John Caslione

Thought Leader, Author, Global Business Strategy Expert

John is a global business strategy expert and growth accelerator, entrepreneur, M&A advisor, investor, professor and author having personally executed on-the-ground business strategies in 100+ countries on six continents. John serves as C-suite executive advisor and mentor to business executives seeking accelerated global business growth, as well as personal career growth. John possesses exceptional leadership, communications, large project management and negotiations skills to create high-performance global teams and to execute turnarounds and start-ups in competitive environments with specific expertise in developing high growth strategic alliances, and international equity joint ventures & strategic alliances between companies from the U.S. and North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and AsiaPacific.

Strategic Growth

John is Founder and President of GCS Business Capital, LLC (GCS), an investment and global business advisory firm specializing in international cross-border equity joint ventures & strategic alliances between companies from the U.S. and North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and AsiaPacific.

International Business Expert

Visiting, Adjunct Professor and Guest Lecturer in International Business at leading universities worldwide including, University of Tampa-Sykes (USA), Georgetown University-McDonough (USA), Northwestern University-Kellogg, Peking University (PRC), Macquarie Graduate School of Management (Australia), Int’l Inst. Mgmt. Development (Switzerland), University of Provence (France), Damelin College, (S. Africa), Kuwait University (Kuwait).

Books

John has authored five (5) highly noted books including worldwide acclaimed, CHAOTICS: The Business of Managing and Marketing in The Age of Turbulence. CHAOTICS is distributed in 88 countries and published in 48 languages.

Education

John has earned his Juris Doctor (JD) from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, IL., his MBA (Finance) and BS (Marketing) from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, NY.

Chaotics: A New Way of Doing Business for Increasingly Chaotic Times

Unlike past recessions, today’s crises have precipitated a need for businesses to develop a new mindset to remain successful that takes into account intermittent and unpredictable periods of turbulence and chaos, in what Kotler and Caslione now call, the new normality—one that is punctuated by spurts of prosperity and downturn. Chaotics presents a new system, and new set of strategic behaviors and guidelines designed to help business leaders and their companies navigate the turbulence to ensure their companies’ survival—and their ability to thrive—in the Age of Turbulence.

Globalization - The Second Wave

Offers candid, in-depth analysis and strategic insights to business leaders enabling them to better navigate the troubled waters of globalization and lead their organizations to success in the face of their fiercest global competition todate. John Caslione offers sound practical advice so his audiences can better manage their businesses by sidestepping today's mounting difficulties, and instead capitalize from Globalization: the Second Wave.

Compete Globally – Globalize your Company or Expand your Global Presence

Regardless of company size. Understand the road map needed to successfully globalize your company – to gain competitive advantage and successful top-line as well as bottom-line results.

Shifting Path for Growth in The Age of Turbulence

John helps business leaders address one of their most perplexing questions confronting them today: How do I get my organization to understand that to be successful we must look beyond the U.S. (and Europe) and be committed to building our foreign business, especially in emerging high growth markets, to sustain our company's mid- and long-term growth? The great American shift is now underway. Is your company ready for it?

“Tap In” to the Rise of Consumerism in Asia

The massive surge of consumerism will continue to be evident in Asia and the emerging markets. In this New Keynote address Caslione tells audiences what other businesses are doing to "Tap In" and leverage this very big opportunity NOW. There is a shift happening, and you do not want to miss this important global perspective when planning your next executive strategic planning session.

Compete Against Price in Today’s Global Economy

Today's competitive environment is not for the meek, but there are business strategies that work when competing in a price-driven marketplace in today's global economy. Caslione's Value-Added Strategies™ are used by Fortune 500's and is one of Caslione's most requested Global Business Keynotes for Sales Management teams.

All John Caslione Books

All firms are feeling the impact of the global economy. They must respond by globalizing their functions and building their capacity to recognize opportunities. Caslione's book Global Manifest Destiny provides an excellent starting point.

- Philip Kotler | Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

An excellent foundation of very insightful and practical strategies to create successful global and strategic supplier distribution strategies. John's workshops and guidance have provided a comprehensive and thoroughly researched guide for anyone who does or needs to develop global business activities.

- Mr. Carlo Ranucci | President & CEO, ExxonMobil Chemical Films, Europe