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The Evolved CEO is a world class healing, alignment, and expansion process for high-achieving Business Leaders & Founders looking for more love, happiness and balance in their lives . 

Visits - www.TheEvolvedCEO.com  to learn more

TheEvolvedCEO - healing, alignment and transformation processes for Business Leaders

Helping Business Leaders and Founders Transform every area of their lives so they can experience an abundance of Success, Love, and Happiness

Executive Performance & Transformation Coach, Intuitive Advisor & Mentor

Perform Media Group P/L

Perform Media Group is a boutique business advisory and growth strategy company 

Appointments by invitation only 

Please DM Greg if you have questions

Business Advisor, Growth Strategist 

The Cash Back App

Developed the largest Franchise Territories in Australia

The Cash Back App is an award winning B2B Service Company that provides small to medium businesses with an incredibly powerful New Loyalty App that features the world's first ZERO FEE mobile payment platform which business owners instantly fall in love with.

Multi-Franchise Owner

Exponential Results

We help Franchise Groups to Dominant Local Online by Building Multi-Location Sales and Marketing Strategies

Strategy - Infrastructure - Technology - Data - HyperLocal Area Marketing - Customer Service Excellence - Client Advocacy

Years of Intellectual Property sit behind the founders of Exponential.Online with a passion for helping business owners through Online Infrastructure, Technology and Data Driven Lifecycle Marketing. 

These are a small section of Brands we have worked with:
Kenshoo 
ReachLocal
Fastways Couriers
Hairfree Australia
Cosmetic Skin Therapies

With 25+ Years experience on across APAC in Digital, Technology, Process Improvement and Sales Strategy we believe the biggest way to make an impact to Individuals, Business Entrepreneurs and Corporations is in applying our expertise to Franchise Sector

At Exponential Results we love to partner with clients who are hunger to Evolve, Innovate and Break new ground both in business and personal life.... Because everyone will win that way

Attached: Franchise Groups Infrastructure Mind Map attached

Co-Founder

ReachLocal

We help Small to Medium Business Owners to Drive New Sales Leads by Implementing Proprietary Search Marketing Technology

Results as Regional Director:
From 0 - 280 Clients and an annual turnover of $6,000,000 media spend all within 20 months.. 38% Profit Margin

Our clients combined sales revenues growth was in the $10s of millions each year. Helping this many clients succeed along with the amazing experience my family and I had living in Singapore was definitely a highlight of my business journey so far. 

SPECIALTIES: 

•	Digital Transformation
•	Aggressive Growth ramping
•	Google, Yahoo, BING, Facebook, LinkedIn
•	Strategic Business Planning and Advice
•	Change Management
•	Solution Sales Training
•	Leadership Coaching and Mentoring


Member of the APAC Senior Leadership Team

Regional Director - Singapore

Kenshoo

Appointed Country Manager to drive growth , retention and market positioning of Kenshoo' SaaS based platforms across Australia and NZ..

Kenshoo is the Global leader in digital marketing software that engineers technology solutions for search engine marketing, social media marketing and online advertising. 

With campaigns running in more than 190 countries, Kenshoo clients include: 

CareerBuilder, Expedia, Facebook, Havas Digital, Hitwise, iREP, John Lewis, KAYAK, LendingTree, Omnicom Media Group, Resolution Media, Sears, Starcom MediaVest Group, Tesco, Travelocity, Walgreens, and Zappos. 

Kenshoo has more than 16 international locations and is backed by Sequoia Capital and Arts Alliance.

SPECIALTIES: 

•	Digital Transformation
•	Strategic Business Planning and Partnerships
•	Digital Marketing Software
•	Structuring Licence Agreement
•	Change Management
•	Leadership Coaching and Mentoring

Country Manager - AU/NZ

Built out a $14 million dollar run-rate Channel Business division across Australia & New Zealand 

Some of the brands Include: 

BHP Billiton, Tony Ferguson, BankWest, Coca Cola Amatil, NRMA, Jims Group, Leading Edge Group, Fastways Couriers, Fitness Australia


SPECIALTIES: 

•	Digital Transformation
•	Strategic Business Planning and Partnerships
•	Digital Marketing Software
•	Structuring Licence Agreement
•	Change Management
•	Leadership Coaching and Mentoring

Sales Director - Channel Partnerships

ReachLocal Australia & New Zealand

This was a Total Change in Career and the beginning of an amazing journey:

ReachLocal is the Global leader in Digital Marketing Solutions providing total digital marketing systems to clients and channel partners.


We offer the following services and solutions:

•	Search Engine Advertising
•	Search Engine Optimisation
•	Lead Conversion Software
•	Display and Remarketing
•	LiveChat 
•	Responsive Websites with Lead Conversion


Some of the brands I have worked both directly and indirectly: 

BHP Billiton, Tony Ferguson, BankWest, Coca Cola Amatil, NRMA, Jims Group, Leading Edge Group, Fastways Couriers, Fitness Australia

Digital Marketing Consultant

Horsell International

Horsell International was one of the leading privately owned Corporate and Sports Risk Insurance Brokers in Australia. (Acquired by PSC Insurance Group Pty Ltd)

Horsell Represented the following clients:

Australian Athletics, Basketball Australia, Swimming Australia, AFL, NRL, Golf Australia, Victorian Golf Association.

National Sales Director

Marsh

Marsh Ltd is the Global #1 Insurance and Risk Management corporation.

As Regional Sales Manager it was my responsibly to drive revenue growth, support and develop independent Insurance Brokers and maintain client retention.

Regional Sales Manager

At The Evolved CEO we offer advanced healing, alignment & spiritual awakening processes for successful leaders & founders who feel out of balance, exhausted and stuck

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John Bates

Executive Speaking Success

John Bates​‘​ mission is to bring out what is awesome inside you, so you can have the impact you want to have on the world. 

John is an in-demand Leadership Communications Expert, Executive Coach, Author, and Keynote Speaker. He is also one of the most prolific TED format coaches in the world. Executives from organizations like Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS, NASA (including the Astronauts), US Navy Special Operations, Boston Scientific, and more recommend him to their colleagues as the best leadership communications coach working today. He knows the power that creating a TED-like talk can bring to anyone - in business and life. 

John is also an in-demand pitch coach. He supports many accelerator programs and organizations including Johnson & Johnson Innovations JLABS, The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, ION Houston Accelerator, Starburst Aerospace Accelerator, and more. He has assisted clients in winning million-dollar pitch competitions, raising millions in VC, winning millions in grant money, and more. 

John shares his long experience as an entrepreneur / successful fundraiser, along with important company culture principles for your success.

John designs all of his programs using principles derived from neurobiology, so YOUR COMMUNICATION ​is as​ MIGHTY​ as YOUR IDEAS​.

CEO/Founder

Goldstar Events, Inc.

Responsible for working directly with the CEO on public speaking, media training, speech and presentation writing, and all aspects of 'in person' messaging.

Speaking & Messaging Coach

TED Conferences

Previous license holder for TEDxSantaMonica where we did salon events to create community which were dedicated to furthering the TED mission of sharing “ideas worth spreading” by organizing regular events • Create & deliver educational programs to teach TEDx speakers how to create and deliver TED-Worthy presentations •  Perform as the speaker coach for numerous TEDx events including TEDxAFC (America's Finest City: San Diego), TEDxSanDiego, TEDxHoboken,TEDxVilnius, TEDxFulbright, TEDxTaiz • Speak at TEDx events including TEDxWoodsHole, TEDxMonterey, TEDxHoboken, TEDxLex, TEDxTaiz, TEDxVilnius • Hosted and co-Hosted numersous TEDx events including TEDxSantaMonica, TEDxPCC (Pasadena Community College), TEDxVeniceBeach, and many more, the SupporTED Collaboratorium to support the TED Fellows and current TED Fellows Coach • Developed partnerships with local businesses along with the TEDxSantaMonica team • Manage team of dedicated & brilliant volunteers • Evangelize the TED & TEDx organization.

TEDx Volunteer Organizer

MindArk PE AB

John is responsible for business development and public relations initiatives throughout North America. As the US representative, John speaks with the media and at conferences and other events for Mindark and the Entropia Universe all over the Americas and the Pacific Rim. John creates and executes marketing strategies,  generates business partnerships, and expands Entropia's reach to a new and greater population of gamers and virtual world enthusiasts.  John oversees overall US business development for the Entropia Virtual World Platform, negotiates potential alliances, brand development, and more.

Platform Evangelist & Strategic Marketing

MEME Dispersal Unit. LLC

MDU offers Memetic Marketing, Brand Advocacy, and Sales. MDU offers a nationwide network of student influencers and opinion leaders, and years of deep experience with the market. Clients include: Goldstar Events, Altadena, CA, successfully opened the Bay Area market and was asked to move to Altadena and join the company for approximately a year to open several key regions. Expression Center for New Media in Emeryville, CA where MDU created and implemented an extremely successful and ongoing outreach program; BIGGERWORDS.com, Annapolis, MD where MDU developed and guides a large network of student marketers; Anarchy Online, Oslo Norway, MDU created/executed several successful marketing campaigns, one of which brought the computer network at MIT to its knees due to the demand created by MDU.

Owner

WemoMedia

I spread the word about our underwater ocean experience project and brought in partners by speaking at conferences, talking with the press, direct outreach and relationship building and networking.

Evangelist for theBlu

Finch, Evolutionary Search

We manage your adwords buys and accomplish substantial savings while increasing your desirable traffic tremendously. Let's talk. 
Finch brings together many of the rapidly developing opportunities online - cloud computing, Web 2.0/3.0 API/data integrations, search portal infrastructure, and open source - to solve a big problem for online advertisers in a disruptive way. Be on the right side of this disruption!

Sales

FileDBA.com

John consulted on all business activities including website development, partnerships and marketing.

Consultant

Renewable Hydrogen Foundation

Was recruited by the Renewable Hydrogen Foundation to create, launch and manage the RHF membership program.  Main duties included managing website development, membership program development, bookstore functions, Public Relations and messaging, and public speaking engagements. Met or exceeded milestones, however RHF lost funding for 2006.

Director of Marketing and Membership

Initially working as a consultant, was recruited by Goldstar Events launch and manage SF Bay Area, signed up over 100 venues.  Relocated to lead explosive growth into new markets from company headquarters. Expanded leadership responsibilities beyond the Bay Area to include, San Diego, Las Vegas and Chicago Regions. Main duties included sourcing clients, negotiating, and closing Goldstar Events partner relationships. Regularly exceeded expectations by closing more venues in less time than aggressive goals required. Consistently exceeded goals and broke monthly sales records. 
https://www.goldstarevents.com/splash?p=F5881N

Director of Venue Relations

Get my Mini-Trainings for Free ↙️ | Message me the word "COMMUNICATE" to 10X your Speaking Ability | Leadership Communication Expert | Speaker | Trainer | Executive Coach | CEO

Over 15+ years, I have worked with some huge brands, such as:

> TEDx
> NASA
> US Navy EOD
> Johnson & Johnson

All whilst coaching leaders who aim to make a global impact for good.

I've seen that today's business world is tough:

> A lack of confidence can impact your success.
> Communication within the leadership team is vital.
> Leaders need high quality speaking and presentation skills.

What if you could:

> Have more impact on the world.
> Become a far better speaker and presenter.
> Convey your message to leave a lasting impact.
> Lead a more influential, effective, and ultimately successful life.

We're all about turning these challenges into wins by:

> Leadership communications training.
> Executive Coaching and "Executive Whisperer" techniques.
> Public speaking and presentation coaching, especially in the TED format.
> Individual and team coaching for effective communication and leadership.
> Online and in-person training courses in public speaking, pitching, presenting, leadership, and teamwork.

Here are some of our results over the years:

✅  “He is extremely knowledgeable in how to connect with audiences and he has a relaxed approach that can be tailored to any group’s needs.” - Austin Knight - CEO - Air Liquide USA

✅  “That knowledge from John has completely changed how I present today…and we got great feedback after the talk. So, it’s working!” - Stephanie Venn Watson - Co Founder and CEO - Epitracker

✅  “He not only brings out the best in you when you talk, but he looks inside your soul when he does it.” - Melinda Richter - Head of Johnson & Johnson

All through revealing the secrets of human evolutionary biology and human neurophysiology that govern effective communication, persuasion, and influence.

If you want to see how I could help you, shoot me a message saying ‘Speak’.

Every small interaction shapes how people see you. 
 
In public speaking and life, the little things matter most.
 
Every conversation, every comment, every interaction, builds your reputation.
 
That’s your invisible PR quietly working for or against you.
 
When you’re kind, curious, and respectful, you’re not just being nice, you’re building trust and connection.
 
Those little moments add up, whether you’re speaking on stage, leading a team, or just chatting with someone.
 
On the flip side, there’s unkindness. That’s like a massive tax on your talent.
 
A dismissive word or lack of attention can chip away at the opportunities you’ve worked so hard for.
 
The best speakers and leaders know it’s not just the big presentations that matter.
 
It’s the habits and interactions behind the scenes.
 
They’re what make people listen, trust, and show up for you.
 
And Usain Bolt’s actions in the video below are proof that the small moments can have a huge impact. 

When I first watched this video I cried, because I've been the "not Usain Bolt" person in these interactions and it makes me want to be sure that when I'm on the other side I am this caring and generous. 
 
You also have the ability to make your invisible PR work for you.
 
All it takes is one kind interaction at a time.

Is there someone in your life who has been "Usain Bolt" for you? Give them a shoutout in the comments and let them know you noticed! 
 
Video credit: Dan Abrahams.

Great Leaders Become Great Speakers With Me via Team & Individual Training & Keynotes | Helped 12,000+ Clients Become TED-Worthy Communicators | 92+ Net Promoter

🎙️ New Episode Coming This Week!

#132 — Making Your Message Stick in a Noisy World with Jennifer Kaplan ✨

This week, I’m joined by Jennifer Kaplan — PR powerhouse, media strategist, and founder/CEO of Evolve PR & Marketing, the largest firm of its kind in Arizona.

Jennifer and I dive into what truly makes a message resonate — and what real leadership looks like beyond business success. From the power of giving back to mastering on-camera presence, Jennifer shares hard-earned wisdom from decades in PR and crisis communication.

We also talk about earned media, visibility, vulnerability, and why the most “authentic” pros rehearse more than anyone else.

👉 Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Link in the comments 👇

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The first time I coached leaders at NASA and Johnson & Johnson, I braced myself, but what happened next surprised me.

These were people at the top of their fields. Brilliant scientists. High-ranking executives. The kind of leaders whose decisions shape industries, even nations.

I’ll be honest… part of me expected them to have their walls up. I even thought there would be some resistance. But what I found surprised me.

Instead of resistance, I was met with curiosity.
Instead of defensiveness, I was met with openness.

These leaders weren’t just willing to be coached, they were some of the most coachable people I’d ever met.

One example that comes to mind is my friend, Dolph Lundgren.

As an actor, Dolph knows what it’s like to take direction.

He understands the value of someone standing outside the frame, a director guiding him to bring out his best performance.

And that same humility shows up in great leaders.

It dawned on me: of course they’re coachable.

That’s how they got there in the first place!

The best leaders are brilliant at what they do.

But they also know the power of letting someone else guide them, sharpen them, and help them see what they can’t see themselves.

And that realization changed how I see leadership at the highest levels.

Over the years, I’ve learned that coachability isn’t subservience.

It’s the quiet superpower of the world’s best leaders.

I’ve seen this trait in my dad and every great leader I know.

It completely changed how I think about leadership 👇

The best leaders I’ve met aren’t great at everything, they surround themselves with people who are.

But what really sets them apart is how they treat those people.

When things go wrong, they step forward and take responsibility.

When things go right, they step back and give credit where it’s due.

Watching them over the years, I’ve realised this isn’t just good character, it’s good science.

Our brains are wired with mirror neurons.

We subconsciously reflect the people we look up to.

So when a leader owns mistakes and celebrates others, their team starts doing the same.

- Accountability spreads.
- Trust deepens.
- And the entire culture changes.

That’s what I’ve seen from my dad, my mentor RB Hackenberg and leaders like Melinda Richter at Johnson & Johnson Innovation JLABS.

👉  This week, look around you.

Are you surrounded by people who lift you higher and are you lifting them too?

You spend 99% of your time performing… working hard... producing...

But it’s the other 1% that actually decides your success.

That 1%? It’s when people see you in action.

Here’s what I mean:

YIPE = Your Impression = Performance × Exposure.

We all obsess over performance… the late nights, the prep, the extra effort.

But exposure?

That’s the moment you speak up in a meeting, brief the board, or deliver a killer 
presentation.

And that moment multiplies your hard work. For better or for worse.

You can have a million-dollar performance, but if no one gets it, you’ll look like a $50k idea.

But that doesn’t have to be the case.

Want people to feel your impact?

You need a solid performance x great exposure.

Remember, your work doesn’t speak for itself.

You do.

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