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John O'Neil
president “After a career that included managing new systems development at AT&T, venture capital, and heading a four-campus graduate school I decided to get serious. This took the form of creating a “portfolio life” (Charles Handy’s remarkable concept). For the past dozen years my “portfolio” has included:
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Advising leaders around the world on how to match strategy with proper talent.
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Writing three books, the most notable being Paradox of Success in 1993, which was reissued a decade later by Putnam as a book that had “withstood the test of time.”
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Helping entrepreneurs and funders with startups and restarts. (This is highly creative stuff and one of my primary interests as a Sage partner.)
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Serving on foundation boards that match my public service interests (currently Tides and Noyce).
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Serving on exciting, high-leverage company boards (currently Threshold Group and Qube Learning).
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Advising a select list of clients for whom my current work, thinking and writing are useful in helping fulfill their missions and clarify their visions.
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Finally, I’m reminded of what Sam Goldwyn said after he talked non-stop about himself in an interview, Well, enough about me – let’s talk about my latest movie. So I’ll conclude by mentioning my book-in-progress on the subject of learning and change. Most of my life’s work has tied to my fascination with learning. And learning is what motivates me in the work I do.”
 John O'Neil is currently the President of the Center for Leadership Renewal. He serves on several boards and is an author, speaker, and advisor on leadership issues, providing leadership advisement and development services to senior leaders serving across a wide range of organizations from start-ups to mature enterprises.
John's book The Paradox of Success (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993) has been a best seller in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia and was reissued by the publisher in 2004 as one of he best business books of the decade. His book Leadership Aikido (Crown/Harmony, 1997) focuses on the practices of enduring and creative leaders. Seasons of Grace (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003) co-authored with Alan Jones, Dean of San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, won the Nautilus Prize for Best in Spirituality category in 2004. John is at work on a new book on learning and renewal for organizations and individuals.
Curent boards include:
> Conenza
> Noyce Foundation
> Qube Learning
> Tides Foundation
> The Threshold Group
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