Keynote Speaker

John Baldoni
How Great Communicators Make Great Things Happen

Good communication is essential to the success of every enterprise. It is the responsibility of leaders to communicate the vision, mission and values of the organization so that people understand the nature of their work and how it matters to the enterprise. Strong leaders use their communications to articulate their messages, listen for understanding, and learn for improvement of themselves and their organization. Employees use their messages to keep management informed as well as to voice their ideas and opinions about issues and challenges facing the organization. The purpose of such communications is to build greater levels of trust and achieve sustainable results.

Effective communicators place those goals within context the organization’s mission, vision and values. By linking goals to results, leaders make them personal as well as doable. Communication becomes the tool that leaders use to rally people around a common cause. By creating messages and stories the leader can create expectations, drive execution and attain inspired results.

The presentation communications course will: Explain the role that communications in creating and reinforcing strong culture and values Describe how leaders use their communications to build trust and achieve results Describe how employees keep management informed and in tune with organizational issues Teach the 4 I’s i.e. inform, invite, involve, ignite Explore leadership storytelling, e.g. creating and celebrating heroes


About John Baldoni

John Baldoni is an internationally-recognized leadership consultant, coach, speaker, and author.

His leadership and coaching work centers on how leaders can use their authority, communications and presence to build trust and drive results. By focusing on the concept of personal leadership which he defines as moving from the I can to the I will, John shows how leaders can guide and inspire their people through every phase of the leadership cycle, from character and vision through planning, coaching, motivation and supervision.

For nearly 20 years, John has 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. His corporate clientele include Fortune 100 companies as well as entrepreneurial start-ups and non-profits, including the University of Michigan.

In 2007 John Baldoni was named one of the "30 Most Influential Leadership Gurus” worldwide by Leadership Gurus International. Voters, which included business professionals, consultants, and academics, selected "practitioners who develop and instill leadership in others.” Leadership luminaries on this list included best-selling authors John Maxwell, Tom Peters, Ken Blanchard, Marshall Goldsmith and Warren Bennis. [Source: www.LeadershipGurus.net]

John is a frequent speaker on leadership topics, with keynotes focusing on personal leadership, leadership communications, and motivation. He also has developed a series of leadership-themed workshops based on his books. Throughout the years, John has had the opportunity to speak to many diverse groups including audiences from corporate, trade, law enforcement, military and university communities.

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 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 is an Expert Blogger for FastCompany.com for who he writes a weekly post called “Grab ‘N Go Leadership.” Since 2004, John has written a monthly column on leadership for CXO Media (CIO.com). He also contributes monthly columns to HR.com

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.

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. And just recently John launched an online video coaching series, Ask John that provides insights into leadership and communication.

John also created and manages a website, www.johnbaldoni.com. It contains John’s latest speaker videos, coaching podcasts, and published articles. The site is a popular resource for men and women in position of leadership within business, education and the military.

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