John Cleese

John Cleese's Biography

More than just a comedic legend, John Cleese helps businesses understand the importance of creativity and its direct relationship to productivity, innovation, corporate spirit and customer service.

Fans of comedy will instantly recognize John Cleese: a co-founder of the groundbreaking and influential British television comedy Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Cleese later went on to further success on British television, playing beleaguered hotelier Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers. Cleese has continued his acting career, with recurring roles in the popular Harry Potter film series and the James Bond film series. In presentations that are fully customized to meet your needs, Cleese can help you understand how humor and laughter can unleash creativity and better train your staff. In addition, Cleese can also present on corporate business skills. Cleese’s humorous presentations help businesses understand the difference between successful customer service – and what can happen when it goes horribly awry.

John Cleese’s Presentation Topic:

The Importance of Creativity
Too often businesses are all about one thing: business. With an eye ruthlessly fixed on the bottom line, businesses sometimes neglect to remember that the human capacity for enjoyment and fun can make for much better business climates than those in which an eye is invariably fixed on margins, overhead and costs. John Cleese, one of the most influential comic writers and actors of the past 40 years, shows you how an element of creativity in the business world can reap untold dividends, from recruitment, training and retaining employees, to better and more enjoyable customer service, to helping businesses innovate and accommodate change.