John Lees is one of the UK's best known career strategists. John specialises in helping people make difficult decisions - difficult because they don't know what to do next, or because there are barriers in the way of change.

He is based in the UK but has delivered workshops in the USA, South Africa, Mauritius, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand and is a presenter at business conferences and consumer events. He has also featured as a speaker at the world's largest international career conferences in the USA. His books have been translated into Arabic, Georgian, Polish, Spanish and Japanese.

Alongside his day job, John serves as an ordained minister in the Diocese of Exeter where he is Bishop's Officer for Self Supporting Ministry. He is also National Officer for Self Supporting Ordained Ministry.

John is the creator and moderator of the Career Coach Forum, an international LinkedIn group for career professionals with over 10,600 members.

John has written a weekly careers column for 'Metro' and thought leadership pieces for 'The Times' and 'The Guardian'. He appears regularly in the national press with features in a wide range of titles including 'Management Today', 'Cosmopolitan', and 'Psychologies' His coaching work has been profiled in 'Coaching at Work' and 'The Sunday Times'. TV appearances include the BBC interactive ‘Back to Work’ programme, BBC 2’s ‘Working Lunch’, Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’, and ITV’s ‘Tonight – How To Get A Job’). He is a regular blog contributor to Harvard Business Review online and in 2012 wrote the introduction to the 'HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job'.

'How To Get A Job You Love' regularly lists as the best-selling careers book by a British author, and previously a WHSmith Business Book of the Month. John is the author of a range of career titles including 'Get Ahead in Your New Job' from McGraw-Hill. Other business titles include 'Secrets of Resilient People' (Hodder & Stoughton), and 'The Success Code' (John Murray Learning, 2016).

John is a graduate of the universities of Cambridge, London and Liverpool, and has spent most of his career focusing on the world of work. He is the former Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now the IRP). He has worked with a wide range of organisations on career management issues including: British Gas Commercial, The British Council, CIPD, Endsleigh, Fairplace, Hiscox, The House of Commons, ICAEW, Imperial College, The Association of MBAs, Lloyds Banking Group, Marks & Spencer, NAPP Pharmaceutical, Oakridge, Tribal, and business schools across the UK. John is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals, a NICEC Fellow, and was a founding Board Director of the Career Development Institute.