John Baldoni is a certified master corporate executive coach who works with senior leaders in corporate, nonprofit, and university environments. 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 communication skills are on display as host of LinkedIn Live’s GRACE under pressure interview series. John has interviewed more than 250 authors, executives and global thought leaders on his show.
John is the author of 16 books, including Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis, MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership, Lead with Purpose, Lead Your Boss, and The Leader’s Pocket Guide. John’s books have been translated into 10 languages.
Thinkers 360 named John its No. 2 Thought Leader in Coaching in 2023 and a Top 10 Thought Leader for both Leadership and Management in 2022. In 2024, 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 project is the Baldoni ChatBot, an AI-based coaching resource solely based upon his library of work. It provides leadership answers to management questions. John has authored more than 1000 leadership columns for a variety of online publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Bloomberg Businessweek. John plays piano and golf, two activities that teach him patience and humility.
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