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John Baldoni
Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker, Best-selling author of 16 books at Baldoni Consulting LLC
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
John Baldoni is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, advisor and author of 15 books that have been translated into ten languages.
As a communications advisor, John specializes in helping executives communicate with clarity and conviction to internal and external audiences. These communications reinforce an executive’s ability to lead with purpose, courage and compassion.
John’s thought leadership is reflected in his writing as well as his choice of media: columns, videos and books. John also integrates piano improvisations into his keynotes which he illustrates with his still life photos. John was the long-time host of LinkedIn Live’s GRACE under pressure interview series, a platform that has enabled him to interview more than 250 global business, academic and thought leaders and doers.
John’s books include Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis;
Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World, GRACE: A Leader’s Guide to a Better Us, MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership, Lead with Purpose, Lead Your Boss and The Leader’s Pocket Guide.
John is also the author three collections of poetry, including Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World and Golf Lessons: Chips, Chunks and Cheers.
Thinkers 360 named John its No. 1 Thought Leader in Management for 2025, No. 2 Coaching in 2023 and a Top 10 Thought Leader for both Leadership and Management in 2022. In 2025, Global Gurus ranked John a Top 10 global leadership expert, a list he has been on since 2007. In 2018 Inc.com named John a Top 100 speaker and Trust Across America honored John with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Trust. In 2014 Inc.com listed John as a Top 50 leadership expert. John is also a member of 100 Coaches, a select group of business, science, medicine and coaching thought leaders founded by Marshall Goldsmith.
John’s newest venture is the Baldoni ChatBot, an AI-tool that uses John’s database of books, articles and videos to provide virtual answers to management and leadership questions. John recommends using Baldoni ChatBot for coaching clients who want to develop the skills of their direct reports.
John has authored more than 1000 leadership columns for a variety of online publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Bloomberg Businessweek. John also produced and appeared in a long-running video coaching series for Smart Brief, a news channel with over 4 million readers.
John is the author and host of two online leadership courses: “Leading through Change & Crisis” and “Leading with Resilience + Grace” for Methods of Leaders/100 Coaches. John’s leadership resource website is www.johnbaldoni.com
Available For: Advising, Consulting, Speaking Travels From: Ann Arbor MIchigan
Speaking Topics: Leadership, Influence, Purpose
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Leading through Change & Crisis: GRACE under pressure
Crisis can bring out the best in leaders; they must rise to the challenge of a world turned upside down. The very best leaders do this by leveraging their purpose with their sense of grace.
Leaders need to demonstrate resilience in the face of adversity, provide clarity in times of uncertainty, and deliver hope when fear abounds. And do it all with a sense of grace that reflects humility, empathy and respect for others.
In his keynote, John Baldoni reveals how leaders use the concept of grace to help us learn, grow and fulfill the “greater good.” The presentation explores three concepts:
• Take Care of Your Team (Adversity, Stress, Resilience, Affirmation)
• Take Care of Yourself (Make This Your Finest Hour!)
• Prepare for What’s Next (Capitalize on the Crisis)
MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership
Leading others to achieve positive results is not easy. Not only must leaders be smart, they must be resilient. They need to be able to view challenges as opportunities. And if they are knocked down they need to find ways to pick up themselves as well as their teams. In short successful leaders have something that distinguishes them from others.
We say they have “moxie” – one part determination, one part smarts, and one part courage!
Leaders need to be opportunistic in the sense of wanting to make positive things happen. Leaders also need to have the disposition to succeed as well as the inner resourcefulness to persevere. We call this the “right stuff to lead,” or X-factors. Leaders know that risk is involved with most ventures so they must be willing to do things differently. They must be innovators.
And all good leaders know that they by themselves accomplish very little. They must engage with others in order to achieve sustainable goals for themselves, their teams and their organizations. Moxie is an attribute that successful leaders utilize to make a positive difference in the world in which they live.
In his keynote “MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership,” John Baldoni will show how leaders can learn to:
• Mindfulness… Practice it consistently
• Opportunity… Capitalize on it
• X Factor… Put the “Right Stuff of Leadership” to work
• Innovation… Create pathways to success
• Engagement… Achieve intended results with others
Lead with Purpose: Give Your Organization a Reason to Believe in Itself
When an organization succeeds it is because they know what they do and why they do it. We say they have purpose.
When I speak to executives, I ask them: what would you give to have an entire company full of employees who know what they do, love it and want to keep on doing it. They smile wistfully knowing that such commitment is rare. But in reality it is only rare because companies do not take enough time nurturing such attitudes in the workplace.
It is up to leaders to make certain that organizational purpose is understood and acted upon. Based upon research and interviews with business executives in multiple sectors I have concluded that there are five key people-smart things that businesses must do to succeed in the new future.
In this presentation, John will explore:
• How defined purpose can help your team thrive and achieve
• Ways to make people your first priority
• How to turn good intentions into great results
• How to make employees “comfortable with the uncomfortable” (i.e. ambiguity)
• How make it safe to fail (and prevail)
• How to create your legacy with emerging leaders
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Baldoni Consulting LLC
Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker, Best-selling author of 16 books
Democracy Takes Effort and Heart
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Life Lessons from “The Wrecking Crew”
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June 08, 2026
Work may not always be what you want it to be, but if you make the best of it and surround yourself with people you like, then it can be something special. That is the message of a documentary called The Wrecking Crew, about a loosely-knit group of top-ranked session musicians – numbering as
Pope Leo’s Call to Action on AI
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May 26, 2026
CPope Leo XIV has issued his first encyclical; it is titled “Magnifica Humanitas,” and it is a proclamation about the rights of man as they apply to artificial intelligence. In doing so, Pope Leo is following in the footsteps of a namesake Pope Leo XIII, who authored “Rarem Novarum.” Penned
Tom Brady: Humor Opens the Door to Listening
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May 24, 2026
I have written many– some might say too many – columns about Tom Brady, and so when I wrote the last one about him after he had retired, I thought. That’s it. But no! The Back Story Brady was the 2026 commencement speaker at my alma mater, Georgetown, a curious twist because I had co
How Poetry Inspires Leadership Lessons
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May 17, 2026
Poetry is the art of getting to the heart of the matter. It gives structure to ideas that are often overlooked or ignored, but nonetheless must be explored. Poetry puts thoughts into verse in ways that make tough subjects approachable and accessible. Leadership, too, is about reaching th
Review of “Leadership in Verse”
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May 02, 2026
A leadership thinker uses poetry, reflection, and inspiring real-life stories to explore the heart, courage, humility, and grace needed to lead well in difficult times. In a leadership market saturated with data-driven frameworks and “hustle” culture, John Baldoni’s Leadership in Verse: Poems
Finding Poetry in Leadership
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Finding Purpose and Joy in Ritual
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Ritual! It’s a word that we are familiar with but seldom take the time to define. To many, a ritual is a habit, something we do regularly, like exercising, meditating, or attending a concert. Regularity may be inherent, but rituals carry more significance. “Ritual is a way of making invisible th
162 Games
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March 26, 2026
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Turning Leadership Lessons into Poetry
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March 16, 2026
The challenge to lead is ever-present. Leadership in Verse by John Baldoni reveals how to lead in times of challenge and stress by providing courage, compassion and grace. “Poetry is a medium that appeals to leaders because it speaks to the heart as well as to the spirit,
Pope Leo: Focus on Our “Better Angels”
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March 05, 2026
“I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form of abstinence: that of refraining from words that offend and hurt our neighbor.” These words are contained in a message from Pope Leo XIV about how to observe Lent, a Christian tradition marking 40 days before East
What a Greek Philosopher Can Teach Us about Keeping Our Ego in Check
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January 11, 2026
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A Thought for Ukraine
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January 11, 2026
After Pablo Picasso received word that Nazi dive bombers, flying on behalf of Franco’s Nationalist forces, had destroyed a city in the Basque country of his native Spain, he was inspired to memorialize the devastation. The result, a huge mural on canvas, would become a commemoration of the h
The Edmund Fitzgerald: Lessons in Courage and Community
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Rick Atkinson Brings Our Revolutionary History Alive
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January 09, 2026
Historian Rick Atkinson stated in a recent talk that Americans tend to view the American Revolution through a kind of rosy haze. InFate of the Day: The American War for Independence, Atkinson lays bare the myth, revealing instead the long, bloody war of lost treasure and immense suffering.
Leadership Lessons of the Old West
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January 09, 2026
Like many in my Boomer generation, I was raised on stories of the Old West. It was good guys versus bad guys, and the good guys always prevailed. The stories reassured viewers, especially youngsters like me, that if you abided by a code of truth, integrity, and honor, you too could prevail like the
Jeffrey Seller: Lessons from a Broadway Producer
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January 09, 2026
When is enough enough? Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller answered that question in an interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. “One of our jobs,” said Seller, “is to really try to feel how the audience is going to stay with the show through every moment of the show. And there’s a moment w
Learning to Learn at Your Own Pace
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January 09, 2026
In her memoir, The Empathy Diaries, Sherry Turkle writes about her third-grade teacher thought that all children should be taught Shakespeare, and when the students encountered a reference to sex, the teacher would say, “‘You’ll understand later; you don’t need to unders
Respect Others As You Would Have Them Respect You
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January 09, 2026
“Treat the team and the staff with respect.” That’s the number one rule that Mike Vrabel, newly installed head coach of the New England Patriots, has established. Vrabel, a former Patriot and head coach of the Tennessee Titans, understands that respect is essential to creating a culture of
Connection: The Real Reason We Listen
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January 09, 2026
Hearing is a science; listening is an art. So goes the opening line to The Third Ear, a new book by Elizabeth Rosner. It so intrigued me that I opened our interview by asking her to explain it: “There’s a difference between looking at something and observing something
Leading with Care
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January 09, 2026
It was my second visit to the pharmacy. It was busy with patients coming in to pick up prescriptions and get their COVID-19 or flu vaccinations. In other words, it was busy, and during my two visits over the past two weeks, I noticed that some patients had issues related to insurance hiccups or unfi
How to Keep Your Cool When Negotiations Heat Up
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August 09, 2025
One of the reasons negotiations grind to a halt is that one party is playing “the heavy” and the other party seems at a loss as to how to deal with the situation. In in those moments of hesitation, the heavy gets what they want and the acquiescent party gets little. It does not have … Cont
Are Your Ideas Ready for Prime Time?
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July 27, 2025
Your ideas aren’t big enough! That was said to me by an event planner who had hired me for a small conference but did not think I was ready for the bigger stage. Since the audience was in the finance sector, I took no offense. She was looking for a speaker who could address pressing … Contin
Echoes of Silence
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June 20, 2025
Sometimes, the best way to learn about someone is to stay silent. This is a method that Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hilton Als applied when he wrote a story for The New Yorker on the musician Prince. Rather than sit down and pepper the star with questions – a technique that many journalist
Can Boredom Help Us Succeed?
Linkedin
July 12, 2026
A line that sends every parent up the wall, especially as they watch their kids ignore their toys and instead fixate on their screens. In truth, parents, too – like all humans – get bored. Boredom can lead us to waste time either watching television or indulging in thrill seeking, excessive consumption of alcohol (or mind-altering substances) and other risky behaviors. Hey, we’re human!
Life Lessons from "The Wrecking Crew"
Linkedln
June 07, 2026
That is the message of a documentary called The Wrecking Crew, about a loosely-knit group of top-ranked session musicians – numbering as many as fifteen or more -- who backed some of the greatest artists of their time, including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, as well as backing for groups like the Beach Boys, The Byrds and the Monkees.
What a Greek Philosopher Can Teach Us about Keeping Our Ego in Check
Linkedln
March 29, 2026
Much of the management and leadership literature focuses on how leaders can draw on their best selves to lead their teams and organizations. We authors want to provide the positive attributes as they apply to communication, motivation, inspiration and management itself. Doing so gives readers insights into taking positive steps.
Rick Atkinson Brings Our Revolutionary History Alive
Linkedin
March 22, 2026
In this second volume of his trilogy, Atkinson chronicles defeat after defeat that Colonial forces suffered at the hands of the British and their Hessian mercenaries. Saratoga, Brandywine, Philadelphia, Penobscot Bay, and Monmouth all contributed to the Americans' losses.
Leadership Lessons from the Old West
Linkedln
January 18, 2026
Like many in my Boomer generation, I was raised on stories of the Old West. It was good guys versus bad guys, and the good guys always prevailed. The stories reassured viewers, especially youngsters like me, that if you abided by a code of truth, integrity, and honor, you too could prevail like the men (yes, it was mostly men)of yesteryear.
It was my second visit to the pharmacy. It was busy with patients coming in to pick up prescriptions and get their COVID-19 or flu vaccinations. In other words, it was busy, and during my two visits over the past two weeks, I noticed that some patients had issues related to insurance hiccups or unfilled scripts.
Jeffrey Seller: Lessons from a Broadway Producer
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If we were to substitute organization for employees, we would uncover a key element of change management, or indeed management in general. Employees can only do so much – be it change or implement new priorities – before reaching a breaking point.
Earn Your Second Chance
Linkedin
November 30, 2025
A good number of senior executives with whom I have worked have told me that at some point in their early careers, a senior colleague or maybe a boss pulled them aside and gave them some frank advice: if you don’t stop behaving so entitled, you will end up out on your ear. And fortunately for them – and those they would one day manage – they listened. They received a second chance and made the most of it.
Yes, I was once a barman...
Linkedin
November 23, 2025
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Grace and PTOD-OS: Cultural Intelligence of Leadership Excellence
Linkedln
October 27, 2025
My dear friend and colleague, Terry Jackson, Ph. D, has developed an exceptional operating system that is flexible, agile and adaptable because it is organically based. It makes strategy and metrics accessible because it frames them in ways we humans can understand more readily and more deeply.
Grace is endemic to the human condition. While it is often associated with faith – and rightly so – grace itself is unaffiliated. It emerges from how we feel about one another. For some, it is the gift received. For others, it is a matter of giving to give. For all, it is available to be had, to be held, and to be used for self and others.
Using Your Values to Create Your Legacy
Linkedin
September 07, 2025
When Harry Kraemer stepped down as CEO of Baxter, Inc., he was unsure what he would do next. Dean Don Jacobs of Kellogg School of Management knew exactly what he wanted Harry to do—teach.
I perked up when veteran golf pro Tim Katanski said that to me. While I have been playing golf for decades -- and, of course, I knew that you don't strike the ball directly when it's resting on the sand -- I had never heard it expressed so clearly
AI Justice: What to Watch For
Linkedln
August 20, 2025
Generative AI is rewriting the future of our businesses and our communities. The challenge I have always thought is to ensure that the good work AI can do outweighs the harm that AI in the hands of malign forces can inflict.
It Don't Take Much To Show a Little Love
Linkedln
June 22, 2025
A reporter arranges for an interview with Armando Iannucci, the noted creator of such shows as Veep and movies like The Death of Stalin. In his darkly comic work, characters are willfully mean to one another. The reporter is Nancy Updike, and her interview will be for a show she edits This American Life. She is a big fan of Iannucci's work and is eager to conduct the interview.
As the Civil War was concluding, Abraham Lincoln met with his top generals and staff aboard the River Queen in Williamsport, Virginia, in late March 1865. Part of this meeting is depicted in the famous painting The Peacemakers. When discussing how to treat the defeated South, Lincoln said that the Union must “let them up easy.”
If The Pope Can Look for Laughs So Can We
Linkedln
February 09, 2025
Of all the things you think the Pope should be doing – supervising the running of a global organization, greeting people from all walks of life — including presidents and potentates —- and yes, keeping the faith, the last thing you might expect him to do is author an op-ed in the New York Times on the subject of humor.
Three Ways to Keep Your Team Fresh and Focused
Linkedln
January 26, 2025
Tom Fontana, executive producer of Homicide: Life on the Streets, recalled this lesson in an interview on Fresh Air. As much as this police procedural, running from 1993 to 1999, was a different kind of show, the actors found themselves falling into routines.
Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis
PostHill Press
April 25, 2023
Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis focuses on three things leaders need to do when change and adversity strike: take care of their people, take care of themselves, and prepare for the future. And they must do it all with a sense of grace—calmly, collectedly, and compassionately.
El líder moxie: La fórmula secreta para un liderazgo audaz y valiente
Amazon
July 19, 2021
Los líderes de hoy en día necesitan ser conscientes tanto de sus circunstancias como de sus fortalezas y debilidades. Necesitan tener la disposición para triunfar, pero también para ser recursivos y perseverar. Los líderes deben estar dispuestos a hacer cosas novedosas, y también a inspirarse en rasgos ya probados, como la audacia y la valentía.
Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World
Printopya
June 01, 2021
Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World addresses the fear, isolation, resilience and endurance that faced leaders in an unprecedented time. The arc of the book, marked with ups and downs, begins in a place of darkness but ends in a place of light and hope.
Grace Notes reveals how leader can become more resilient and more capable of leading themselves and their teams. The author’s photography provides an added dimension that augments the tone and provides visual punctuation.
Grace: A Leader's Guide to a Better Us
Amazon
February 07, 2020
John Baldoni’s new book on the power of grace is a must-listen for all of us, particularly for anyone seeking to serve in a leadership role. In a world where good manners and courtesy sometimes seem to have gone out of style, this audiobook is a practical guide for bettering relationships in all types of human connections.
A COMEDIC SUMMARY OF John Baldoni's MOXIE: THE SECRET GUIDE TO BOLD AND GUTSY LEADERSHIP
Amazon
April 18, 2019
I figured this book would depict a guy in a fedora with a cigar in his hand who fast talks like a stereotypical 1920’s gangster, “Yeah see, those coppers will never finger me, see, I got moxie, see. You stool pigeons are making Rocky mad see, so beat it bozo or it will be curtains for you, see.” Alas I was mistaken. It is a simple acronym. MOXIE is an acronym that stands for (SPOILER ALERT!!!) Mindfulness Opportunity X-factor Innovation Engagement. This is a good book. I like it. If you can master these five traits you are a bold and gutsy leader.
GRACE: A Leader's Guide to a Better Us
Indigo River Publications
September 09, 2012
GRACE: A Leader's Guide to a Better Us illustrates how leaders bring individuals together for a common cause by acting with generosity, respect and compassion.
180 Ways to Walk The Motivation Talk
Amazon
March 19, 2012
It's one of the most important yet underutilized factors affecting business today. And, fact is, your very success hinges on the ability of leaders throughout your organization to make it happen. It's called MOTIVATION ... and it's what this handbook is all about. This quick-reference handbook provides leaders at all levels with insights, strategies, and "how-to" techniques they can use immediately to "light a fire" under others ... and themselves.
Lead with Purpose: Giving Your Organization a Reason to Believe in Itself
Amazon
November 30, 2011
Internationally recognized speaker, executive coach, writer, and leader John Baldoni believes it’s up to those at the top to bring meaning to employees’ day-to-day work. In this encouraging guide, he’ll show you what it takes to build a company of committed employees from your current workforce--using nothing more than a toolkit of powerful leadership skills. Featuring illuminating stories, interviews, and profiles of leaders from a variety of fields, Lead with Purpose can help all leaders take their organizations to the next level. You’ll learn how to: instill your team with a sense of ownership; spotlight your organization’s mission; encourage resourcefulness and flexibility; harness creativity and the desire to succeed; transform a shared vision into real results; and develop the next generation of leaders.At successful organizations, people know what they do and why they do it. With these practical tips and applicable techniques, you’ll not only improve your leadership skills--you’ll bring a sense of purpose to your workplace that produces incredible outcomes.
12 Steps to Power Presence: How to Assert Your Authority to Lead
Amazon
April 06, 2010
Acclaimed author, speaker, and coach John Baldoni maintains that “leadership presence” is a form of communication, which therefore can be learned. But merely thinking good thoughts and voicing good intentions is never enough; ethical actions are the cornerstone of any leader’s position. In this succinct, provocative, no-punches-pulled read, he demonstrates how managers can improve their presence strategically and tactically to develop the trust of their people so that they can accomplish their goals and the goals of the organization. Baldoni't book 12 Steps to Power Presence does this by defining what genuine leadership presence is, including the five attributes of authority, and discussing right and wrong ways to demonstrate leadership based on real-life examples. Readers will learn: how to communicate objectives in ways that get people on board--even when it comes to tough subjects like layoffs, closures, and terminations; how to avoid the pitfalls of “analysis paralysis”; how to instill genuine pride in your team members for their own work and the company’s; and how to share your insights with your team to coach them and create future leaders. Philosophers and management theorists have endlessly debated--and just as endlessly written about--the most important qualities of the world’s top leaders. Ultimately, 12 Steps to Power Presence will guide you through the process of discovering, developing, and delivering on the most impactful leadership trait within your control: your presence.
The AMA Handbook of Leadership
Amazon
January 13, 2010
Filled with powerful examples, full case studies, and previously unpublished articles from the greatest leadership thinkers of our time, this game-changing guide features insights on a wide range of timely and timeless leadership topics. You’ll learn about talent development, gaining a competitive advantage through leadership, leading across cultures, sustainability, executive transition, and much more. The AMA Handbook of Leadership features new writing from names including Frances Hesselbein, R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., Dave Ulrich, John (Jack) Zenger, Nancy J. Adler, John Baldoni, Judith M. Bardwick, Marshall Goldsmith, James F. Bolt, Marc Effron, Joe Folkman, Colin Gautrey, Paul Hersey, Maya Hu-Chan, Beverly Kaye, and Paula Kruger.In a challenging business climate, enterprises look to their leaders. Some situations call for drastic change, while others require the fortitude to stay the course. With these insightful tips from the leadership experts, any business leader will be equipped to overcome challenges and drive results.
Lead Your Boss: The Subtle Art of Managing Up
Amazon
October 14, 2009
Acclaimed leader John Baldoni teaches ambitious managers how to get their ideas heard--and acted upon. In Lead Your Boss, he provides readers with both a powerful new approach and timeless methods for influencing their bosses and their peers and earning rapport with senior leadership teams. You’ll how to leverage positive traits--like initiative, resilience, empathy, and courage--to manage up, and will explore proven strategies for: developing spheres of influence, handling tough issues, asserting yourself diplomatically, putting the team first, persuading up, establishing trust, using organizational politics to everyone’s advantage, and inspiring others throughout your organization. Every manager on the move wants to have influence at the top. Featuring instructive stories based on real-life experiences from leaders at all levels, this secret weapon for middle managers reveals effective, tactical advice for becoming a key player in any organization even before you reach the C-Suite.
Lead by Example: 50 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Results
Amazon
October 08, 2008
To be effective, the people in charge must give their team a reason to follow them and work together. Lead by Example reveals the simple things that you can do every day to give your team a reason to believe in and follow your guidance. It would seem easy, but as leadership guru John Baldoni explains, establishing this level of trust in your abilities as a leader takes a lifetime of trying to put it into practice. In his award-winning book, readers will learn how to do this by: listening for ideas; managing around obstacles; defusing tension; checking their egos; standing up for what they believe in; managing crises; developing team confidence; recruiting good people; effectively delivering bad news; handling defeat; and even engaging their enemies. Great leadership requires decisiveness, authority, conviction, compassion, and, most important, the ability to set the right example. Filled with examples of visionary leaders who have overcome their own shortcomings and achieved greatness, Lead by Example will show readers how to build trust, drive results, and win the respect of the people they lead.
Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders (POD)
Amazon
January 13, 2005
Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders explores the leadership styles of many of the world's most influential leaders in business, the military, sports, and politics and extracts powerful lessons that managers can put to work in their organizations. Drawing upon his years of experience as a leadership consultant, visionary, and coach, John Baldoni, author of the highly successful Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders:
Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders
Amazon
July 08, 2003
Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders gives anyone from managers to executives an unparalleled opportunity to do just that. John Baldoni explores the communication styles of many of the world's most influential leaders and extracts powerful lessons that leaders of all stripes can use to improve their communication skills and overall leadership effectiveness. Drawing upon his years of experience as a top leadership consultant, visionary and coach, Baldoni:
Personal Leadership : Taking Control of Your Work
Amazon
January 02, 2001
First-time managers are gripped by two overriding emotions: the thrill of being in charge, and the terror of being in charge. First-time managers want to do what is right for themselves, their people, and their organization, but all too often they do not have the resources to help them.
Now they do!
Personal Leadership: Taking Control of Your Work Life provides skill-building information that first-time managers can use to become leaders.
180 Ways To Walk The Leadership Talk
Amazon
November 22, 2000
Do your people know the difference between being a "boss" and being a "leader"? They better! Fact is: Your bottom line is ON the line! It's no secret that leadership (or the lack of it) is the most critical factor affecting your current and future business success. Yet far too many key people are expected to assume leadership roles without being given the guidance and support necessary to do the job ... and they're struggling. They need help. They need tools. More than anything else, THEY NEED A MAP to show them the way. And here it is! 180 Ways To Walk The Leadership Talk is a quick-reference handbook packed with ideas, techniques, and strategies to help current and future leaders shape an environment that attracts and retains the people you need and produces the results you want.
John Baldoni: Assisting YOU to Find Your Purpose
CIOLook
May 10, 2022
From writing executive speeches to delivering keynotes on stage, John Baldoni leverages his ability to communicate with a passion for helping others see the best in themselves. John fulfills his mission in three ways: executive coaching, writing books and articles, speaking on what it means to lead with clarity, conviction, and compassion.
The LIFT Podcast – Leadership Under Pressure
LIFT PodCast
April 19, 2022
In this episode of the LIFT Podcast Richard talks to John Baldoni, a globally recognized leadership educator and certified Master Corporate Executive Coach. With a background in corporate communication and speech writing, John has also authored 15 books that have been translated into ten languages. He is a LinkedIn Live host, and his work has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal.
Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. John Baldoni - Speaker, Executive Coach & Best-Selling Author
AQai Adaptability Assessments
March 22, 2022
John Baldoni - is a globally recognized leadership educator, certified Master Corporate Executive Coach, LinkedIn Live hosts, and author of more than 800 leadership columns, and 15 books that have been translated into ten languages. John is the host of LinkedIn Live’s GRACE under pressure.
In 2021, the International Federation of Learning and Development named John a World-Class Mentor and named him to its Hall of Fame. In 2022, Global Gurus ranked John a Top 20 global leadership expert, a list he has been on since 2007. In 2018 Inc.com named John a Top 100 speaker and Trust Across America honoured John with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Trust. In 2014 Inc.com listed John as a Top 50 leadership expert.
Ross and John talk about leadership, studying leadership, coaching, writing, the workplace, exploring new ideas, purpose, grace, community in the workplace, mindset, vision, resilience and crisis, taking care of yourself, work and life balance and overworking. The pair also discuss self awareness, self care, patience, remaining calm, mindfulness, humility, empowering others, strategy, curiosity sparking creativity and debating ideas.
GRACE under pressure: Rachel Adams
Youtube
June 03, 2025
Rachel Adams is a writer and Professor of English at Columbia University. She is the author of numerous academic articles and book reviews, as well as three books. Her most recent book is Love, Money, Duty. She is also the author of Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery, published by Yale University Press, Sideshow U.S.A.: Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination and Continental Divides: Remapping the Cultures of North America (both published by the University of Chicago Press). Rachel is co-editor, with Benjamin Reiss and David Serlin, of Keywords for Disability Studies, published by New York University Press. Her writing has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Washington Post, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Salon, and the Times of London. She also blogs for Huffington Post.
GRACE under pressure: Charles Rosin
Youtube
May 06, 2025
Charles Rosin is an Emmy-nominated writer-producer for television series such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Northern Exposure, and Dawson's Creek. Charles has taught writing and the art of pitching a television series at UCLA and USC, as well as Stand-Up Comedy for at-risk Middle School kids in Los Angeles. He is the creator of the “Rosin Report,” a monthly newsletter that offers readers an eclectic, personalized and somewhat nostalgic look at the people and places of Los Angeles where he resides.
GRACE under pressure: Elizabeth Rosner
Youtube
April 29, 2025
Elizabeth Rosner is an author and teacher whose work focuses on the redemptive power of storytelling and deep listening. Her six books have been translated into twelve languages and have received literary prizes in the US and abroad. Her most recent book, THIRD EAR: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening, blends personal stories of growing up in a multilingual household with multidisciplinary research about sound and silence in the natural world. Her previous book, SURVIVOR CAFÉ: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory, was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award, and her first novel, THE SPEED OF LIGHT, won Hadassah Magazine’s Ribalow Prize in 2002, judged by Elie Wiesel. Elizabeth leads writing workshops internationally; her teaching carries forward a message of perseverance and tenacious optimism.
GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Jeff Wetzler
Youtube
May 30, 2024
JEFF WETZLER is co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized innovation organization, and an expert in learning and human potential. Wetzler combines unique leadership experiences spanning more than 25 years in business and education, as a management consultant to the world’s top corporations, a learning facilitator for leaders around the world, and as Chief Learning Officer at Teach For America.
GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Robert Waldinger M.D.
Youtube
March 28, 2024
Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and cofounder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. Dr. Waldinger received his AB from Harvard College and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and he directs a psychotherapy teaching program for Harvard psychiatry residents. He is also a Zen master (Roshi) and teaches meditation in New England and around the world. Robert is the co-author of the book The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness www.robertwaldinger.com
GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Diana Wu David
John Baldoni
May 03, 2022
Diana Wu David, formerly an executive with the Financial Times, is a work futurist and CEO/board whisperer. She helps people and organizations understand the future to create inspiring futures that matter. Her clients have included Hashkey Digital Assets, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, London Stock Exchange, Mandarin Oriental, Wharf, Expedia, the World Bank and KPMG. She also teaches at HKU and Columbia Business School in Asia. She began her career and leadership education as an assistant to Dr. Henry Kissinger.
A contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Inc, Global Focus and Nikkei Asia, she is also author of best-selling Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration, a book about how to adopt more agile mindsets and practices to prepare for success in a fast-changing world, across a 100-year life. www.dianawudavid.com
GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Christine Porath
Grace under pressure
March 30, 2022
Christine Porath is a tenured professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. She's the author of Mastering Community, Mastering Civility, and co-author of The Cost of Bad Behavior.
Her speaking and consulting clients include Google, United Nations, World Bank, Microsoft, Genentech, Marriott, World Health Organization, and Cleveland Clinic. She has written for the Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
She received her BA from College of the Holy Cross, where she was a member of the women's basketball and soccer teams, and her PhD from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Porath worked for International Management Group (IMG), a leading sports management firm.
Leading Through Change & Crisis: Grace under Pressure
Location: Online Date : July 31, 2022 - July 01, 2023 Organizer: Baldoni Consulting LLC
When adversity strikes, leaders must know how to lead their people with courage, conviction, and compassion. Crisis reveals character. With John Baldoni's newest online course, Leading Through Change & Crisis, leaders can learn how to improve their leadership abilities. Baldoni is a globally-recognized leadership educator, executive coach, and author of many leadership books.
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