John Creighton

Internationally Certified Business Coach

Having spent more than 30 years in various Executive Leadership roles and in a number of entrepreneurial ventures, John is a seasoned & highly regarded Business Executive, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Speaker and Internationally Certified Business Coach.

Known as the 'Get more Guy', John guides Business Leaders to 'get more' from their Business - more revenue, more profit, a more focused Team, more personal time and to build their Business into an asset of real value.

John is a bit of 'workaholic' (in a good sense!), whether it's office 'work', exercise 'work' or relax 'work'.

He secured his first job when he was 13 years old, working every school holiday thereafter (he says he needed to fund his hobbies somehow). Once finishing school, John joined the Navy Marines and thereafter, secured his first 'real job', as a switchboard operator of a Hotel. He rose through the ranks and eventually became the Managing Director of a Hotel Group, overseeing more than 40 Hotels across Southern Africa.

John is highly entrepreneurial and has been involved in a number of start-ups, the most successful of which, achieved 9th place in South Africas top 100 fastest growing Companies and which was successfully sold to a Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed Company.

A Cornell University (USA) Alumni, John has an innate understanding of business development & growth. His key attributes include strong analytical, strategic, communication, sales and interpersonal skills, a well developed 'make it happen' approach and a proven track record of achieving strategic & operational goals.

John is very well travelled, having spent a number of years living and working in the United Kingdom and the United States. He has travelled extensively through the British Isles, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South East Asia but his love for Africa, it's people, it's diverse cultures and exceptionally beautiful countryside, is why he'll never leave Africa.

In his spare time, John enjoys cycling, surfing, gym, going to movies and reading. It's not all 'business' with John, as he has a great sense humor and a warmth about him, which makes you feel as if you've known him for a lifetime.

It's Johns passion for building thriving Businesses that motivates and inspires him daily. In his own words, he describes what he does as simply, 'I guide Business Leaders to build extraordinary Businesses, without burning out (to take their Business from where it is now, to where they want it to be), so that they can live the life they dream of'.

When asked why he does this work, he says 'besides the successes I've had, I've had tough times by experiencing the pain of business ownership (hospitalised twice for exhaustion breakdowns). I don't want anyone to experience the same, so I'm completely driven to create thriving business's. We (as entrepreneurs) take the risk to start/own our Business's, we deserve to enjoy all the rewards'

Working with John, not only brings a depth of knowledge, but more importantly, a depth of spirit.

ActionCOACH emerged as an overnight success in 1993 when ActionCOACH's founder, Brad Sugars, began conducting seminars and workshops for small to medium business owners throughout Australia and New Zealand. For the first time, these business owners had access to hundreds of amazingly powerful, yet relatively simple and affordable sales, marketing and team building strategies, that resulted in dramatic improvements in turnover & profit.

Since that time, hundreds of thousands of people have attended ActionCOACH's popular seminars, learning what past & present clients now attest to.

Appointing an ActionCOACH Business Coach can be the single most effective profit making initiative any business owner can make in their business. Not only is the coaching system powerfully effective, it is also very affordable for most businesses.

ActionCOACH made the decision to franchise in 1997, after concluding that the best way to service the needs of clients globally was to have local coaches spread across the world. As well as being close to their clients, the coaches would be better able to relate to them as fellow business owners.

ActionCOACH is now represented in over 80 countries around the globe, with more than 1000 Franchisees and is the leading business coaching franchise in the world.

We work with businesses and individuals, from start-ups through to executives. Our coaching programmes are designed to identify your challenges and to apply practical and results-driven solutions. 

With years of successful experience that can provide valuable insight, your Coach will help you develop long-term and short-term goals and strategies, as well as improve your business in areas that you might have overlooked. You may be able to survive in business without the help of a Coach, but it’s almost impossible to thrive.