Profile/Biography

About the Trainer

After immigrating to Australia from Scotland in 1966, Jack changed his career from engineering to the military serving in the Police Dog Section of the RAAF. During his service Jack had postings in every State of Australia with the exception of WA and Tasmania.

On resigning from the RAAF Jack then focused on sales working for such companies as 3M, Glaxo, Musashi and Bio-Organics in positions ranging from Sales Representative through to National Sales Manager. During this time Jack not only owned and operated a sheep farm and bred Quarter Horses over and above his selling career, he also taught and ran 3 Taekwondo schools having at one time over 150 students from White Belts to Black Belts. Jack is a 2nd Dan black belt in Taekwondo, 1st Dan in Karate and brown belt in Judo. These experiences made up a very colourful life to develop his unique training style. Jack sold his farm in 1986 and sought new challenges and a new direction.

Much of the personal development and sales training in those days seemed cumbersome and lacked the flow of natural communication. In 1987-88 Jack attended his 1st NLP training and so started a passion that has continued to this day with every indication of continuing. These NLP skills enhanced his selling techniques and opened up a new style of Selling. People Skills and Personal Interaction which created changes and greater lifestyle choices.

In 1995 Jack began serious NLP education and training with Peter Dawson of Integrated Learning. Over the years Jack has conducted training on Communication Skills, Selling Skills, Timeline and Presentation Skills with excellent reviews, results and feedback. In 2005 Jack completed a long overdue accreditation as an NLP Trainer under Peter Dawson.

Since 1995 Jack has held positions as Job Club Leader in guiding long term unemployed back to the workforce. He has taught at 2 private business colleges and now lectures at RMIT University in Marketing and related subjects. Not only were others challenged to make changes in their lives, so also was Jack which lead him to other studies where he gained his Master of Education (teaching), Diploma of Marketing and NLP Trainer Certification amongst others. From this background of learning and experiences evolved Future Shapers which specialises in training for corporate level, government and personal development. Jack has presented at 2 New Zealand Learning Conventions as well as Indonesia, Scotland, England and various Stated in Australia

Future Shapers Training programs are designed to deliver at a sophisticated and effective level to produce long lasting results in the areas of:-

Presentation Skills With Pizzazz.
Sales Training Skills planning for results.
Negotiation skills Win/win in getting to YES!
Teaching Skills Classroom Magic
Training Making the training alive and energetic
Communication Skills With clarity and finesse.
Timeline Goal Planning and Achievement.

Clients

Various organizations have contracted Jack to deliver specialized training in the areas of communications and sales techniques. Local Government and corporate level training has been conducted by such companies as

City of Kingston
Frankston City Council
Dandenong City Council
Harvey Colt Carter
Toyota
Safeway
Telstra
Others

Education

Jack has conducted various workshops and training courses for teachers, trainers and students alike focusing on areas of teaching and learning styles. A major interest has been the development of teaching and learning strategies to improve both the delivery of information by teachers and the enhancement of the students learning. Jack has been the recipient of two Distinguished Teaching Awards at RMIT and has been guest speaker and presenter at such organizations as:-

Toastmasters
Kiwanis International
Ardoch Youth Foundation
Rotary International
Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA).
New Zealand Learning Convention.

Sport

During his Taekwondo training, Jack utilized his NLP skills to advance students in style, precision, flexibility and competitive fighting with great success. These successes include Local, State, National and International Champions.

Personal Interests

With his passion for continued improvement in teaching and learning, Jack has pursued leading edge skills and techniques for both classroom and training room. Developing workshops to enhance the delivery of information at all levels, Jack has aimed at artistry for the presenter using Accelerative Learning to meet the demands of a more sophisticated student in today’s environment.

There is still a strong personal interest in Martial Arts, Continuous and Ongoing Learning with new horizons for education. Jack’s religious and spiritual interests also have a bearing on these studies coupled with an avid interest in cultural differences (and similarities).

Jack is a Fellow of the Australian Sales and Marketing Institute and has been appointed to the advisory panel for Dimension 2006.

What Others Have Said

“Learning with Jack Shearer is like turning a light on in my head after years of living in the dark”
Sally Ridden RMIT Student

“Jack is a highly qualified and experienced trainer…with a passion and commitment for training, his sessions are worthwhile, effective and motivating – a complete learning experience”
Margaret Devlin. Centre for Organisational Development.