Dr. John McGill 

During my time as a business coach & strategist, I've had the privilege of helping coaches, consultants, and solopreneurs elevate their businesses to new heights. 

My mission? To help them craft irresistible offers and effortlessly fill their client books—without any stress or salesy vibes.

Here's how I approach each client engagement:

Brand Boost: We start by transforming their brand into a client magnet. Through strategic positioning and messaging, we ensure that their brand stands out in a crowded market, attracting their ideal clients like bees to honey.

Client Connection: Next, we focus on converting interests into bookings through genuine conversations. By fostering authentic connections and building trust, we turn potential clients into loyal customers who can't wait to work with them.

Streamlined Systems: To streamline operations and eliminate unnecessary complexity, we implement efficient systems and processes. This allows them to focus their time and energy on what they do best—serving their clients and growing their business.

Peak Performance: Finally, we prioritize their wellbeing and work-life harmony. By helping them achieve fulfilling workdays with optimal health, focus, and energy, we ensure they can sustain their success in the long run.

I'm passionate about making their journey to success as smooth and enjoyable as possible. 

Whether it's making their business more profitable, healthier, or simply more enjoyable, I'm here to help.

If you're ready to welcome more clients with ease and take your business to the next level, let's chat. 

Send me a DM, and let's start crafting your path to success together.

Business Coach & Strategist

The College of Law Australia

You know the job, the one job where you get to use all the best parts of yourself?

Well, this was that job for me.

In the start of my legal career I had an experience where I was told I would never succeed in the legal world because of the colour of my skin.

A partner in a law firm said those words.  He said it because he liked me and thought he was doing me a favour preparing me for reality.

Imagine then the irony of finding myself running a law school in a country on the other side of the world?

Not just running it, changing it.

When I took over as the Executive Director, I inherited a program that hadn’t made any profit.  

What it did have was an incredible team of passionate people committed to giving students everything they could.

All my years of teaching, curriculum development, business coaching, sales training, business development and product development came together.

I tore the entire program apart and had everything rebuilt.

The efforts bent us all.  No one broke.

We went from the 5th largest post-graduate program for lawyers in Australia to the 2nd largest.

We doubled enrolments.  We doubled revenue.

We became profitable after my 3rd year of leadership and stayed profitable.

Was it hard?  The hardest thing I’ve ever been a part of.

Were there battles?  I still bear the scars.

Was it worth it?

Our completion rate went from 30% to 80%.

Our representation of women graduates went from 50% to 70%.

Yeah, it was worth every bit of blood, sweat and tears.

Best. Job. Ever.

(Ok, except for the one now where I work for me ;-)

Executive Director, Practitioner Education

Prime Practice

Fun fact: I’m terrified of dentists and they used to be my clients.

Well, I should say, I was terrified of dentists until I started working with them.

Here’s what most people don’t realise–dentists are some of the hardest working professionals alive.

Most dentists have their own practice.  Their practice is a million dollar plus business with staff and a relatively flat structure.

Dentists find themselves having to be responsible for:
- The delivery of services
- The human resource manager
- The marketing manager
- The sales manager
- The business development manager
- The client services manager

Oh, and like lawyers with their own practices, dentists didn’t learn business management in dental school.

That’s where we came in.  As business coaches we helped to fill the business gaps.

We trained everyone up in systems management and client services.  

Taught the dentists new sales techniques.

And then coached the dentists on business performance and ways to grow the practice.

I loved getting to know the dentists and their teams.  

Without a drill in their hands, they weren’t scary at all.

Then an interesting thing happened.

I came to this role after I had been working as a sales coach, living and breathing sales.

I observed one of our information sessions for practice owners and realised we could improve what we said and how we communicated our value to prospective clients.

Problem was, how do I share this with the executives and the CEO who started the company and who had run things for years and I was relatively still new?

I did what anyone in my shoes would do of course: I created a presentation diagnosing the problem and presenting a solution and invited the executives to a meeting none of them had been expecting.

How did it go?

The next week I was promoted to a new role as the Business Development Manager with a 50% raise.  

So, yeah, I’d say it went ok.

Business Development and Marketing Manager, Business Coach and Trainer

BOC Gases

Have you ever taken a job completely outside your comfort zone?

This was that type of job for me.

Not for the work we did.  The work was well within my skill sets. 

The environment was something new.

Gas? Products so dangerous every employee was required to take defensive driving classes?

I never imagined I’d be working in the sciences, let alone in something like natural gas.

It was a blast though (pun fully intended).

I started out with the training team associated with safety, health, environment and quality.

We designed rapid fire training programs, capturing the subjective matter knowledge of people working in the field.  

This was a role filled with characters and I enjoyed every moment.

An internal role popped up to work with the sales team as a sales coach and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.

I became immersed in the world of sales at a product level, and supporting a sales team.  

Pure salespeople have an infectious energy.  They’re a hungry bunch.  Never a dull moment around them.

My favourite part was working on the sales coaching program.  

We introduced neuroscience coaching programs with the sales techniques.  

You should have seen the transformations as people learned more about how their brains impacted their behaviours.

This role gave me so many practical skills I still use to this day.

Sales Coach and Trainer

University of Sydney

Have you ever been a one-person show in a team?

I feel your pain, and your triumph.

As always, the best part of this role was the team I worked with and my students, the tutors.

The challenge was the team I worked with each had their own unique program and we were all forced to do everything ourselves for our own programs.

Meaning:
- Creating and delivering the training
- All the event management
- Designing the workshop, marketing and communication materials
- Managing the registrations, bookings and catering
- Designing pilot initiatives
- Coordinating peer observation and review programs
- Implementing a mentoring program
- Creating a reward and recognition program for tutors

My program was responsible for teaching and training over 120 casual tutors at the Business School.  

Most were students themselves and had never taught before.

I had my work cut out for me to try and make the program inviting enough to attract as many tutors as possible.

I created and delivered over 30 individual train-the-teacher seminars.  All in person.  Before Zoom took over the world.

Loved every minute of it.

Clearly, this job prepared me well to eventually run my own business.


P.S.

I was also juggling my own PhD, and teaching my own classes in Organisational Development.

My fondest memory will always be my last day of teaching so I could focus on finishing my PhD and my students, the tutors, had a surprise for me leaving me speechless for the first time ever.

Still brings a tear to the eye.

University Tutor & Teaching Development Manager

Increase peak executive performance with strategic mental sharpness habits in 90 days | Founder & Director: 90Well & 90Well@Work

I help coaches, consultants, and solopreneurs craft irresistible offers and book more clients—no stress, no salesy vibes. 

Here’s my straightforward approach:

1/ Brand Boost: make your brand a client magnet.

2/ Client Connection: turn followers into clients with genuine conversations.

3/ Streamlined Systems: simplify your operations to focus on your passion.

4/ Peak Performance: achieve fulfilling work days, with health, focus & energy, consistently.

I’m here to help you book more clients the easy way. 

Let’s chat about making your business profitable, healthy and enjoyable.

Book more clients (& stress less) to enjoy the job you love.

DM me for more.

Dr. John McGill 🧠

The University of British Columbia

● Demonstrated exceptional organizational skills by efficiently managing lab resources, coordinating experiments, and optimizing workflows for a team of ~20 people, fostering a collaborative research environment, and maintaining laboratory safety standards

● Utilized effective communication skills to liaise with vendors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders, ensuring smooth procurement operations, timely delivery of supplies, and identification of cost-saving opportunities, further contributing to overall cost efficiency and budget optimization

● Showcased effective mentoring and training skills to support undergraduate and graduate students, enhancing their laboratory proficiency and research skills

Laboratory Manager

National Council of Research, Institute of Endocrinology and Oncology

Research Project: "Mitochondrial dynamics as a new therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases."
→ resulted in *2x publications*, *3x poster presentations*, *3x departmental (DiSTABiF) talks*, *3x EU reports*, a doctoral dissertation, *3x grant proposals*, and a scientific conference organization

● Established high professional awareness by attending scientific meetings and seminars, being updated with research trends in the field of Neuroscience, and understanding Medical Biotechnology approaches

● Exceeded a results-oriented mindset with solid project management skills and high flexibility, emphasizing troubleshooting and strategic planning led to maximizing research efficiency and reproducibility

● Attained creative problem-solving skills, as evidenced by proficiency in protocol development, optimization, and experimental design to establish project completion within set deadlines

● Showcased a visionary leader mindset, as demonstrated by transferring competent knowledge on how to apply imaging equipment and techniques to solve scientific questions, which resulted in extending the availability of the institutional imaging core facility to more users

● Demonstrated management and cooperation skills by guiding Medical (2x) and Biology (5x) students to cell culture techniques, Western blots, immunofluorescence assays, and confocal microscopy to facilitate their independent research and enable them to get timely research outputs

● Participated in weekly science dissemination meetings to enjoy fruitful conversations and brainstorming activities with colleagues across disciplines and actively engaged in the production of 4x dissemination images (attached) uploaded on the DMMBM's social media page

● Promoted general public awareness about Stem Cells research and uses through active contributions in Futuro Remoto events (@DMMBM: Regenerating cells, tissues and organs, @CNR: INCIPIT corner) and European Researcher's Night in Naples, acting as an EU ambassador

Early Stage Researcher 1 | MSCA fellow | Research Project Manager

Hellenic Pasteur Institute

Thesis Research Project: "The pathophysiological role of the mitochondrial protein SLC25A46 in 
the spinal cord and the peripheral nervous system of mutant mice."
→ resulted in *3x poster presentations*, *2x conference talks*, a thesis dissertation (2016), *1x grant proposal*, and *1x original peer-reviewed publication*

● Implemented strong problem-solving skills in experimental design, protocol development, and optimization, with an advanced understanding of immunoassays, immunocytochemistry (ICC), immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunofluorescence applications, and confocal microscopy

● Developed practical time-management skills, exhibiting detailed organization to perform both experimental research (including cell culture maintenance, instrument validation, microscopy data gathering, and analysis) but also managing the general day-to-day laboratory activities (including supply chain lab inventory management and lab equipment routine maintenance to ensure operational efficiency)

● Developed excellent communication skills, as evidenced by a strong record in disseminating the latest research findings in conferences and journal clubs, sharing scientific insight with stakeholders, and exchanging knowledge and ideas among peers

● Assisted and actively participated in the coordination of science outreach events (HPI: Young Researcher's day, "Pasteurizing" xenophobia, Brain Awareness Week) to engage and promote public awareness in the field of Neurobiology

*Cognition and locomotion decline associated with lifestyle characteristics (nutrition and dietetics, exercise), sleep disturbances, aging, neurodevelopmental-neurodegenerative-neurological diseases or syndromes were among our subjects of interest*

Master's thesis @Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

● Developed the ability to work independently on some projects and to provide support collaboratively on others while meeting project timelines

● Applied immunoassays (ELISA), colorimetric assays (enzymatic, non-enzymatic, UV methods), e.g., MTT, WST, LDH assays in neuronal cells (N2A, SHSY-5Y, primary cultures of cerebellum granule neurons from neonatal mouse), evaluating cellular metabolic characteristics and gaining drug mechanistic insights

● Succeeded in outperforming confocal microscopy and histology techniques (tissue processing: fixing, embedding, freezing, cryosectioning, staining specimens with e.g., Toluidine Blue, hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), etc., heat-induced epitope retrieval, immunostaining, and slide mounting tissue samples), delivering both analysis pipelines and high-end data

● Acquired resources necessary for experimental advancement, leading to research outputs and outcome transformation, by initiating collaborative partnerships

● Brought up and implemented new ideas and concepts as concerned the line of research, building robust and reliable cell-based assay pipelines that generate meaningful data

MSc Research Intern @Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

● Established effective conflict resolution strategies, facilitating open and constructive communication within the team

● Demonstrated excellent time management skills, breaking project work down to tasks and cultivating a flexible attitude towards meeting goals, ensuring delivery on time in a fast-paced working environment, and balancing personal and work life

● Exceeded excellent organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize, multitask and work to deadlines, being in a fast-paced working environment as a rotational student while attending in-person theoretical scientific courses

● Exerted a proactive spirit, contributing to ideas and establishment of protocols, leading to protocol improvements and yielding the highest quality level in lab procedures:
- genomic DNA extraction from whole human blood samples
- transformation of competent E. coli cells and plasmid DNA extraction
- transfection of the mammalian cancer cell line HEK293T
- cells harvesting and media collection, Bradford assays, loading samples preparation, SDS-PAGEs
- mouse (C57BL/6 strain) husbandry and care
- data collection, data visualization and interpretation, and scientific presentation

MSc Research Intern @Department of Animal and Human Physiology

Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology,  University of Thessaly

● Established strong technical expertise in:
- Cell culture (stable cell line generation, maintenance and manipulation of mammalian cell lines: HEK293, HeLa, MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, N2A, SHSY-5Y, FRT, FRTL-5)
- Biochemistry (Western blotting, immunoprecipitation, immunocytochemistry, luciferase assays), and
- Molecular Biology (plasmid vector construction, plasmid DNA extraction, TETracycline-controlled transcriptional activation) techniques
→ resulted in *3x poster presentations* and *1x peer-reviewed publication*

● Arranged internal science talks, which required producing content on time, with attention to detail, and an emphasis on identifying and pitching to a target audience, and demonstrated cooperation skills by helping colleagues in a scientific setting, both theoretically and technically

● Exhibited exceptional organization skills by conducting research experiments and keeping contemporaneous and accurate documentation of experiments, creating work package documents while attending the undergraduate program curriculum, and contributing to extracurricular activities (e.g., UTH Cinema Group)

● Demonstrated efficient relationship management, cooperating with and training 2x undergraduate and 3x postgraduate students in Biochemistry techniques, enhancing their familiarity with lab procedures, which resulted in successful graduations

Undergraduate Research Intern @Structural & Functional Biochemistry Research Lab

University of Thessaly

Thesis Research Project: "Transcription factor Prox1 as a regulator of glucocorticoid receptor-induced expression of genes in neuronal cells."
→ resulted in *1x poster presentation*, and a thesis dissertation (2013)

● Acquired substantial experience in N2A cell culture maintenance and performed transient and stable transfections (by optimizing chemically competent E. coli recombinant protein expression and purification protocols and the usage of lipofectamine and calcium phosphate protocols), yielding high efficiency

● Strengthened my verbal and written communication skills to excellence by participating in daily research discussions, redefining scientific concepts, and better understanding key issues in Biomedicine

● Participated in a strong teamwork orientation with demonstrable influence/interpersonal skills and the ability and willingness to work across professional and cross-functional teams

● Developed strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize, complete chunks of work, and deliver research results on time

Bachelor's thesis @Structural & Functional Biochemistry Research Lab

Agricultural Microbiology Lab, Department of Agrobiotechnology, Agricultural Research Institute

Project title: "Isolation and characterization of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia from root nodules of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) plants in Cyprus."
→ resulted in *1x technical and research summary report*

● Conducted both *field studies* to select and collect samples and *laboratory experiments* to analyze them

● Led experiments by applying Microbiology (sterilization/aseptic techniques, media preparation, bacteria isolation and identification),
and Molecular Biology (genomic DNA extraction, and optimization of PCR assays and agarose gel electrophoresis) techniques

● Initiated the partnership and established cooperation between the Agricultural Research Institute and the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2011)

● Managed the day-to-day laboratory activities independently, ensuring effectiveness and efficiency in experimental design, data analysis and interpretation, and clear communication of progress in a group setting

Vocational trainee | Undergraduate Research Intern

R&D+I Scientist enthused | Research Project Management | Neuroscience | Biochemistry | Biotechnology | Microscopy | 3D Imaging | BioImage Data Analysis

A forward-thinking Biochemist and Biotechnologist with 10+ years of research experience in the academic sector, interested in developing disease-specific therapeutic strategies and applying translational approaches to improve patients' lives, further supporting equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility practices.

I can be of help with
● my interpersonal skills, like:
- Project Management and Development
- Problem-solving mindset
- Reliability and Fostering relationships
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Time Management
- Communication strategies and Conflict resolution

● my advanced informatics skills in:
- Bioimage Analysis and Processing: ImageJ/FIJI, ICY, CellProfiler, ilastik, ZEN, LAS X, Imaris Bitplane, KNIME
- Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
- Programming: macros, Python, Perl, Java
- Bioinformatics: BLAST, MEGA, UCSC Genome Browser tools, Cytoscape
- Molecular graphics: WinCoot, RasMol, VMD
- Statistical analysis: SPSS, GraphPad Prism, R

● my technical skills in:
- Microscopy: STED, confocal (Zeiss, Leica), fluorescence
- Cell Biology: cell culture maintenance and manipulation
- Molecular Biology: plasmid and genomic DNA extraction, molecular cloning, PCR assays
- Biochemistry: Western blotting, immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, immunoassays
- Microbiology: sterilization and aseptic techniques, media preparation, bacteria isolation, and identification
- Mouse handling: euthanasia with respect to the 3R principles, transcardial perfusion, tissue dissection (mouse spinal cord, sciatic nerve, diaphragm, and skeletal muscles), cryosectioning

I enjoy discussing medical and technological advancements. I am a keen cinephile, volunteering from time to time in film festivals, and I love reading about Science, Sociology, and Politics. I always fancy exchanging classic books and film recommendations over a hiking adventure.

⁑❀⁑ Let us connect on LinkedIn and discuss how I can contribute and add value to your organization ⁑❀⁑

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