About John Baldoni

Leadership involves communications and learning. And these are the two areas in which John specializes. By combining an extensive background in business communications with training and management development, John helps corporate clients develop their communications, learning, and leadership skills.

His leadership works centers on how leaders can use their communications to build trust and achieve results. By focusing on the concept of personal leadership, John shows how leaders can use their communications to guide and inspire their people through every phase of the leadership cycle from character and vision through planning, coaching, motivation, and supervision.

For more than 20 years, John has written and consulted for a number of leading companies in a variety of different businesses, ranging from automotive and banking to computers, high-technology, fast-food, and packaged goods. John's corporate clients include Fortune 100 companies as well as entrepreneurial startups. John also consults and teaches in an internal management development program at the University of Michigan.

John is the author of six books on leadership: How Great Leaders Get Great Results (McGraw-Hill 2006), Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders (McGraw-Hill 2005), Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders (McGraw-Hill 2003); Personal Leadership, Taking Control of Your Work Life (Elsewhere Press, 2001); 180 Ways to the Walk the Leadership Talk (Performance Systems, 2000); and with Eric Harvey 180 Ways to the Walk the Motivation Talk (Performance Systems, 2002). Two of his essays appear in two volumes of the Results Driven Manager series published by Harvard Business School Press. In addition, he co-authored an article with Marshall Goldsmith, "Selling Up is Leading Up: Coaching Your Manager Can Be as Important as Coaching Your Direct Report" that is contained in Coaching for Leadership (Second Edition) (Pfeiffer 2006).

John's articles on leadership have appeared in the Harvard Management Update, Harvard Management Communications Letter, Executive Excellence, Leader to Leader, Link & Learn, PR News,T&D, Wharton Leadership Digest, and Global CEO. John is also widely quoted on radio as well as in mainstream and trade publications including the New York Times, Arizona Republic, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, Harvard Management Update, Presentations, PR News, Sales & Marketing Management, Selling Power, and Tech Republic. He also writes "On Leadership Communication," a monthly column for Darwin Online (www.darwinmag.com) as well as a regular column for CIO.com.

Additionally John is the creator of the highly successful series, "Coach Casting," a series of download audio podcasts for CXO Media. Each 2-3 minute podcast carries tactical and practical advice that managers can use to coach their employees (or themselves) on topics ranging from delivering bad news and dealing with people you can't stand to asking for a raise or showing proper recognition.

John also takes his message on the road. He is a frequent speaker on communications, motivation, and personal leadership to corporate, trade, professional network and university organizations. In August 2004, John had the privilege of speaking to the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvannia.

John graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a Master's in performance consulting and adult instruction. He also is a graduate of Georgetown University and London International Film School.

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