books & other media

It is a delightful privilege to announce that SEASONS OF GRACE, co-authored by Alan Jones and John O'Neil with the invaluable assistance of Diana Landau, has won the notable 2004 Nautilus Book Award in the spirituality category.

"I learned from the book that whatever success you have, it's really not that important. For some 'successful' businesspeople, the best gift they can give themselves is a minor heart attack or stroke — it's the only way they'll understand how important health is. The book teaches humility: You may think of yourself as a 'great' businessman, but the people who bring you that success — the project manager, the line manager — are equally important."

:: Steve Chang, CEO, Trend Micro, Inc., citing Paradox of Success in an Asian Wall Street Journal interview, February 2004

"We can rejoice that John O’Neil has joined his immense knowledge of management with the wisdom of aikido. It’s an unbeatable combination. The winners are not only managers and shareholders, but all of us. If you could read only one book on how people can work together to make things work, Leadership Aikido should be it."

:: George Leonard, aikido master, a pioneer in the field of human potential, and author of Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

Nautilus Award 2004
Winner | Spirituality Category

Seasons of Grace :: buy now
John Wiley & Sons, 2003

"In this beautifully written book, John O’Neil and Alan Jones deliver a timely antidote to the stressed-out, spiritually barren lives that too many of us accept as the price of success. This is a book that may both comfort and challenge you to change your life and the world for the better."

:: Dean Ornish, M.D., author of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease and Love & Survival

Executive Briefings :: buy now
Strategies for the Competitive Edge
Stanford Executive Briefings Video Program
Kantola Productions (Video)

"We are not developing the leaders we need for the future we face,” says John O'Neil. With the command-and-control leader becoming a personality of the past, O’Neil outlines the emergence of the aikido-style leader.

Those who remain stuck in tired, outmoded models of leadership while the playing field becomes increasingly global and daily more complex – will not succeed over time.

Using his extensive global research O'Neil emphasizes the importance of ensuring that future leaders demonstrate the characteristics of adaptability, flexibility, and partnership. Based on the principles of the martial art, aikido, leaders work to achieve inner calm when under attack – learn to blend energy with a competitor to move forward – to motivate organizational commitment and communicate vision.

Success and Your Shadow :: buy now
Sounds True Audio (2 Cassettes)

How do unconscious forces shape your career life? Success and Your Shadow is a radical examination of “shadow side” and the hidden role it plays in our personal and professional lives. John O'Neil takes listeners inside the psyche of corporate culture, and proves how the shadow can ignite personal accomplishments, or "twist" ethical values until they spin out of control. Success and Your Shadow guides listeners along a new career path, helping them to harness this transformative energy to fully integrate their work lives with their private lives.

Thinking Allowed :: buy now
with Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove
The Dark Side of Excellence
Thinking Allowed Productions (Video)