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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 and author of 16 books that have been translated into ten languages.

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 is also the host of LinkedIn Live’s GRACE under pressure interview series, a platform that has enabled him to interview more a hundred 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.

In 2022, Thinkers 360 named John a Top 10 Thought Leader for both Leadership and Management. In 2023, Global Gurus ranked John a Top 20 global leadership expert, a list he has been on since 2007. In 2021, the International Federation of Learning and Development named John a World-Class Mentor and named him to its Hall of Fame. 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 the renowned 100 Coaches, a group of executive coaches and thought leaders from the worlds of business, academia and social service. 100 Coaches was founded by Marshall Goldsmith.

John established a career as a highly sought-after executive coach, where he has had the privilege of working with senior leaders in virtually every industry from pharmaceutical to real estate, packaged goods to automobiles, and finance to health care.

John has authored more than 800 leadership columns for a variety of online publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Inc.com. John also produced and appears in a video coaching series for SmartBrief, 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

Speaking Fee $15,000 (In-Person)

Personal Speaking Website: www.johnbaldoni.com
John Baldoni Points
Academic 0
Author 1827
Influencer 285
Speaker 10
Entrepreneur 0
Total 2122

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John Baldoni Keynote Speaker Reel
November 20, 2021
Working with John Baldoni
November 20, 2021
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November 20, 2021

Featured Topics

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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Areas of Expertise

AI 30.03
Business Strategy 30.08
Coaching 85.05
Culture 32.89
Design Thinking 30.05
Entrepreneurship 30.20
Health and Wellness 30.08
HR 34.84
Innovation 30.07
Leadership 57.77
Management 96.41
Mental Health 32.03
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Social 30.44
SportsTech 30.22
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Automotive
Consumer Products
Federal & Public Sector
Financial Services & Banking
Healthcare
High Tech & Electronics
Media
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Publications

132 Article/Blogs
How Kindness Can Help Transform Horror into Poetry
John Baldoni
December 13, 2024
Chief among the insights we gain from reading history is that what we read is often relevant to what we are experiencing today. Such is the case with Soldiers Don’t Go Mad: A Story of Brotherhood, Poetry, and Mental Illness During the First World War by Charles Glass.

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

Anne Chow Knows What It Takes to Lead Bigger (And Better)
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November 08, 2024
Sometimes, the best way to define something is to describe what it is not. That approach is exactly what Anne Chow took when describing a form of management she defines as “small.” Included are habits such as being penny-wise and pound-foolish, using a narrow lens, micromanaging, missing

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Tags: Management, Leadership

How Can We Find the Upside to Disruption?
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October 23, 2024
Once upon a time, disruption became synonymous with radical change. Corporations struggling to cope with Asian competition rushed to reinvent how they thought, planned and operated. Disruption was king. Until it wasn’t. Companies that embraced it realized that disruption was not something to be ch

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Tags: Management, Leadership

Three Ways to Keep Your Team Fresh and Focuses
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October 10, 2024
Sometimes, you have to mix it up to keep things fresh. One of the best ways to do that is by bringing in new people. 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, R

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Tags: Leadership, Management

5 Ways the Baldoni ChatBot Can Help You
Linkedln
September 14, 2024
The Baldoni ChatBot distinguishes itself from other management chatbots primarily through its integration of John Baldoni's extensive body of work and its focus on leadership and management insights.

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What It Takes to Give a Great Speech
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September 13, 2024
It’s the season of speeches. Every four years, Americans are treated to oratory by speakers of both parties who address their national party conventions. The purpose of such oratory is less to persuade than to fire up the attendees who will sally forth from their respective conventions determi

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3 Ways To Keep Your Team Fresh And Focused
Forbes
September 04, 2024
Sometimes, you have to mix it up to keep things fresh. This works when managing television productions as well as in businesses.

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When Negotiations Stall, Go Big
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August 28, 2024
Think big! Even better, act big! Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, expressed that sentiment when commenting on how the deal for the prisoner release was executed. Haass, a former diplomat, said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe that sometimes, when things l

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How To Give A Great Speech
Forbes
August 22, 2024
Every four years, Americans are treated to oratory by speakers of both parties who address their national party conventions. The purpose of such oratory is less to persuade than to fire up the attendees who will sally forth from their respective conventions determined to mobilize forces for their candidates up and down the ballot.

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Putting Ego Second
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August 21, 2024
There used to be a saying in baseball that a player’s legs were the first to go. Comedian George Burns, who performed well into his eighties, would deadpan, taking out his cigar, “No, the legs are the second,” referring to a loss of virility. When it comes to leadership—as with so ma

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Making the Moral Choice That Matters
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July 25, 2024
As I was reading Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Touch Choices by Travis Rieder, the title of a children’s book I used to read to my children came to mind — The World Is Big and I’m So Small. Yes, the world is big, and sadly, unlike in the children’s b

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Tags: Management, Leadership

The Urgent Need to Protect Tacit Knowledge
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July 02, 2024
A key to Japanese manufacturing prowess is kaizen, the discipline of continuous improvement grounded in worker involvement partnering with management to accomplish program goals. Inherent with kaizen is gemba, meaning “the actual place,” precisely where the work is done. When people de

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Tags: Leadership, Management

How the Storytelling Process Can Make You a Better Coach
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June 26, 2024
Storytelling is an essential part of leadership communications. In the following sentence, Steve Almond, author of Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow, writes: “The most fundamental question for readers is to who we’re being ask to care about, what they desire, and what sort of trouble they enc

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How Thought Leaders Are Using AI
Linkedln
June 09, 2024
Welcome to Grace Under Pressure where we explore what it takes to lead with caring, compassion and courage. If you like my take on leadership, please sign up for my coaching newsletter.

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How to Live ‘The Good Life’
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May 31, 2024
Is there a secret to living a better and happier life? In The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, Robert Waldinger, M.D., and Marc Schultz, Ph.D., co-directors of the Harvard Adult Development study, write “Positive relationships are essential to h

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Understanding Bad Leadership
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May 24, 2024
Catch this clip of Professor Barbara Kellerman of the Harvard Kennedy School talking about “The Social Disease of Bad Leadership.” Synopsis: In the YouTube video “GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Barbara Kellerman,” Barbara Kellerman, a Harvard Kennedy School Center fo

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Inspire Your Leadership
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April 22, 2024
Think deeply while reading these poems and they will get to the bottom of your heart. The Leader’s Path will make you better. Dr. Oleg Konovalov, the da Vinci of visionary leadership, author of The Fisherman’s Path to Leadership and The Vision Code ++ Explore themes of purpose, teamwork,

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Tags: Management, Leadership

Kenan Thompson: Knowing What You Do Best
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April 22, 2024
If Kenan Thompson ever decided to give up his career in show business, he could be a master trainer teaching teams how to put ego aside for the good of the team. “I’m tough with self-praise,” Thompson tells Tonya Mosley on Fresh Air, “but I am definitely an ensemble-m

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Resilience Forged In Fire And Steeled With Hope
Forbes
March 28, 2024
“Part of resilience is shouldering the burden of knowledge to make a difference.”

Writes Joseph Pfeifer, the first on-scene battalion fire chief at the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan on 9/11. The comment, contained in his memoir Ordinary Heroes, refers to his initial reluctance to accept a promotion to deputy chief in the months after 9/11.

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Master Your Craft by Reflecting On It
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March 19, 2024
Sometimes, you must slow down to realize what you like doing. In an interview on Fresh Air with Sam Briger, actor Paul Giamatti was reflecting on what it was like to work with young actor Dominic Sessa in his first film role, The Holdovers. Giamatti praised Dominic for his a

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The Servant Leader (ai)
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March 04, 2024
With open eyes I see the need,  And open heart I plant the seed,  Of service rooted deep within,  That grows through care my soul has sown. I walk among with ready hand,  To lift the fallen where they stand,  And voice of calm that stills the storms,  That rage within t

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The Leader’s Path (ai)
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March 04, 2024
The road is long, the way unsure,  Yet still I forge ahead each day.  With purpose strong and vision pure,  I guide my team along the way. No obstacle can block our route. No setback can our spirits shake.  Each challenge makes our will take root,  And models courage we can

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Tags: Management, Leadership

How Thought Leaders Are Using AI
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March 04, 2024
For many people, the concept of AI sends shivers up the spine. For others, it may breed resentment or even fear. For those in the thought leadership field – business advisors, coaches and consultants – AI is here. And for that reason, “fear and loathing” (to borrow from Hunter S. Thompson’

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Tags: Management, Leadership

Jackie Gleason: The Great One Dishes on Talent
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February 22, 2024
Is talent a gift or a burden? In his only interview with Johnny Carson, Jackie Gleason said, “Talent is a very annoying thing because you can’t take any credit for it. It’s a gift from God, and you’re stuck with that. Somebody says you’re good… God did it,” Gleason

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Michigan Wolverines: Competence, Confidence, Community
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February 16, 2024
When teams perform well, credit goes to their leaders, often at the team’s expense. Good leaders know that little gets done if team members do not coalesce around the mission. A case in point might be the Michigan Wolverines, which captured its first national championship title in over a quart

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Tags: Management, Leadership

21 Author Newsletters
A Lesson from Bruce Springsteen
LinkedIn
December 08, 2024
Another word for that kind of performance is professionalism. The great entertainers – musicians, singers, actors, comedians – lay it all out. They do not sit on their laurels. They make every performance special. And in an era when ego is too often celebrated over talent, Springsteen is a testament to what it means to put your audience first.

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

William Ury: The Possibilities of Achieving the Common Good
LinkedIn
November 10, 2024
We are living in a toxic stew of misinformation, disinformation, and hyperpartisanship that is ripping the fabric of our society apart. Some folks are despairing. One person is not. He is William Ury, who, for the past 40 years, has been working with people seeking to negotiate the most challenging crises from South Africa and the Middle East, as well as in corporate board rooms and union bargaining sessions.

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

Making a Moral Choice That Matters
LinkedIn
October 06, 2024
As I was reading Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Touch Choices by Travis Rieder, the title of a children’s book I used to read to my children came to mind — The World Is Big and I’m So Small.

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

What Music Can Teach Us about Doing Our Best
LinkedIn
September 22, 2024
Understanding one's limitations is often difficult for high achievers. Musicians says Ma may push themselves into the trap of the "industrial aesthetic"—error-free performance, as can be done in manufacturing.

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

Show that You Believe In Your Players
LinkedIn
July 25, 2024
Sometimes, the best thing a leader can do for a direct report is to express belief in them. This mantra played a crucial part in the new documentary 99 about Manchester United's storied season in the last year of the century when it won "The Treble," something no English team had ever done.

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Breathe More Air into What You Say
LinkedIn
June 30, 2024
Comedian Tom Smothers made this statement to TV critic David Bianculli in a 1997 interview for Fresh Air. “I believe that timing [is] the most important - silence is probably the most important part of music. And silence or tension is one of the most important things in comedy.”

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

What My Father Taught Me
LinkedIn
June 16, 2024
On this Father's Day I want to share the example my Father taught me... more with his example than his words. Dad was a family physician in a small town. He cared deeply for his patients and his community. He -- and my Mother -- stood tall for the rights of those who had had little and needed an advocate. And because of his service (and his sense of humor) he made the world better for them. And me. Bless your memory, Dad.

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

Phil Klay: Finding Meaning in a Time of Ambiguity
Linkedln
May 26, 2024
One does not just read Phil Klay; one experiences his writing deeply. Be it fiction or nonfiction, Klay’s writing evokes a visceral response. He writes about what it is like to be in a war zone and how that experience shapes everything that happens next.

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Dr. Monica Vermani
Youtube
May 21, 2024
One of Canada’s highest-rated clinical psychologists, Dr. Monica Vermani is a public speaker, teacher, and author in the field of mental health and wellness. In her private practice, Dr. Vermani provides a multi-faceted treatment approach in treating adolescents and adults suffering from trauma/abuse, mood, anxiety, substance addictions, and other related conditions and disorders, as well as family and couples therapy.

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

Inspire Your Path to Leadership
Linkedln
April 16, 2024
Explore themes of purpose, teamwork, community, laughter, resilience, and leadership as you navigate the intricacies of the leader's journey. This anthology offers timeless lessons on leading with authenticity, empathy, courage, and grace.

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What Happens When You Train Your ChatBot to Write Poetry
Linkedln
April 15, 2024
I am a restless creative. As a youth, I pursued photojournalism and later film. I settled on a career in writing, ending up writing presentations for a slew of marketing campaigns and speeches for senior leaders. Tempted to try my own voice, I crossed the Rubicon, so to speak, and began writing for myself—books, articles, videos, courses, and yes, even infographics.

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Be Explicit in How You LeadBe Explicit in How You Lead
Linkedln
April 08, 2024
“I have an ability to bring people with me in this positive energy and this aura. But I also believe that it can be equally destructive, even if I am not saying anything. The frustration, the body language, guys feel –that leads to them being tighter and not going and playing the way they are capable of.”

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

What the Civil Rights Movement Teaches Us about Strategy
Linkedln
March 24, 2024
Welcome to Grace Under Pressure where we explore what it takes to lead with caring, compassion and courage. If you my take on leadership, please sign up for my coaching newsletter.

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Muscle Your Talent for Success
Linkedln
March 17, 2024
Welcome to Grace Under Pressure where we explore what it takes to lead with caring, compassion and courage. If you like my take on leadership, please sign up for my coaching newsletter.

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How Executives Keep Themselves in the Loop
Linkedln
March 03, 2024
Welcome to Grace Under Pressure where we explore what it takes to lead with caring, compassion and courage. If you like my take on leadership, please sign up for my coaching newsletter.

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Tags: Culture, Leadership, Management

Jackie Gleason: "The Great One" Dishes on Talent
Linkedln
February 26, 2024
Welcome to Grace Under Pressure where we explore what it takes to lead with caring, compassion and courage. If you like my take on leadership, please sign up for my coaching newsletter.

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Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Management

How to Be the One Everyone Wants to Work with
Linkedln
February 18, 2024
Welcome to Grace Under Pressure where we explore what it takes to lead with caring, compassion and courage. If you my take on leadership, please sign up for my coaching newsletter.

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"Stay Out of the Clubhouse"
LinkedIn
February 04, 2024
If we expand that famous quote from Yogi Berra to include listening, observation takes on a whole new dimension.

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Putting Justice into the Legal System by Design
Linkedln
January 21, 2024
Welcome to Grace Under Pressure where we explore what it takes to lead with caring, compassion and courage. If you like my take on leadership, please sign up for my coaching newsletter.

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Launching the Baldoni ChatBot
LinkedIn
November 12, 2023
What happens when AI and decades of leadership knowledge come together?
Welcome to the launch of Baldoni ChatBot, an AI tool designed to provide answers to your questions about management and leadership.
I am inspired by the example of my friend Marshall Goldsmith who has been so generous in freely sharing his content and now has his own bot. Those of us in the leadership sector are using AI to bring out the best in us to share with others.

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The Many Roles of Mentorship
LinkedIn
October 15, 2023
So you have been asked – or told – to be a mentor. Pat yourself on the back. It is an honor to serve as a mentor. Now, you need to understand what mentoring is and is not. Mentoring is an invitation to provide developmental insights to someone younger than yourself, often but not always. Mentorships require a commitment of time as well as investment in others. As such, it is essential to understand your role.

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Tags: Leadership, Coaching

18 Books
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.

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Tags: Management, Leadership, Coaching

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.

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Tags: Leadership

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.

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Tags: Management, Leadership, Culture

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.

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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.

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MOXIE: The Secret to Bold & Gutsy Leadership
Taylor & Francis
September 09, 2014
MOXIE explores how leaders leverage mindfulness to engage, inspire and lead more effectively.

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The Leader's Pocket Guide
AMACOM
September 09, 2012
The Leader's Pocket Guide provides managers and coaches with ready access to insights into leading self, peers and the organization.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Tags: Management, Leadership, HR

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.

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Tags: Management, Leadership, HR

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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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:

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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.

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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.

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1 Keynote
John Baldoni: Speaker Sizzle Reel 2021
John Baldoni
July 05, 2021
Highlights of John Baldoni's in-person + virtual presentations.

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3 Media Interviews
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.

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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.

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Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. John Baldoni - Speaker, Executive Coach & Best-Selling Author
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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.

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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.

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John Baldoni: Interview with Robert Waldinger M.D.
Youtube
April 10, 2024
Catch this clip of Robert Waldinger, co-author of The GoodLife, speaking about how leaders can encourage a sense of belonging in the workplace.

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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

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Jared Fishman
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November 08, 2023

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Jared Fishman
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November 07, 2023

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Jerry Colonna
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November 01, 2023

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Jennifer McCollum
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November 01, 2023

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GRACE under Pressure: John Baldoni with Herminia Ibarra
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November 01, 2023

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Herminia Ibarra
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October 31, 2023

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Jared Fishman
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October 20, 2023

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Sally Susman
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September 29, 2023

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Sally Susman
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September 28, 2023

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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

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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.

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Bruce Rosenstein
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March 22, 2022

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Deepa Purushothaman
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March 22, 2022

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D.
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March 18, 2022

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Greg Voisen
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March 17, 2022

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with David Novak
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March 15, 2022

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Christine Porath
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March 11, 2022

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Mark Hefner
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March 10, 2022

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Greg Williams
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March 08, 2022

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Janice Perkins
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March 03, 2022

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John Baldoni: Interview with Erin Cech
Grace under pressure
March 02, 2022

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Lindsey Pollak
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March 01, 2022

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153 Videos
GRACE under pressure: Deborah Paredez
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November 27, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: Bill Glose
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November 27, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: Bill Glose
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November 26, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: Noa Kageyama
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November 23, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: Dr. Margie Warrell
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November 19, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: Judah Taub
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November 19, 2024

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John Baldoni: Interview with Teresa Amabile
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November 10, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni
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October 31, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: William Vanderbloemen
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October 21, 2024

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John Baldoni: Interview with Kim Clark
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October 02, 2024

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GRACE: Teresa Amabile
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September 30, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: Kim Clark
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September 25, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: Kim B. Clark
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September 24, 2024

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John Baldoni: Interview with Frank Guridy
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September 22, 2024

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John Baldoni: Interview with Mary Olson-Menzel
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September 21, 2024

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GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Joe Hart
Youtube
September 19, 2024
Joe Hart began his career as a practicing attorney. After taking a Dale Carnegie Course, Joe reassessed his career path and future, ultimately leaving the practice of law, going to work for a top real estate company, and then founding an innovative e-learning company called InfoAlly. After selling that business five years later, Joe became the president of Asset Health, a US-based health and wellness company—all before becoming the President and CEO of Dale Carnegie in 2015.

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GRACE under pressure: Mary Olson-Menzel
Youtube
September 19, 2024
Mary Olson-Menzel has over 30 years of leadership across media, tech, healthcare, and many other industries globally. She is the Founder and CEO of MVP Executive Development, a national leadership, coaching, and organizational management consultancy with offices in Connecticut, New York, and Illinois. Her clients range from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups with a broad reach of industries from FinTech to Football (the NFL). As a seasoned executive leadership coach, Mary works with both companies and individuals to unlock the potential that improves business performance and catalyzes growth. Her coaching methods bring a fresh lens to business and a perspective that nurtures teamwork and helps drive results through grace, empathy, and "Humane Leadership".

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John Baldoni with Sanyin Siang
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September 13, 2024

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John Baldoni with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
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September 13, 2024

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John Baldoni with April Rinne
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September 13, 2024

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John Baldoni with Simon Mainwaring
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September 13, 2024

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John Baldoni: Interview with Hubert Joly
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September 13, 2024

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John Baldoni: Interview with Liz Wiseman
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September 13, 2024

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John Baldoni: Interview with Whitney Johnson
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September 13, 2024

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John Baldoni: Interview with Ruth Gotian Ed.D.
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September 13, 2024

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