Cultural Transformations. Mattone John

Radar” in 2011 and 2013, which recognizes the world's fastest rising stars in the fields of leadership and management thinking. He is also currently recognized by HR.com and Warren Bennis's Leadership Excellence Magazine as one of the world's top independent leadership consultants, executive coaches, and speakers. John is one of nine executive coaches in the world who have been awarded the coveted Master Corporate Executive Coach (MCEC) certification from the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches.

      John is the author of seven books, including two recent best-sellers. He is the co-author of one of the most respected studies of leadership and talent development in the world, The Trends in Leadership Development and Talent Management, which is published biannually by Pearson. John was recently appointed Distinguished Senior Fellow of one of the leading business schools in the world, the Hult International Business School, and he is the host of his own show, The CEO Magazine's C-Suite Coaching Show.

      John Mattone's work has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, BusinessWeek, MarketWatch, Huffington Post, The CEO Magazine, ChiefExecutive.net, CLO magazine, CIO magazine, The Globe and Mail, Harvard Business Review, and many other respected global news outlets. John Mattone and his work have also been the subject of a 30-minute documentary produced by PBS.

      John has over 30 years experience in the fields of executive development, leadership and talent development, and human capital management, as an entrepreneur who has built two successful human capital consulting firms, as the president of a multimillion-dollar leadership consulting firm, and as a leading researcher and author. He is known throughout the Fortune 500 as a cutting-edge thinker regarding trends in executive development and developing high-potential and emerging leaders.

      John is the founder and CEO of John Mattone-Global. Prior to this, John was the president of one of the top leadership consulting firms in the world, Executive Development Associates, Inc. (EDA), and prior to EDA he was the vice president of assessments for Linkage, Inc. Prior to Linkage, John was the vice president of sales for Drake Beam Morin (DBM), the global career and outplacement firm. Before joining DBM, John spent 10 years building his first successful consulting firm, Human Resources International.

      Career Highlights

      • Consulted for more than 250 organizations and coached more than 200 executives

      • Addressed more than 500,000 people in over 2,000 speeches and seminars in the United States, Canada, and other countries worldwide

      • Co-author of Trends in Executive Development and Talent Management research reports (Pearson 2011, 2013)

      • Author of the award-winning “The Role of Assessment in Driving Operating Results,” published in Jac Fitz-enz's book, The New HR Analytics (AMACOM, 2010)

      • Author of “Predictive HR Leadership,” published in Jac Fitz-enz's “Workforce Intelligence Report” (2008)

      • Author of Talent Leadership: A Proven Method for Identifying and Developing High-Potential Employees (AMACOM, 2012), an Amazon best-seller

      • Author of Intelligent Leadership: What You Need to Know to Unlock Your Full Potential (AMACOM, 2013, foreword by Marshall Goldsmith), a Bloomsberg/Businessweek best-seller

      • Author of three e-books: Powerful Performance Management: The Leader as Coach; Powerful Executive Coaching: A Roadmap to Unleashing Greatness in Your Current and Future Leaders; and Powerful Succession Planning (AMACOM, 2012)

      • Author of Success Yourself (MasterMedia, 1996) and Positive Performance Management (National Press, 1996)

      • John has written over 100 professional articles; his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, CEO magazine, CIO magazine, CLO magazine, Leadership Excellence magazine, Human Resource Executive magazine, Entrepreneurs Digest (Singapore), Conocimiento Dirrecion (South America), and many others

      • Written for and performed in numerous audio and video programs, including Hiring & Performance Management, Focus on Success, The Essentials of Delegation, and the award-winning Street Smart Supervision

      Professional Qualifications

      John Mattone holds a B.S. degree in Management and Organizational Behavior from Babson College and an M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Central Florida. John serves as an executive MBA faculty member at Florida Atlantic University, where he teaches his popular course, Global Leadership Assessment and Development. John also serves as a senior talent management consultant and master executive coach for Executive Development Associates (where he formerly served as president), and he was recently named president of the International Center for Business Communication (and is ICBC's first Hall of Fame inductee).

      John is a member of numerous professional associations including the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches (ACEC), where he was recently named to the advisory board of the University of Continuing Education Coaching Education and was also appointed as ACEC's Middle East ambassador.

      What Else about Me?

      I am married to my incredible wife Gayle (we recently celebrated our 37th anniversary). We have four adult children – Jared, Nick, Kristina, and Matthew. Gayle and I enjoy all sports activities, especially skiing and bicycling (we typically ride 80 to 100 miles per week). We travel frequently to visit our children, who live in south Florida and Tennessee, and other family members in Boston, New York, and North Carolina.

      Nick Vaidya

      Known as the BlindSpotter, Nick Vaidya is the editor-in-chief of CEO magazine and the managing director of the CEO Leadership Institute. Prior to becoming a serial entrepreneur, he managed a multibillion-dollar product line profitably and was on the Chairman's Strategy Team at a Fortune 50 company. His advice on improving stability and growth is much sought after by C-level executives. Nick's approach is influenced by his doctoral work in empiricism, eclectic life experiences, breadth of business roles, and his in-depth study of the ancient wisdom of the Vedanta.

      Acknowledgments

      THIS BOOK WAS TRULY a team effort. I want to thank my incredible wife of 37 years, Gayle, who has stood by me every step of the way. Gayle is the most courageous individual I have ever known. She is a two-time breast cancer survivor who never gave up on life, who persevered and continues to persevere to help others through her work as a registered nurse. Gayle is a remarkable role model for our entire family. Gayle, I love you.

      Our four children and their loved ones – Jared, Nick and Brinley, Kristina and Darrin, and Matt and Cassee, and one grandson, Luke Dominic – your love is my strength. I love you. I want to thank my father-in-law, Bill O'Halloran, for his many years of support and love and for giving me the gift of his daughter Gayle. I want to thank my late parents, Dominic and Jane Mattone, and my late mother-in-law, Jean O'Halloran, all of whom I know watch over on our family. We go forward every day with character, conviction, and confidence beneath your wings.

      I want to thank all my clients who have attended my speeches and programs and those whom I have had the privilege to coach and consult with throughout the years. I have learned so much from you, and I want to thank you for your contributions to this book. I especially want to thank my co-author Nick Vaidya for his incredible contributions to this book, Joel Pitney, who is one of my closest advisors and who worked tirelessly on our book launch and, of course, I want to thank the 14 CEOs who appear in the book for providing such powerful, rich, and deep perspectives on leadership and culture and truly helping make the book come alive. I want to thank Dr. Kerry Healey, president of Babson College, for writing such a powerful foreword to our book.

      I want to thank my close friends and marketing partners – Stefan Speligene, Terri Totty, and the entire roux team as well as Jim and Carla Higgins from the Higgins Marketing Group. I want to thank my close friends and global business partners Bonnie Hagemann, Annette White-Klososky, Dawn Ciarlone, and the team from Executive Development Associates;