with 35 sales people and seven Branch Managers
reporting to him. Prior to this position, Klymshyn held positions with
ITT, Olsten, Search West and Harte - Hanks (publisher of the ubiquitous
Pennysaver weekly advertising magazine).
Klymshyn has been called a visionary.
He is renowned as an avid student of his profession, and as a result,
is consulted for the latest thinking and problem-solving wisdom to modern
sales, management, and communications skills issues. He has impacted
sales forces to the tune of increasing overall revenue in one environment
by over 400% in just fourteen months.
Currently, a Google Search on the word:
"klymshyn" nets over 450 individual hits, over 650, due to repetitive
uses of words and word groups.
A "Yahoo" search nets 400 individual hits. We attribute
these to the number of times John has been published, quoted,
or booked at events that post their information on the web.
Klymshyn has been written ABOUT, as well.
John has been a guest speaker at classes and extension
seminars offered through The University of Southern California,
New York University, Antelope Valley College, Woodbury University,
and University of California at Los Angeles.
Klymshyn is a New York native. He and Terri (his
wife of 22 years) currently divide their time between their
home in Valencia, California and Europe.
John's passion is writing, and he is
preparing two fiction novels for publication.
His hobbies include music, reading and
traveling with his family.